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3 December, 2025

Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2

By Scott Ferguson

3 December, 2025

/ Contax T2, Leica M3, Street & Urban Photography, /

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Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village and all day fun for all ages. My favorite subject for 2025 has been p...

A square image of A Covered shopping arcade in the evening

3 December, 2025

A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025

By Keith A Yeo

3 December, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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2025 involved me traveling a bit for work and pleasure. On one particular trip, my partner accompanied me to Prague and Vienna for a few days before she flew back and I remained in Prague for a conference. Having left my partner, I found myself un...

3 December, 2025

5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens

By mark stein

3 December, 2025

/ Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus, Soft focus, /

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What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I have a slight unease about the prospect that it might not be my last. I...

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My DIY Analog Journey

By Adrien Grelet

I’m Adrien, a french DIY and technical stuff enthusiast. For many years (since I’m 3, I guess), I have really liked to experiment with new things, undertaking a lot ...

14 September, 2025

Human Photography – My Definition and my Work

By Alexandre Kreisman

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Nikkor 105mm f1.8

13 September, 2025

5 Frames at a Farmers’ Market and a Nikkor 105mm f1.8

By Dave Lynagh

Farmers’ markets can be an important tool to help evaluate the usability of a lens. There are textures, colors, light, and shadows in abundance. The farmers’ market I visited th...

13 September, 2025

Master of Splatter

By Andrea Monti

One midsummer’s night in San Benedetto del Tronto, a small town on the Adriatic coast, I attended a live concert by Claudio Simonetti, a living legend among Italian horror...

12 September, 2025

Lines in the Sky

By RichardH

For most of the past winter we lived under heavy cloud cover. At our northern latitude, clouds and winter make for dimly lit days. As a practitioner of the “sunny 16” system of ...

Mamiya Six IV, roll of exposed Tri-X film, and a cup of coffee

12 September, 2025

Mamiya Six IV – Exploring Square Format with a Vintage Camera from 1947

By Danai

I’ve always been fascinated by the square format. As a longtime 35mm SLR shooter, I never really experienced different aspect ratios—except through cropping in post. My journey ...

11 September, 2025

5 Frames on the River Severn with a Rolleiflex 2.8C

By Matthew Bigwood

Last summer I met a friend I hadn’t seen for many years, and we visited a couple of places on the eastern banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire. I took my Rolleiflex 2.8C...

Bellows to the Wind poster

11 September, 2025

The Influence of Film on Film part 2 – Bellows to the Wind

By Lucinda Lewis

Back in 2020 I wrote about my first venture into DIY film making with my short film Preserve. I was asked to contribute to 35mmc and felt it right to talk about the film, and ho...

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