I was introduced to analog photography last Christmas with a Polaroid One Step camera and a handwritten note saying something like “this is another attempt to see the world thro...
My old school mate Will and I love music, and when we meet up it’s usually first on the topic of conversation. We both play a variety of instruments, but synthesisers are a uniq...
In July 2002, Kate and I hooked up with friends, to hear the great American jazz pianist Dave McKenna play the grand piano at East Boston's Cafe Italia. Back then, I never went ...
The Yashica T4 point-and-shoot needs no introduction. It-- and the T4-Super/T5-- are legendary for the “character” of their photos. Several years ago, I found one marked $1 at a...
Some of you may have seen ‘The Great Northern Garden Build’ on the BBC, charting the on-site creation of the newest Royal Horticultural Society public gardens in Salford - if yo...
If you know the North West of England you will know that sunshine can be a rare thing! So when the sun came out for the bank holiday weekend I decided that it was time to use my...
My brother-in-law recently gifted me a Bronica ETRS that he had received as a gift from his step-father. While his step-father had the camera, he had let the grandkids play wit...
Vacations, in my personal experience (and preference), always involve cameras to record the story. One of the quintessential "vacation" cameras of the 60's was the Half-frame. T...