18 July, 2024
Visiting Algeria with My Olympus XA
I took a trip back to Algeria to see my grandfather. Packed my faithful Olympus XA. I needed a camera I could easily hide for some street shots. Wikipedia moment: Algeria, the b...
There seems to be a lot of love for the Olympus XA (and its sequels) on this site. I’m not here to add to that. Sure, it’s a fine camera with a lens that is ve...
18 November, 2023
10 Frames from a Tour by Bicycle around New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut is best known these days for Yale University, one of the world’s most prestigious higher learning institutions. For some, Yale equals New Haven. Bu...
22 December, 2022
5 frames with an Olympus XA and Agent Shadow Film – By Shaun Edwards
I fell out of photography a number of years ago with work and family life getting in the way. I used to be a professional photographer and I found that what sells wasn’t always ...
19 November, 2022
5 Frames with Rollei RPX400 – pushed one stop at SynthFest, Sheffield – By Ted Ayre
My old school mate Will and I love music, and when we meet up it’s usually first on the topic of conversation. We both play a variety of instruments, but synthesisers are a uniq...
Some of you may have seen ‘The Great Northern Garden Build’ on the BBC, charting the on-site creation of the newest Royal Horticultural Society public gardens in Salford - if yo...
For me, there are two parts to this hobby of ours. The first is shooting these old cameras. The second is finding them. Which is how I found myself lining up at a dead stranger’...
I came of age in the ’70’s and ’80’s shooting film like the vast majority of other people did: you picked up your yellow box of Kodak 200 or 400 speed film at Walgreens, shot a ...
