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7 December, 2019

Reflecting on Some Film Photography Failures – by Simon King

By Simon King

As we approach the end of the year, and nights draw in closer, and colder, I'm taking the opportunity to go through my archive of photographs, in order to start curating them in...

5 December, 2019

Recurrent Corneal Erosion and a Mamiya 645 Pro – It’s a Pirates Life For Me – By Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

One delightfully horrid January morning in 2018 - probably a Wednesday, nothing ever good happens on a Wednesday I woke in excruciating pain. I hadn’t been drinking the night be...

29 November, 2019

The Alchemy of Film Photography – finding my perfect formula – by Joseph Tan

By josephtwx

You are reeling your film into the developing tank for the first time, but somehow the film got stuck. In complete darkness, it’s difficult to tell what’s wrong. It&...

19 November, 2019

Video: Chatting to Ashley Carr in Stourport (part 2)

By Hamish Gill

A couple of months ago I went to Stourport and met up with Ashley Carr. This is part 2 of the video I made, if you’d like to see the first part, you can find it here. If you’ve ...

13 November, 2019

Studying Eisenstaedt – By Frank Wu

By frankhwu

Since taking up photography, I have tried to see as much of the art as practicable. Most recently, I visited Hillwood in Washington, D.C., the primary estate of the late Marjori...

7 November, 2019

Why Are You Carrying The Camera? – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Why are you carrying the camera,” asked my colleague the curmudgeon. We were having lunch around the corner from the school. He in fact is much nicer than he pretends to be, an...

1 November, 2019

Meeting the Vintage Field Camera Man at the Golden Spike 150th Anniversary – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

The highlight of the sesquicentennial celebration of the transcontinental railroad for me was meeting an amateur photographer toting his vintage field camera. I was honored to b...

17 October, 2019

Why I spend my free time being a lab technician for a friend – By Sina Farhat

By belola_goth

Many years ago I met Jonas Lundström and I learned that he is a creative film shooter that doesn't fear odd cameras, expired films and trying out new things. In 2014 he announce...

Ibraar Hussain on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
Lovely photos man, captured every moment, and the B&W work and tones are spot on ! Great!!!
Floyd K. Takeuchi on Takayama in the Spring – A One Shot Story
Much thanks to all who took the time to leave comments about this post. You are all most generous in…
Kodachromeguy on An F-mount to LTM lens adapter on a Canon 7
Another option might be to try a Pentax PK adapter. Many of the PK lenses from Pentax and other companies…

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