Photography Philosophy Archives

20 December, 2022

Scan and Destroy – My blasphemous quest to be free of my negatives – By Max Cooper

By Max Cooper

The issue of SHOTS magazine current at the time of this writing contains images central to my thesis: Recovered slides from my grandfather’s collection. On the off-chance you mi...

4 December, 2022

I Couldn’t Photograph a Watch If You Paid Me – By Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

As someone with a fairly modest stockpile of photographic equipment, I often find myself praised for not succumbing to the so-called Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Which is funny. B...

2 December, 2022

Anecdotes from the Analogue World Ep. 3 – By Nandakumar

By Nandakumar N

The last post you read was probably also the last one that would give you that fuzzy warm feeling. It might have restored your hope in humanity and also made you a bit of an opt...

19 October, 2022

Anecdotes from the Analogue World Ep. 2 – By Nandakumar

By Nandakumar N

Last time I told you about how I learnt about a symbiotic interaction between kids living on the river bank and the train that passes over the bridge that crosses the river. Th...

15 September, 2022

Give Memories a Chance – By Ash Scott-Lockyer

By Ash Scott-Lockyer

For a photographer there is probably very little worse than permanently losing a body of your work. Your images are your expression of your place in the world, and to have thous...

1 September, 2022

K.I.S.S Photography – By Ash Scott-Lockyer

By Ash Scott-Lockyer

No, not how to photograph legendary glam rock bands, but the old mnemonic that my dad taught me when I was a kid just picking up a camera for the first time ‘Keep It Simple Stup...

13 August, 2022

The Lost Art of Film Street Photography – By Armando Cabellero

By Armando Caballero

I know that the title of this article might sound a bit surprising. Specially because nowadays, film photography is experiencing an unprecedented resurgence and also because the...

4 August, 2022

Truth and Beauty in Film – By John-Paul Menez

By John-Paul Menez

It was my first time in West Texas. Georgia O’Keeffe once said she, “couldn’t believe Texas was real…the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Spe...

Arthur Gottschalk on Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter
Funny, I hated the dedicated accessory meter on my M3. I found it physically awkward to use and somehow just…
Walter Reumkens on Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter
The Leica M4-P was produced in Canada from 1980 onwards and was popular with Leica fans because of its ease…
Craig Wantuch on Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter
I picked this up as soon as I bought my M3 this year. I have been able to get good…

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