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A wide format photo of a row of tightly parked moped motorcycles

31 December, 2025

Moped Panorama, Rome – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Colin O'S

31 December, 2025

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My submission to the Photo of the Year collection was taken back in January 2025, in Rome. I had just got on a city bus, waiting at its first stop, when I noticed this line of parked mopeds outside – so evocative of all of Italy – and ...

Infrared panorama over Hong Kong taken from Victoria Peak.

31 December, 2025

My Gateway to Infrared

By Jonathan Murray

31 December, 2025

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My introduction to infrared photography—both the inspiration and the activation—began in Hong Kong several decades ago. Infrared photography is a fascination that has stayed with me ever since, tracking alongside the generational leaps in digital ...

31 December, 2025

Siblings – My Photo(s) Of The Year 2025

By Alexander Seidler

31 December, 2025

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Selecting photos is a tough job in my opinion. Nevertheless the choice for my pair of shots had been clear because this little “siblings” series occupied me for a long period of this year, and the quantitative output had been low. I us...

31 December, 2025

The Technical Side of My Photography – A Reflection on How I Shoot

By Alexandre Kreisman

31 December, 2025

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This post will be a mix of reflections on my technical approach, things I have observed while shooting. Let’s start at the beginning: Me! I tend to be a perfectionist. I shoot exclusively in manual mode, usually without flash or a light mete...

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13 December, 2024

Working Undercover – A one (or two) shot story

By Paul Quellin

There were two remaining 5×4 sheets of Ilford Delta 100 left in a dark slide. The sun had finally emerged after weeks with heavily overcast skies. Working from the home off...

Black Olympus Trip 35 with Gordy strap

13 December, 2024

Olympus Trip 35 – Shooting my black camera in Munich

By Paul Lamb

The streets of Munich were the perfect place to put my black Olympus Trip 35 to the test. There’s nothing like exploring new places to get enthusiastic about taking pictures. An...

12 December, 2024

Zhiyun Molus X60 RGB Light Review – Documenting a Daoist Idol Makers’ Workshop

By Sroyon

My phone buzzes with a text from my new friend Tze Yong. “Xuántiān Shàngdì (玄天上帝), also known as True Warrior Great Emperor (真武大帝), is a prominent deity in Taoism,...

Boy carrying shoes

11 December, 2024

The Whole Roll: 100 TMax in an Ordinary Place, on an Ordinary Day, in an Extraordinary camera (the Rolleiflex 2.8F).

By David Smith

“I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don’t try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordinary.” — Andy Warhol The images on...

11 December, 2024

GoPro – Treating a Action cam Like a Point & Shoot

By Sebastian Shields

GoPros seem to be something that people buy then never use, in fact I’m guilty of this myself. There’s long been an association with GoPro and the intense and dramatic action sp...

10 December, 2024

5 Frames with a Rollei 35AF and Cinestill 800T

By Eric

The new Rollei 35AF arrived last week Friday. I have already managed to get through 6 rolls of film and I am currently working on the 7th. So far so good. For a long winded take...

Canon vi-l camera

10 December, 2024

Rangefinder with glasses? A mod made from necessity

By Christie Harkness

Anyone who is a glasses wearer and rangefinder enthusiast then this issue will be familiar with you. A quick google search for ‘rangefinder camera with glasses’ will expose you ...

Olympus 35SP camera with a roll of film.

9 December, 2024

5 Frames with an Olympus 35 SP

By James Billings

For an upcoming trip to Japan, I decided I wanted to travel fairly light (camera-wise!) using just my shoulder-bag. Whilst my backpack holds lots of gear, fishing out the camera...

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