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27 May, 2026

I Don’t Get It – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

27 May, 2026

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This is the ad for an upcoming live concert of Zucchero ‘Sugar’ Fornaciari, a well-known Italian pop musician famous for his loosely blues-inspired music. Having been on stage for decades, Fornaciari is no amateur. I would therefore ex...

27 May, 2026

A Missed Opportunity – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

27 May, 2026

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Seen from the outside the scene was too perfect to be true. A truck stuck in a narrow street near Trevi’s Fountain, in Rome, trying to negotiate its way out, and the ad on the backdoor claiming that ‘sometimes being bottled is a pleasu...

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27 May, 2026

Real Adventures are Still Out There! (Part 1)

By Dave Powell

27 May, 2026

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One true joy of travel is the chance it offers to stumble onto real mysteries of nature. It doesn’t happen often, but Kate and I have experienced it three times. The most recent occurred during a 2018 tour of Newfoundland. “Plantimals”? This 35mmc...

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24 January, 2026

Voigtländer Vitrona – World premiere of something we now take for granted

By Alex Peter

We all have a little digital camera in a drawer somewhere. We occasionally take it out for family gatherings to take simple, well-lit photos indoors. Set the flash to automatic ...

23 January, 2026

Feel Nothing, Hear Nothing, See Nothing

By Eagle Omomuro

I don’t know where this story should begin. Perhaps that uncertainty is the only honest place to start. For years, I have lived with anxiety. At its worst, it escalated into pan...

23 January, 2026

My 2025 on Colour Film – 9 rolls, 8 emulsions, 6 cameras

By Sroyon

I predominantly shoot black-and-white film, preferring digital if I want to take colour photos. But in 2025, besides my usual quota of B&W, I also shot nine rolls of 35mm co...

Minolta X-700 with a roll of DragonFilm CI

22 January, 2026

5 Frames from Florence, on DragonFilm CI

By James Billings

For those who aren’t already familiar with them, DragonFilm is a small UK based company who re-spool various interesting films under their own branding. Up until recently ...

22 January, 2026

5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite

By John Bennett

In the year-and-a-half since Ricoh released their Pentax half-frame camera, much has been written about its design, about the company hitting the pause button on their film came...

21 January, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my own failures

By Michael Murray

Inspired by a post from Alexandre Kreisman, I wanted to present some misses to the community to look for ideas and opportunities for growth. Below, you’ll find 8 images t...

21 January, 2026

New ads provider incoming – possible interruptions to service

By Hamish Gill

Just a heads up, I am moving ad providers. I have, believe it or not, been quite happy with the current provider, but I have had some page load issues and a very poor Q4 which h...

21 January, 2026

100 or 200 skies – Kentmere vs Kentmere – Not really a fair contest

By Paul Quellin

There is nearly always Kentmere film in the fridge. There are films I would prefer, but Kentmere rarely seems to be out of stock when it is shopping time. With a period of cold ...

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