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23 December, 2025

High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025

By John Eaton

23 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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Like others on 35mmc, I was immediately attracted by Hamish’s invitation to submit one’s favorite photo of the year – in my case because I believed that I had just shot it in early November! However, to date I haven’t been a contributor to 35mmc,...

23 December, 2025

Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

23 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, ilford HP5+, Nikon 35ti, /

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As it is customary in Japanese Shinto shrines, also the Heian Jingu in Kyoto has an area where bad luck is left hanging in the open. 御御籤 —o-mikuji—are small strips of paper that people can choose at random to find out their fortune. As every to...

The Carousel Bar

23 December, 2025

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year

By Jonathan Murray

23 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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Photography has been part of my life for half a century. At thirteen, living on Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus, I joined the base photography club and found myself under the guidance of an RAF press photographer. He taught me the basics —...

pic of Mamiya C220, plus a Mamiya C33 and spare lens

23 December, 2025

5 Frames With a Mamiya C220

By Victor Dively

23 December, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Mamiya C220, /

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This past year I decided to focus on black and white film photography and to tackle landscape photography. For me, that has been a hard challenge. My occasional attempts at landscape photography while out hiking and looking for wildlife have alway...

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Holga Micro-110 – How low(fi) can you go?

By Neal Wellons

I am a camera collector and have cameras in formats from Minox to 5×7 and I have shot most of them. I am also a photography addict and have to get out every week or so and...

My brother Byron admiring mom's flowers

6 September, 2024

Beyond the Frame – One Shot, Six Stories

By Dave Powell

At photo exhibits, I look for images that especially grab me. If I find one and the photographer is around, I’ll ask if the photo holds stories that aren’t immediately obvious. ...

6 September, 2024

Harman Phoenix 120 – My First Few Rolls

By Hamish Gill

Yesterday we posted an article by Alex sharing the news and his first experiences shooting Harman Phoenix in 120 format. As mentioned in that post, having released this film in ...

5 September, 2024

Harman Phoenix – Now Available in 120 – My First few Rolls

By Alexander Doran

Harman Photo have today announced the release of their Phoenix colour film in 120 format. Previously only available in 35mm, this released has been teased and leaked over the in...

5 September, 2024

Early Auto Exposure – Three Different Approaches

By Tony Warren

When my original plans for the Agfa Selecta M I bought a little impulsively recently were clearly not going to happen, the camera type in general began to interest me. I already...

Matsumoto's "Magic Cube"

4 September, 2024

When Kitsch Becomes Collectible

By Dave Powell

I just experienced huge culture shock about that thing up there. During the 1980s and early ‘90s, I was a computer-networking journalist and editor for publications like Minicom...

4 September, 2024

Returning to home developing – an expired roll of FP4 and perhaps a Pen EE

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

Ibraar Hussain recently posted a review of a Chinon CE-4 and his experiences with it which I found very interesting. So interesting that a few days later a house-clearance, unte...

Mystery painting and its novel signature

3 September, 2024

That Time I Played Art Detective — One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Sometimes, the world is indeed small. In 2015, Kate and I moved from a 1,700-square-foot Cape-style house to a 2,700 square-foot retirement condo with exceedingly high cathedral...

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