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6 February, 2026
When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
I collect and shoot Holgas, especially the 120 versions. The plastic lens and exposure limitations work to inspire me in a way that doesn’t happen with 35mm or medium for...
6 February, 2026
Zeiss ZM Biogon 35/2 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
This is an empirical field test of the Zeiss ZM T* 35/2 Biogon lens in M-mount on a Nikon Z5 through an adapter crafted by master Adriano Lolli. As with all my technical tests,...
5 February, 2026
Storytelling with Film
I prefer film. There… I said it! Man, it feels good to get that off my chest. Even in 2026 when digital cameras and phones are awesome, I always pick up a film camera. But why? ...
5 February, 2026
Reticulated – A One shot story
This image is a testament to always looking and always shooting. It is also a testament to the serendipity of success. I shot hundreds of images last year, both casually and w...
4 February, 2026
One Shot Story Cotton Candy Sunset
I live in San Diego and am treated to beautiful sunsets all year long all most as good as Hawaiian sunsets, if that could be possible. On this particular evening, I was surpris...
4 February, 2026
Viltrox 56mm 1.2 Pro APS-C Lens Review
Since I started reviewing these Viltrox lenses in the latter part of last year, I have been more than intrigued to try one that has “Pro” in the nomenclature of the lens. So whe...
4 February, 2026
5 Frames with a Fujifilm X-T5 – Back to Basics Naturally
I recently bought a new digital camera, a Fujifilm X-T5 and while setting it up on and began to wonder about all the different automatic options. I have never really liked Autof...
3 February, 2026
The Drinking Stone – a One Shot Story.
Perched on a ledge just above the road through the Hafren Forest in Mid-Wales this huge boulder was given the name from it’s habit of descending at dawn each day to the river be...
