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26 November, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story Told by Four Photographers – Part 3

By Dean Lawrence

26 November, 2025

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After Scott Ferguson and David Hume’s posts a short while back and the comments within them, I was surprised to be asked to contribute. Surprised and terrified to be honest, but it has been a wonderful experience. I don’t have the expe...

26 November, 2025

No Kings – My photo of the year (so far) 2025

By Art Meripol

26 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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This photo was also part of a recent post I shared here on 35mmc. Apologies for sharing it twice in quick succession, but this image also fits the idea of my favorite photo of the year. I’ve shot almost 50 commercial jobs this year but this ...

26 November, 2025

One By Four: a One Shot Story told by Four Photographers – Part 4

By David Pauley

26 November, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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Winter Sunlight, NYC, 2025. Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar f2.8, light yellow filter. Tri-X 400. This post is the final installment of a four-way conversation between Scott Ferguson, David Hume, Dean Lawrence, and myself on four photographs from ou...

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29 May, 2018

5 Frames with a Pentax ME – By Oliver Clarke

By Oliver

When traveling for work, it can be hard to find time and reasons to step outside the office and explore the new place you are in. Photography gives you that reason and the Penta...

27 May, 2018

Lensbaby Burnside review – wacky, but potentially wonderful

By Hamish Gill

It’s been years since I’ve played with a Lensbaby lens. But whilst I don’t partake, I do keep up with what they’re up to - I find their slightly nutty lens ideas fascinating. I ...

26 May, 2018

Leica M10 – Why I chose mine over the Sony a9 – by Rollin Banderob

By Rollin Banderob

For over a year I had been contemplating plunking down money for a digital body one last time and committing to shooting that camera for 5-10 years. In the film days I had the s...

25 May, 2018

Ricoh FF-90 Super Review – A Landscape Photographer’s New Companion – By Adam Smith

By AdamKendall

A couple of months ago I found myself heading to Wilson’s, a local antiques shop. Overlooking the aqua- marine waters of Lake Michigan, this shop is a popular destination for an...

24 May, 2018

5 Frames with a Zeiss Ikon Contessa – by Thomas Bell

By improbabilitydrive

My name is Thomas Bell. Im a hobbyist photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. I come from a film crew background, so Im used to the mechanics of photography, but until I picked ...

23 May, 2018

Minolta X-700 and 45mm f2 Lens – A love story with an uncertain ending – By Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Love stories come in more dramatic varieties. But they're never more true. The 45mm f2 Minolta MD lens was attached to an SR-T 100x I bought in a now-defunct thrift store in Mun...

22 May, 2018

An Instax Project And A Framing Challenge – by Aukje

By Aukje

Two years ago I changed jobs to be able to work closer to home, allowing me to bike to work, and combine commuting with photography. Or at least it gave me more flexibility, wit...

21 May, 2018

The Sunbeams Analogue Photography News – 100 not out!

By The Sunbeams

Hello film fans and welcome back to this, the most centenary of editions of the Sunbeams Analogue Photography News. It’s been a busy few weeks since last we corresponded, ...

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