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11 March, 2021

How I Lost the Washington Monument – by Simon King

By Simon King

Despite how far I feel I've come both personally and professionally over the last few years there are still times where I'm really knocked back a step, and reminded just how muc...

12 February, 2021

Does the Voice of the Student Matter? – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I have always worried about my level of experience and whether my thoughts matter. Being one of the more academic students at school perhaps set me up for this worry in later li...

11 January, 2021

Loading 35mm into 120 Camera (Without Adapters) – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

I have been intrigued by the look of the sprocket holes with the actual photo, so I wanted to try to replicate it. It is a effect mostly used on colour images and it seems quite...

23 December, 2020

A Personal Comparison of “Affordable”, Mid-Speed, Black & White Film Stocks – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I’m not trying to rehash content that’s been done to death. I’m not going to tell you which black and white film is the "best". I’m just going to talk you through 4 film types t...

19 December, 2020

Experiments Pushing & Pulling Ilford HP5 – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

This is not groundbreaking stuff. I’m not the first to experiment with pushing and pulling Ilford HP5 but it’s my first time experimenting with it. I make no secret of the fact ...

14 December, 2020

Stand development Follow Up – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 8 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

I have been studying a bit since my last post on the subject of stand development and have put in place some comment I received. As such, here a follow-up on my experiences with...

2 December, 2020

My First Rolls of Ektachrome – A Tropical Thunderstorm – By Aukje

By Aukje

It has been a while since I have submitted a story for 35mmc, sometimes life gets in the way of photography. This time I broke my foot, and it kept me indoors most of spring and...

30 November, 2020

“Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus” and “Out of Focus”: Pinhole Adventures Part 4 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Another Monday, another episode of my Pinhole Adventures series… but this one is a bit different. So far, I’ve mainly focused on designing and building cameras. Part 4 is less a...

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davesurrey on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
Sorry I mistyped your name, Should have said Andrea. :-(
Tomasz Kowalski on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
That's a re-assuring response regarding the wider AI debate - I'm very glad you wrote up the extra note on…
davesurrey on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
Andrei, Thanks for this super interesting article. I assume you were using ChatGPT. If so did you try any others…

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