This morning, on my routine ride with my pushbike, I was thinking over about what is photography for me, and I came out with quite clear picture in my mind. To me is "just" a c...
24 February, 2020
The (Lack of) Value in (my) Photography (and negatives) – In the Dark Shed – with John Whitmore (VIDEO)
A few months back I visited John Whitmore (@thedarkshed on Twitter). A the time, I was in the depths of my photography funk, so decided it might be nice to try and snap myself o...
4 February, 2020
Finding Subjects in Familiar Sights – by Chris Illing
It’s December the 23. 2018. Midnight. I’m standing in the bathroom of my parents house brushing my teeth. It felt like nothing had changed since my childhood. Everything as usua...
3 February, 2020
Own Your Workflow and Goals (and don’t get too distracted by the mantras of others)
One of the wonderful things about photography is how broad it is as a pastime. The options are absolutely endless, from capture media, camera type, process to display. In fact, ...
5 January, 2020
My Joy in Getting back into Film Photography – by David Mitchell
Like many others my introduction to photography was through film - my Dad’s 35mm Yashica originally before moving on to digital. I developed and printed my own prints for a few ...
24 December, 2019
A Fuji X100 and Solution that isn’t a Solution to my Photography Grump
As many of you might already be aware, for the most part, this year I’ve been a right grump about photography. Despite in many ways finding myself opening more doors than I’ve c...
11 December, 2019
Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck
It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold their analogue gear b...
9 December, 2019
7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”
I thought it might be interesting to follow up my post about my “need” for Zeiss ZM lenses in my life with a post about a lens I don’t “need”, but do “want” - at least for the t...