When it comes to B&W film choices we are blessed with an abundance of choice, from small companies and creative stocks, to stalwarts of the film industry. I knew of Kodak's ...
6 April, 2022
The Black & White Threshold – Photographing Scotland’s Skye and Assynt – By Jasper T Kauth
Photographs can be a bit like poems. There are those that speak to you in such a personal way and evoke such strong feelings, and yet you might be unable to put into words just ...
I've been trying to improve my black and white photo taking skills. I learned to take photos with slide film and digital cameras, and in general it was for composite purposes. B...
14 April, 2021
My Approach to Portrait Photography on Film – By Ken Wagner
It is common today that women are photographed sexy and slightly undressed to attract attention to the subject, photographer or both. There is so much of this sort of photograph...
13 September, 2020
5 Frames with Pentax 645 (Ultrafine Xtreme 100 & TMAX 400) – By Christoph Traugott
As a kid, my family was transferred to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dad was working on a project for Caterpillar Inc. During that stay, my father let me use the much-valued Pentax ME Supe...
I help as a guide in running members’ tours around the East Lancashire Railway, a large heritage railway based in Bury, near Manchester. These monthly tours are well attended. O...
14 June, 2020
5 Frames with a Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 C Biogon, Leica M6 and T-Max400 at EI400 – by Phil Harrison
The lockdown has given people plenty of opportunity to buy stuff they can't afford and don't really need, I know, I'm one of them. I'd been thinking about replacing the 7Artisan...
19 February, 2020
Pushing T-Max 400 to EI3200 with a Leica M3 Monochrom and First-Gen Summilux 35mm f/1.4 – Steven Bleistein
If you shoot monochrome film, you don’t have to make do with shooting at box speed if it is a higher speed that you want, and if that is the case for you, you should not hesitat...