There’s an odd misconception about the use of Leica cameras that I often get challenged with - especially on social media. As someone who frequently uses 3rd-party lenses on my ...
7 February, 2019
A Quartz Date Dilemma – By Taylor Ervin
Photographs freeze time. They capture the light reflected from objects that happen to occupy a particular space and time, and for me, those objects are often my friends. I know ...
5 February, 2019
An Experience Thrift Hunting in my Hometown – By Gavin Bain
In November 2018 my wife, our daughter and I took a trip back to my hometown in Sydney, Australia for my brothers wedding. I took a fair few rolls of film and my Zorki 4 sportin...
4 February, 2019
Practice [and not a New Camera] Makes Perfect!
There’s a lot to be said for practice when it comes to manual focusing cameras. Unfortunately, it’s fair to say that practice is something that I’m completely out of when it com...
For the longest time I coveted a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor AIS. This yearning began in art school, where photography was the family member that drank too much at Thanksgiving and was co...
16 September, 2018
Sharpness? A creative goal, but still not a prerequisite for a good photo, or: why I’m enjoying my Makina 67
I recently wrote a post about sharpness being overrated where I ended up alluding to the question (somewhat rhetorically) of why we as photographers obsess to the degree we do o...
The concept of GAS is common, not only among photographers, but also among enthusiasts of other leisure activities likes golf, surfing, skiing, playing guitar, etc. to name just...
1 August, 2018
How to Travel Without a Camera – By Elben Shira
Our senses are heightened when we travel. Everything is new—the mist enveloping the mountains, the cow meandering among the cars, the woman in the striking dress—and we want to ...
