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9 December, 2021

A Year in Slide Film Part 1 – Shooting – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I was originally put off shooting slide film because I had heard that you needed to be incredibly precise with your exposure otherwise the whole shot would be ruined. Frankly, w...

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 ...

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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