21 December, 2025
The Lost Focus
The first roll from my recently acquired Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 is soft, partly due to its toyish optics and partly because of its quirky AF mechanism. It is so soft that ...
20 December, 2025
Andato a Monte
I’ve been taking photos for many years. Over the years, I’ve realized that I enjoy photographing places, whether deserted or crowded—because in them, like in people,...
I don’t share much of my professional work on here – sometimes I wonder why, as honestly I think most of my hobby work is pretty basic, whereas I am quite proud of s...
14 December, 2025
Shadows On-Piste – My Best Photo of 2025
My name is Harrison Matthew, and I am a hobbyist photographer with one foot each in film and digital, preferring rangefinders and always looking for ways to bury myself further ...
13 December, 2025
The Joy of Multiplicity – Using the Nikon FM10 for The In-Between
There’s a quiet honesty in working with the Nikon FM10. It’s not an expensive camera nor a collector’s prize, but its simplicity makes it indispensable to my process. The FM10 o...
13 December, 2025
A Summer Workshop and my Yashica Electro 35 G
In my previous post, I mentioned I teach Advanced Placement (AP) Drawing and 2-Dimensional Design. Over the summer, I attended the AP Summer Institute (APSI) at the University o...
12 December, 2025
How Nissan Crossing Has Changed Over Time
As a petrolhead, I always make a point of visiting Nissan Crossing whenever I’m in Tokyo, even if only for a few hours or half a day. Situated in Ginza, one of Tokyo’...
11 December, 2025
In the Land of Fjords – Finding Scale with the XPan
Landscapes are a tough sell for me. I’m not a dedicated landscape photographer, and all too often, I find myself tiring of my own vista shots over time. My house only has ...
