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7 December, 2021

Getting the Shot: A Hybrid Workflow Odyssey – By Jamie Winder

By Jamie Winder

I am not a purist. Not when it comes to the things I enjoy, nor the way I work, and definitely not in the way I approach photography. I love shooting film, but will spend time i...

1 December, 2021

Self-Portrait in Hotels – by Michiko Ohashi

By Michiko Ohashi

I was born and raised in Tokyo, which is where I still live – in the downtown area, full of old tenements and traditional coffee shops. I graduated from junior college speciali...

24 November, 2021

The Film Community has a Math Problem. Not a Film Price or Kodak Problem – By Matt Wright

By Matthew Wright

On November 3, 2021, Kodak announced a film price increase of 9-15% and the film community let out a collective sigh of exhaustion citing a lack of support and commitment to the...

23 November, 2021

Ten Years Gone: The Ricoh GXR

By Anonymised

I have always been a film photographer: I grew up when there was only film and realised, pretty early in the digital age, that the tens of thousands of hours I had already spent...

5 November, 2021

Photographer or Photographic Artist? – by Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

This article began as a post in the Photography Books and Theory group on Facebook. It is a friendly and informative group and as the name implies, it is a place to discuss book...

3 November, 2021

What do you do with all the photographs you take? Who actually sees them? – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

In the olden days, before domestic computers, sharing images shot on neg film was all about physical artefacts. In order to share your work you had to produce something tangible...

29 October, 2021

“Blur is a Part of Life” – A Collaborative Project

By Sroyon

When asked if blur in photographs is undesirable because it obscures what is there, William Klein disagreed: "If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur ...

17 October, 2021

A Cinematic Photographer Discovering New Horizons by – Nicola Armento

By Nicola Armento

I can’t remember how it all started, I never even thought about taking pictures, but then one day, on that plane to New York in 2017, something changed. I was going on a trip w...

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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