National weather forecasts declared that my corner of Minnesota would develop the conditions for powerful tornadoes on Monday, April 28. My wife and I watched as storm clouds mo...
25 April, 2024
Lower than the Angels: Chinatown in February 2020 and 2023
In early February 2020 I was in London. By then everyone knew something nasty was coming, if not perhaps how nasty it was going to be. And I read something very strange: because...
5 October, 2023
5 Frames with a Pentax MX and AristaEDU
I got a 35mm f/2 lens off Ebay for my long-dormant Pentax MX last week, and decided to take it out for a bit of a leg-stretch. The test was crucial not only because the lens was...
When I have shot in film commercials for television and music clips with an Aaton XTR camera and Super 16mm format, I have always used negative film to be able to balance the li...
26 November, 2022
5 frames with my Pentax MX and Ilford Delta 3200 on a Bright Summer Day – By Armando Caballero
I know that you normally would not expect to find the words “Ilford Delta 3200” and “bright summer day” in the same sentence. But let me tell you the story of how I ended up sho...
My first memory about photography dates back to the day when my dad decided to explain me the principles of exposure, I must have been around 12, I guess. I remember we sat down...
13 November, 2021
Back in the woods with a Pentax MX and 3 SMC lenses – By Clive Williams
They say you should never go back. But I went anyway. A year ago, I wrote a 35mmc piece about trying to capture an impression of spring in the beech woods near my home, using a...
25 February, 2021
5 frames walking around with Lomochrome Metropolis in a Pentax MX – By Ben Killian
My family and I live on an island in Washington State's Puget Sound. We haven’t had much reason to leave with many possible activities and family outings in Seattle and the main...