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29 April, 2023

Nost•Algia and Film Simulations in Digital Photography

By Marco D'Urzo

This is not intended to be a technical text, or even a tutorial. The web is full of writings on the technique of analogue film simulation, or guides on how to apply it to your o...

22 April, 2023

The Collection – An Accumulation of Film Canisters

By Jeff Neale

I posted on the Facebook/Darkroom group some pictures of my old film canister collection that I’ve been accumulating on and off then on again for over forty years now. Those pix...

20 April, 2023

Making Flash Work for my Photography

By Simon King

I do not like flash photography. I do not enjoy the feeling of light cutting through the darkness directly towards whomever or whatever I am photographing. However, sometimes t...

1 April, 2023

Economies of Film

By Simon King

After seeing some online discussions about the price of film rising I thought I'd revisit and follow up on a piece of writing I previously wrote about darkroom prints, and how I...

21 March, 2023

“Understanding Life Backwards” in Two Old Photographs – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

Memories are weird. Some fly out of one's head and into oblivion as quickly as they form. Some stay longer, but frequently morph with the years. Others remain burned-in for a li...

17 March, 2023

How do I put myself ‘out there’? – The next steps for an introverted photographer – By Tim Wainwright

By Tim Wainwright

Each year I refuse to participate in the game of sharing new year's resolutions. Every year I refuse to make resolutions. I understand however, that for many people they are an ...

15 March, 2023

Photography Words in Other Languages

By Sroyon

I guess we all know about bokeh, originally a Japanese word but now very much part of the English-speaking photographer's vocabulary. I’m into both photography and language-lear...

10 March, 2023

Ranting about my Photographic Journey – By Alex Kreisman

By Alex Kreisman

I feel like Ranting... I don't know what has come upon me these past few months but I feel the urge to rant about photography. I did photography as a means to connect with my f...

Ian Gamester on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Thanks. I was transported back to childhood as soon as I started constructing the Lego. It was quite amazing how…
Ian Gamester on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Good luck to Arsenal, it could be your year.
Russ Rosener on Calm Down – How Slow Photography Eased My Pre-Match Anfield Anxiety
Truly this is one of the best posts about photography, and WHY we do photography that I have seen in…

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