Photos & Projects Archives

15 August, 2025

‘One Third Keepers’ with Kentmere Pan 200 and a Minolta SRT 101

By Bob Janes

The idea of ‘One third keepers’ came out of online chats I took part in about 15-20 years ago. We discussed hit rates of chosen to unchosen shots and whether digita...

7 August, 2025

A Broken Nikon F55 – Just shoot me…

By Christopher Deere

…or, How I (kinda) learned to let go (a little, maybe) of my control-freak mentality and surrendered myself to the simple joy of point-and-shoot photography…(For a w...

29 July, 2025

5 Frames of New York City, 1987

By thorsten

Photography can be a time machine. 38 years ago I travelled the first time to New York, classic style with a Pan Am jumbo. With me came two F3s, a 24/2.8 and a 105/2.5, plus 10 ...

29 July, 2025

Eid Al Adha in East London on Ilford and Fomapan 35mm Films, June 2025

By Simon King

I didn’t set out to document Islamic communities and cultures as its own specific story initially, but the amount of hate filled comments, death threats, and overall negat...

27 July, 2025

‘One Third Keepers’ with Kentmere Pan 200 and a Konica AutoReflex T3

By Bob Janes

In the relatively early days of digital I was involved in online discussions about whether the fact that our short-to-shot cost with digital cameras was tempting us to ‘spray an...

27 July, 2025

In a Paris Sculpture Garden (with an IR-converted Nikon CoolPix 990)

By Dave Powell

Antoine Bourdelle isn’t a household name in the U.S. But he’s nearly legendary in France. His life stood squarely at the crossroads of European art’s transition from Beaux-Arts ...

26 July, 2025

Rainy day play with some gifted gear – Playing with Medium and Large Format

By Art Meripol

Twice in the last few years I’ve been fortunate to haveva friend gift me some wonderful gear. A former co-worker, mentor and dear friend in his 80’s gave me his Horseman 980, a ...

Minolta X-700 with the box for a roll of Rollei Retro 400S

23 July, 2025

Rollei Retro 400S in Paris, with a Minolta X700

By James Billings

I recently headed back to Paris for a long weekend, for the first time since I started shooting film again. Having taken photos there many times in the past using my digital gea...

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James Sattler on 5 Frames with the Bessa L, Kodak Gold 200 and Alpine Classics at Lake Walchensee
What a wonderfully written reflection on the joy of imperfection in photography. Something is refreshing about embracing the unpredictability of…
Ibraar Hussain on Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System
And I almost always make sure there is enough tonal variation in a scene to warrant it being photographed. Otherwise…
Andrew on Prakticas and Their Associated Lenses – Building A Film Camera and Lens System At Reasonable Cost
That’s dedication- awesome collection! I don’t have and Praktica cameras, but I do have a collection of M42 screw lenses…

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