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21 September, 2023

Two Photographers, One Camera, and the Crushing Disappointment of Film

By Joel Rouse

I’m over it now, the crushing disappointment that is. And there’s a caveat – the film was expired. This was the brief: twelve shots consisting of three portr...

8 December, 2022

Starting to Learn Flash – Hurdles and Discoveries So Far – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

First, a disclaimer: This is flash novices experience. I confess, that I have just touched the tip of iceberg with flash photography and there might be a lot of aspects that I h...

15 June, 2022

My First Two Rolls of Film – HP5+ in a Trip 35 – By Stevenson Gawen

By Steven G

In many years of amateur (at best) photography, I’ve almost entirely used digital since I started with a compact in 2005 or 2006. But recently I've been increasingly keen to try...

10 June, 2022

Grocery Store Development – Part 3: Fixing Film with Pool Chemicals and Fertilizer – By Josh Vickers

By Josh Vickers

Fixer is both cheap and abundant, which is great for those of us that enjoy developing our own negatives. However, in the search for local alternatives for film development, it ...

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...

Keith Drysdale on A New Obsession – Analog Photography – A One Shot Story
That's a lovely shot. My advice is just keep shooting with this camera until you are confident that you will…
Thomas Wolstenholme on Fuji X-Pro3 – 5 years on – Extended Thoughts and my Dream Lens
The Fringer permits autofocus, auto-exposure, EXIF and even the VR of the lens to function. I've even used it once…
Keith Drysdale on Pentax Zoom 60 Auto – Thoughts from a 3rd roll
My recent exploits of shooting zoom compacts of the late 80s and 90s have led to the same conclusions. These…

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