5 October, 2024
Autumn Emerging – One-Shot Story
In September, 35mmc contributor SKLBA posted an excellent review of the quirky, 21-year-old Sony Cybershot DSC-F828 bridge digital. Since I don’t see a way to include pho...
29 September, 2024
My Father’s UFO – a One Shot Story
Shortly after my 35mmc article about “Understanding Life Backwards” went online, another fascinating example dropped on me. I was working at my computer —...
17 September, 2024
The Director – A One Shot Story
Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...
10 September, 2024
A Painterly Puzzle – One-Shot Story
Art is often a puzzle. But the above piece is especially lively fun. It’s my 1×4-foot ink-jet print of Sonia Delaunay’s 3×11-foot 1913 painting “L...
6 September, 2024
Beyond the Frame – One Shot, Six Stories
At photo exhibits, I look for images that especially grab me. If I find one and the photographer is around, I’ll ask if the photo holds stories that aren’t immedia...
3 September, 2024
That Time I Played Art Detective — One-Shot Story
Sometimes, the world is indeed small. In 2015, Kate and I moved from a 1,700-square-foot Cape-style house to a 2,700 square-foot retirement condo with exceedingly high cathedral...
30 August, 2024
The Power of a Pinecone — A One-Shot Story
“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” — Voltaire I fell in love with analog cameras before I became enamoured with the ima...
29 August, 2024
The Tranmere Cross – A One Shot Story
Local history has long been a fascination of mine and there is plenty of it around Merseyside where I have always lived. On the Wirral side of the River Mersey history can be tr...
