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16 July, 2018

Some of my Favourite Film Photographers – Simon King

By Simon King

When I first started shooting film it was as a side project, a hobby and as a way to explore the analog side of photography - around which such mysticism and cult exists. I expe...

12 July, 2018

The Photos Not Taken – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

“Please move along,” the man said. I had wanted to photograph the door he opened, of the brownstone on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, along a quiet residential street on an a...

4 May, 2018

Photography as Social Activity – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I increasingly appreciate the social aspect of photography. Although I belong among the admirers of Vivian Maier — who could not be fascinated by the story of the street photogr...

23 March, 2018

One Good Photo of Everybody – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Now as never before I like looking at people. My obsession with taking photos has made me much more interested in other people. I have to be careful not to stare at strangers. B...

14 March, 2018

Forward Motion – On the Road with Saint Etienne – By Mike Monaghan

By Mike Monaghan

My career behind the drums first took me on the road some 7 or so years back and since then I’ve had the good fortune to tour as far and wide as America, Europe, China an...

23 February, 2018

“Are You a Photographer?” – By Frank Wu

By frankhwu

“Are you a photographer?” the woman seated next to me on the airplane asked. She had spied my camera bag with two bodies and three extra lenses. “Are you a model?” I replied, a...

26 January, 2018

The Short Life of Tri-X Man – by Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am not the person I thought I was. When I got back into film photography, shooting a Contax G2, I envisioned myself loading it with roll upon roll of Kodak Tri-X black and whi...

13 January, 2018

The Contrarian with the Contax – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

I am a contrarian. When I was looking to start again in film photography, I knew immediately that I wanted a vintage Contax G2. My goal was to have a camera that was compact eno...

Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Good luck with not dropping the camera! And many thanks for the comments.
Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Thanks, maybe I'll ditch that strap. My other Hawkesmill straps are fine, just this one.
Geoff Chaplin on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Yes Pyro is a compensating developer so lowers high contrast scenes, but I think here the miserable weather is suspect…

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