It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and…
Philosophy & Reflections
The Wet Side – My Early Career in NYC Darkrooms – By Gerard Exupery
September 24, 2020Working as a photographer’s assistant, especially for fashion photographers, got old fast. The first job I had was for a guy, let’s call him Tasso, who…
This is my friend Jim. Jim was one of those people who understood what it is like to yearn for something big where his talents could…
Lens Adapting, Mods & DIY• Philosophy & Reflections
Artefacts of a Laboratory – Adapting an enlarging lens to a Sony DSLR – By Jordi Fradera
August 12, 2020This story began when a few days ago I looked for the entry “Photography” in the well-known DUDEN thematic dictionary (Bildwörterbush of Duden - Leipzig 1940…
Philosophy & Reflections• Photos & Projects
It’s All Done with Mirrors – A Tale of a Telescope Street Photo – By Tom Ace
August 2, 2020The 1960s and '70s were good times for hobbyists in the USA. Chemicals, electronic parts, and optical supplies were widely available - in some ways more…
Philosophy & Reflections
pixl-much-latr – delivering on a Kickstarter 22 months behind schedule
July 27, 2020I’ve just started shipping pixl-latr - a product I launched on Kickstarter in June 2018 with an expected delivery date of September the same year. In…
Philosophy & Reflections
Death in the Camera Store / Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear – By Gerard Exupery
July 20, 2020I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my…
Philosophy & Reflections
The Yashica 124G and How it Helped Me Get Married – by Sacha Cloutier
July 18, 2020Like many people, my experience with photography started before a digital alternative existed. We remember that time, when most people didn’t have a cell phone and…
Photos & Projects• Workflow
4 Decades of Panoramas – Analogue & Digital – By Jordi Fradera
July 7, 2020In 1977 I abandoned the 110 format and bought the Pentax ME camera with its 50mm lens, it had insufficient angle for the panoramas I wanted…
It’s April 9th 2020; 03.08am. I’m sitting in a small hallway under the stairs leading down to our basement. Here I have a computer set up with…
