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23 January, 2025

Not Resolutions, but 15 Ideas to Get Out of a Rut in 2025

By Kary Schumpert

I had a bit of a slump in 2024 in terms of both writing and photography and I want to dig out of that lull. From past experience, I realize broadcasting some resolutions doesn&#...

21 January, 2025

Heads or Tails? My Camera Choice for 2025

By David Pauley

Having sketched out the reasons for my decision to commit to just one camera for the New Year in a previous post, I’ll now walk through the various contenders and reveal m...

21 January, 2025

A New Year’s Resolution: One Camera for 2025

By David Pauley

For the New Year, I am plotting a significant shift in my approach to film photography. Rather than moving from camera to camera, pivoting from 35mm to medium format or even 4&#...

29 December, 2024

A Complicated Relationship With Colour Film

By David Smith

“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” — Raine...

21 December, 2024

When The Burn Out Hits

By Larissa Almeida

When I finished university, I didn’t think burnout would hit me… how very wrong I was indeed. I was fortunate enough to attend a fantastic university, especially fo...

16 December, 2024

Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

By Andrea Monti

What do these pictures have in common (apart from having been taken in various places in Japan)? No, they don’t have the same look and feel, composition or use of light, n...

3 December, 2024

New Horizons and Moving Back in Time

By Philip

Having shot purely digital for well over a decade, I find myself more and more drawn to the analog process and aesthetic of the film medium. This hankering for a more organic an...

18 November, 2024

Spectacular Vernacular. Memory and Legacy.

By Nik Stanbridge

The camera is a memory machine. And a legacy one. Photography is all about recording memories (or creating them) and building, whether you like it or not, a legacy. They, the me...

Hamish Gill on 5 frames in Barcelona with the Voigtländer VM 35mm 1.2 III on Leica M6
The photos are film, so maybe he just picked the wrong photo - I didn't even notice. i don't think…
Michael on Light Lens Lab Nine Element 28mm f/2.8 review
Enjoyed your review. I owned the LLL 35mm 8 element and was blown away by the build quality.
Gary Smith on Not Resolutions, but 15 Ideas to Get Out of a Rut in 2025
Luckily I haven't experienced a slump yet but it will come, I'm sure. Great article Kary. I particularly like your…

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