It was episode 272 of the Sunny 16 podcast entitled “Blue Magic Tree” that kicked off 2022 and on which Graeme Jago proclaimed the year to be “Twenty Twenty Do”. The spirit of t...
26 January, 2023
Development Notes: Ilford HP5+ & FP4+ in Rodinal – By Simon King
It's not too often I'm able to directly compare the technical results of my photography to someone else's, but it can make for an interesting academic analysis when I do. By dir...
My brief time playing with expired colour film was not rewarding. Too much is left to chance, out of my control, making for unpredictable results. Black and white meant I would ...
12 January, 2023
A Rainy Day in Saltaire – By John Fontana
I live in West Yorkshire and a mere half hour’s drive from the wonderful village of Saltaire with its glorious Victorian mill buildings and associated housing with railway, Rive...
6 January, 2023
Tokyo in Monochrome – Part 1 – by John Paul Menez
Maybe it's the weather mixed from the winds breaking against Mt Fuji. Maybe it's the mist rising off of Tokyo Bay in the mornings. Or maybe it's the elegant wardrobes of the s...
30 December, 2022
Shooting infrared with a rangefinder camera, Rollei Infrared film and a Retina IIc – By Tony Warren
A comment on my review of Rollei Infrared film triggered this follow up. In his comment, Neal Wellons pointed out, quite correctly, that, for infrared photography, using a range...
18 December, 2022
An Experimental Collage Project with the Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic – By Erin O’Leary
I have always been attracted to instant photography ever since my classmate produced a series of Polaroid collages for his senior project back in 2010. I loved his work; however...
1964. My parents had just sold their service station / taxi / towtruck / mechanical repair business. They decided to take a 12 month sabbatical and dad had bought a caravan shel...
