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19 November, 2025

A new old lens at No Kings Day protests

By Art Meripol

19 November, 2025

/ Leica 50mm Summicron, Leica M4-P, Protest Photography, /

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I admit. I went down the rabbit hole trying to pick out ‘the’ Leica 50mm glass to put on my Leica M4-P. I bought the camera some years back from a friend and he included a Voigtlander Nokton 35mm 1.4. It’s a lovely piece of glass. But I couldn’t h...

19 November, 2025

Earnsey Bay – My photograph of the year 2025

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

19 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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Google Pixel 7a, f/1.89, 1/962s, 5.43mm, ISO64, un-retouched My sister was over from Germany for a few days and, living land-locked, she loves to see the sea. It was mid October and the weather was not very pleasant but we took her to Earnsey Bay ...

19 November, 2025

Saturday Night Fight Fever

By Andrea Monti

19 November, 2025

/ Sports Photography, /

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On October 18, I was ringside to shoot the European Boxing Union‘s female super-lightweight European title fight. The crown vas vacant and the two contenders were both Italians. Silvia Bortot, a former two-time European champion, and Sonia F...

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12 October, 2024

Fuji Eterna 250D – My first step into cine film stock

By Mrigank Shekhar

I’ll be honest, I have never shot any cine stocks like Kodak 250D or 500T which seem to be shot by most people. There’s been a couple of reasons for that. Cine film ...

12 October, 2024

5 frames with Petri 7s using Kodak Gold 200

By domrasini

Several months ago, I stumbled across Barry Carr’s article 5 Frames With the Petri 7s. It quickly led me down a rabbit hole, as I wasn’t overly familiar with the Petri line of g...

11 October, 2024

The Whole Roll – Kodak Portra 160 – Summer, New Orleans City Park.

By Ivan Baptista Jr

I know, I know—color film. Something about the way the Portra family renders those dreamy pastels calls to me—some background before we start. I am 30-something years old now, m...

11 October, 2024

Boots 35AF – This Boots is made for shooting

By Julian Tanase

And that is what it does. Yeah, I know, but I couldn’t help myself not to bring Nancy in this story. Fun fact, it is the only camera in my small collection to have a panor...

10 October, 2024

Soho (Needless To Say)

By Mike Kitson

Dr Samuel Johnson once said something along the lines of ‘when a person is tired of London, they are tired of life’. For me, London is a city that I will never tire ...

A picture of four gargoyles sticking out the side of an ornate building. There is the side of another building next to them.

10 October, 2024

The good, the bad, and the grainy – exploring Czechia with an untested Pentax 170SL

By Sasha Rose

This month, I committed a cardinal sin within my own photography – I took an untested camera away with me on holiday. It was my mums Pentax 170SL, the one she had bought during ...

Alstroemeria floral photograph.

9 October, 2024

Hope in Creativity

By Hannah Gimblett

Ever since my initial encounter with a camera, when I was gifted my first one at age 6 from my dear Mum – it was clear that it sparked something inside me. As time passed,...

Boy looking at bubble

8 October, 2024

Breaking the Bank for a Bubble — A One-Shot Story

By David Smith

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy My photographic journey is yet to take me to Iceland or the game parks of Namibia. In my Lightroom folders,...

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