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A woman in a blue dress and blue hat starts to walk towards a covered bridge. She is walking on a ramp covered with fallen brown leaves. Above her is a red maple tree with bright red leaves. The covered bridge has many small lights suspended from its ceiling.

29 December, 2025

A covered bridge in Alabama – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Don Kasak

29 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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This year was a big deal for me as far as photography goes. My enjoyment of shooting with film was rekindled, thanks to winning a barely-functional camera in a contest. One roll of film in this almost broken camera was enough to inspire me to find...

29 December, 2025

Charmera Review – Kodak has its charms, but this camera isn’t one of them

By David Kassnoff

29 December, 2025

/ Compact Digital, Toy Camera, /

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This week, I acquired the in-demand Kodak Charmera digital point-and-shoot camera. I teach an Art Photography class at a small U.S. university, and some students were intrigued by the thumb-sized camera — possibly as an alternative to a long...

sunflowers with a sunflare taken on film with a plastic camera

29 December, 2025

Sunflares and Sunflowers – My favorite photo of 2025.

By DeeDee Yelverton

29 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Superheadz White Slim Angel, /

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Summers where I live range from hot, very hot, to blistering hot. Thankfully, this year’s summer was only hot. That meant I was outside more often, which I love. I took this photo during one of those hot summer afternoons while on an afterno...

29 December, 2025

Kodak Eastman 5230 – The Time(s) I Shot This Curious Eastman Background Film

By Ron Duda

29 December, 2025

/ Kodak Eastman 5230, Kodak Film, /

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It was in late July this summer when I spotted a curious listing on Facebook Marketplace. The add was captioned “Kodak 5230 bulk film roll” and described simply as, “Black and white motion picture film 35mm format, never opened...

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26 February, 2025

When Nothingness Stares Back

By Julian Tanase

Half hidden under the southern archway of the Salzburg Cathedral, this statue is a grim representation of a cloaked, well, empty figure. The onlookers are left wondering what or...

Canon EOS Rebel 2000 35mm film SLR camera

25 February, 2025

5 frames in Orlando with the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 SLR and Ilford HP-5 Plus film

By Scott Bassett

I’ve been away from film photography for decades. As a teen in the 1970’s, I carried my Ricoh SLR with me almost everywhere. By the time I reached college, the Ricoh was u...

25 February, 2025

5 frames with a Leica M4-2, 35mm Summilux and Ektachrome

By henry green

Hello, my name is Henry, I am 22 years old, and I live in Bristol. By day I work in a coffee roastery and by night I take photographs. I have been shooting for about 3 years now...

24 February, 2025

To Do or To Own? (or the Photographer’s Dilemma)

By Andrea Monti

To Own or To Do is the photographer’s version of Erich Fromm’s dilemma posed in his famous essay, ‘To Have or to Be’. I don’t have the authority to...

24 February, 2025

Canon 7 and a Industar 26m – Initial thoughts and experiences

By Tony Warren

Canon 7 with Industar 26M. Sample photos.

23 February, 2025

A Final Chapter for Large Format

By Tony Warren

Linhof Super Technika. Komamura Woodman 45. Large format.

KMSKA and Antwerp

22 February, 2025

KMSKA, Antwerp – Leica M3, Fomapan 100 developed in Bergger PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Having lived in a cultural wilderness during the COVID period and for a year or so afterwards the temptation to overdose on culture became irresistible. A six week stay in Bruss...

BlackBox Holo review

21 February, 2025

BlackBox Holo MF and 135 film digitiser – a Review

By Geoff Chaplin

This is a review of the BlackBox Holo MF and 135 film digitiser. If this looks familiar its because I wrote a review of their 35mm film scanner on 23rd May 2024. I found that sc...

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