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18 December, 2025

Vernality Redux – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Peter Roberts

18 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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As I write this the first cold snap is heralding the start of winter making me realise that as I grow older I am becoming more and more a fair weather photographer. Having spent a lot of my life working, often outside, all hours of the day and nig...

18 December, 2025

Your photo of the year 2025 Submision Deadline – 21st December

By Hamish Gill

18 December, 2025

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I need to put a cap on this now – I think we have had ~50 submissions, which has been great, but I am in the danger of running out of space in the schedule to share them without totally flooding the site (and people’s email inboxes for...

18 December, 2025

Mama Mamiya – 5 Frames with a Mamiya 135AF

By John Andrews

18 December, 2025

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The year is 1980. A time of New Romantic synth-pop music, shoulder pads and neon colours. Big hair, make up on both sexes, and a time of big statement looks. Duran Duran, U2, Depeche Mode and the Eurythmics were some of the music sounds filling ...

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5 Frames with a Leica M6 and Slide Film

By Lasse Andersen

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23 August, 2024

The Accidental Double Exposure: A Virtual Architectural Vision – a One Shot Story

By Jens

As an avid hobbyist photographer, my journey through the world of analog photography has been marked by moments of surprise and serendipity. One such moment occurred recently wh...

23 August, 2024

Maximizing Garage Sale And Thrift Store Finds

By Azriel Knight

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Thornton Pickard Rubyette No. 2 – So now what?

By Steviemac

So now what? This is the question I ask myself, or perhaps should have asked myself when I rashly bought this wonderful example of an English plate camera. It’s a Thornton...

22 August, 2024

5 Frames with a Widelux F7 at The Louvre

By Dan Cuny

Panoramic photography and the cameras that take them have always been one of my favorite kinds of photography. As your eyes see the world and your mind conveys the images, it...

Duncanville football receiver making a diving catch while closely guarded by opponents defensive backs

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Friday Night Lights – The Catch – A One Shot Story

By Bill Brown

The year was 1981 and I had recently received a certificate of completion for a film processing and printing class at Mountain View Community College located in Dallas County. I...

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