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23 January, 2026

My 2025 on Colour Film – 9 rolls, 8 emulsions, 6 cameras

By Sroyon

I predominantly shoot black-and-white film, preferring digital if I want to take colour photos. But in 2025, besides my usual quota of B&W, I also shot nine rolls of 35mm co...

21 January, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my own failures

By Michael Murray

Inspired by a post from Alexandre Kreisman, I wanted to present some misses to the community to look for ideas and opportunities for growth. Below, you’ll find 8 images t...

An actor balances a beach umbrella while flying a kite.

15 January, 2026

Relearning Film – Notes from a Returning Shooter

By Ned MacFadden

I’m relearning 35mm film. I grew up shooting on film. I’m 55 now, so my first camera was around 1984, when I was sixteen: a Minolta X-700, which I still have. Getting back into ...

5 December, 2025

Reflecting on a few of my failures

By Alexandre Kreisman

I’ve seen some very nice posts on this site over the last couple of weeks, Scott Ferguson, Ibraar Hussain and myself even got to start critique about some posts, which I f...

14 September, 2025

My DIY Analog Journey

By Adrien Grelet

I’m Adrien, a french DIY and technical stuff enthusiast. For many years (since I’m 3, I guess), I have really liked to experiment with new things, undertaking a lot ...

5 September, 2025

Slowly stumbling into large format

By Gary Smith

I’m beginning this article in early August 2025. I first started thinking about large format somewhere in 2024 and began watching various YouTube videos that covered the c...

26 March, 2025

Some bad luck, good fortune, and a Leica M6 on a Sunny (16) day

By Matt Reverzani

My story begins with some good fortune and some bad luck. I purchased a Leica MP about a year ago; this was the good fortune! But recently it started to develop an unusual crack...

27 February, 2025

TLR Challenge: 6 – Antwerp

By Geoff Chaplin

We visited Antwerp on a couple of occasions, checking the weather forecast looking for a better alternative than cloudy and dull, but sometimes you just have to go with cloudy a...

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Sroyon on When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
I have a Lomography Sprocket Rocket which has similar limitations: small aperture and only one shutter speed (plus Bulb). I…
Karen Jesina on When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
LOVE the grain! These are gorgeous. I have a plastic Holga in a box somewhere (we have moved a lot…
Mike Amos on Storytelling with Film
Thank you, David! Really appreciate the very kind comments. I agree with you - I don't feel like the grief…

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