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3 June, 2022

Grocery Store Development – Part 2: Developing with Caffenol (and Salt) – By Josh Vickers

By Josh Vickers

After my success with reversal processing, I wanted to try my hand at making a homemade developer. Caffenol was the obvious next step, and I, being a temperamental machine fuele...

3 March, 2022

My First Forays in Stereoscopic (3D) Photography – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Rebecca wrote a great introduction to stereoscopic (3D) photography which was published on 35mmc yesterday, and which some of you have probably read already. I only got into ste...

26 January, 2022

Building a Darkroom From the Ground Up – By Katie Cooper

By Katie Cooper

Lockdown 2020 was a blessing in (a very big) disguise, as it gave me the opportunity to research, build and begin work on creating a darkroom. My passion for analogue photograp...

20 January, 2022

A Year in Slide Film Part 2 – Developing – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

Welcome to part two of my exploration of slide film. You can read part one here. I was really pleased with the number of slide enthusiasts who commented and the general consensu...

14 January, 2022

Memento Mori – The making of a Zine – By George Griffin

By George Griffin

The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever. The coming of mechanised production was a shift from a mainly agricultural society to a technological one. London was the fi...

28 December, 2021

Trying Concert Photography on Film – By Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

I’ve been making photographs for most of my life. The first three decades on film, but it was always the traditional usage – family trips, memories with friends, special occasio...

14 December, 2021

Breaking Digital Habits and Relearning Film With a Leica IIIf – By Christopher DellaCorte

By Christopher DellaCorte

This story begins with an afternoon drive through the local countryside accompanied by my spouse. The air was lovely and warm. The skies were clear. The weather was what we expe...

9 December, 2021

A Year in Slide Film Part 1 – Shooting – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I was originally put off shooting slide film because I had heard that you needed to be incredibly precise with your exposure otherwise the whole shot would be ruined. Frankly, w...

Geoff Chaplin on A Castle You Say?
Yes, great shots and well done taking the D with little prior experience. I too found no problem getting film…
Philip on The Whole Roll: Harman Phoenix 120 in Minolta Autocord MX
It really does seem like Phoenix 200 was meant for the 120 format. Likely due to the smaller negative size,…
Simon Foale on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Thanks for this Tony. I've been reading with admiration your posts, many of which showcase your impressive capacity to construct…

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