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15 December, 2025

A New Take on “Take”

By Tom Warland

15 December, 2025

/ Photography Philosophy, /

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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the vocabulary we use in photography—specifically the words we reach for without even realising. Words like take, capture, and shoot. They’re so ingrained in photographic culture that most of us use them dozen...

15 December, 2025

Frozen Light – My photo of the year 2025

By AndreArma

15 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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I took this picture on a bitterly cold January morning while crossing a bridge on the St. Croix River in Minnesota. The temperature was well below zero, the kind of cold that makes every breath visibile and every sound sharper. The sun had just co...

Chroma Cameras CubePan

15 December, 2025

Chroma Camera CubePan – A Review, and my Journey into Panoramic Photography

By Steve Abbott

15 December, 2025

/ Chroma Camera, Chroma Camera Cube Pan, Panoramic Camera, /

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So despite having a number of cameras (all film) – three Leica rangefinders (don’t judge!), a Leica SLR, bought for a specific purpose, which I don’t use any more and will sell, a Rolleicord 6×6 TLR, an old 6×9 folder (also t...

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19 April, 2024

NEWS: Silver & Light – An Analogue Photographic Exhibition

By Katie Cooper

In a celebration of the timeless art of analogue photography, Canwood Gallery is hosting an exhibition titled “Silver & Light: An Analogue Photographic Exhibition.R...

19 April, 2024

Leidolf Lordomat – Capturing Light and Shade

By Steviemac

Like many enthusiastic photographers, I have long yearned for a Leica. The M series have always seemed to me to be the epitome of 35mm rangefinder cameras, however the associate...

18 April, 2024

Going Analog on Okinawa – Part III – Scanning Misadventures

By David Tan

This is part three in a series, you can find part two here I had a work trip to the Tokyo area recently – which meant I brought along my Nikon F2S with 50mm mounted and a 28mm s...

17 April, 2024

Film Folders – Pure nostalgia, with a few tips from long, long ago

By Roger

I was recently scanning some very old family photos to preserve them, as the negatives were not in the best of condition, and I found myself enjoying looking at the folders they...

Sony Mavica MVC-FD200

17 April, 2024

5 frames with Sony Mavica MVC-FD200, and a lesson in trusting your equipment

By Callum Stanton

My journey in photography started as an attempt to take photographs that I would have personal connection with, that could be used to remember a time or share my perspective on ...

16 April, 2024

Another YAWDISF Post

By Andrea Monti

Yes, this is another ‘why do I shoot film’ post, and no, the answers are not ‘because it slows me down’, ‘because it connects me to the act of taki...

16 April, 2024

5 (+2) Frames with a Pentax Q7 & Nikon 85mm 1.8 AFD (~400mm equivalent)

By Hamish Gill

In the run up to a recent holiday I had a sudden unshakeable desire to shoot my Nikon 85mm lens on my Pentax Q7. If you aren’t already aware, the Pentax Q7 has a fairly tiny sen...

15 April, 2024

Minolta Maxxum 7 – The Best for when you really have got to get that shot (on a budget)

By Ibraar Hussain

Early 2017 was a disaster, needless to say one thing lead to another and I then eventually was camera-less. You can imagine how that feels? Penniless yes, but cameras-less? Anyw...

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