Sroyon, Author at 35mmc

24 December, 2021

A Whole Roll of (Mostly Failed) Experiments with a Minolta Autocord TLR – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

There is no such thing as a failed experiment because you can always learn from them. Well that’s what they say on LinkedIn… but I hate failed experiments. Why can&#...

29 October, 2021

“Blur is a Part of Life” – A Collaborative Project

By Sroyon

When asked if blur in photographs is undesirable because it obscures what is there, William Klein disagreed: "If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur ...

25 October, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 2: The Curves Tool, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Contrast – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

In Part 1 of this three-part series, I used histograms of famous photographs to introduce some fundamental ideas about contrast and tonality. In this part I’ll talk about ...

20 September, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 1: Histograms of Famous Photographs and What They Can Teach Us – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

Let’s face it, “analysing” photos with histograms can only take us so far. A hundred years later, people may or may not look at your photographs and gasp in ad...

23 August, 2021

Façades of Kolkata, and the Value of “Boring” Projects – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I’ve been part of the 35mmc team for the past year or so; some of you may have come across my articles, but behind the scenes, I also try and look for contributors who can...

9 August, 2021

A Calculator for Pinhole Camera Design – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Two main factors determine how a pinhole camera “sees” – that is, whether its angle of view is wide, normal or tele. The first is the sensor size (throughout ...

31 May, 2021

Colour Theory for Black and White Photography Part 1: Digital and Analogue Filters – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

A black and white photograph "translates" the colours of the original scene into shades of grey. This "translation" or conversion is done by the film (in film photography), or b...

24 May, 2021

Minolta Autocord TLR: First Impressions – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

I shot a roll with a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) for the first time this month. But long before I used a TLR in real life, I loved the idea of it – so much so that I thought t...

murray leshner on The great Agfa Scala 200x disaster
I love them too! You could not have planned them.
Jeffery Luhn on The great Agfa Scala 200x disaster
This is a fun commentary on a mistake! I've done this before and had a couple of interesting results. Serendipity!
Ken Tuomi on The great Agfa Scala 200x disaster
Love ‘em! Happy assidents with great composition.

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