22 August, 2024
Thornton Pickard Rubyette No. 2 – So now what?
So now what? This is the question I ask myself, or perhaps should have asked myself when I rashly bought this wonderful example of an English plate camera. It’s a Thornton...
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22 August, 2024
5 Frames with a Widelux F7 at The Louvre
Panoramic photography and the cameras that take them have always been one of my favorite kinds of photography. As your eyes see the world and your mind conveys the images, it...
21 August, 2024
Friday Night Lights – The Catch – A One Shot Story
The year was 1981 and I had recently received a certificate of completion for a film processing and printing class at Mountain View Community College located in Dallas County. I...
21 August, 2024
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens
Originally from Liverpool I moved to Birkenhead in 1982. It took me 33 years before I discovered the charm of Flaybrick. It began when I came across a photograph of an angel on ...
20 August, 2024
Fixing the Leica 14405 handgrip for film cameras.
Recently I had a problem. I had acquired a newish nearly perfect Leica 14405 handgrip to use with my Leica MA. When it arrived, I was shocked at the state of the base. It origin...
20 August, 2024
Discovering some Photos Taken by my Grandfather with his Leica
In June 1952, my maternal grandparents embarked on a life-changing move Graz, Austria, from their home since WWII, to New York City. My grandmother, six months pregnant with my ...
For most film photographers, processing your own film can be intimidating. That’s why I was excited to try the AGO Film Processor. Here’s what I found in a nutshell:...
18 August, 2024
5 Frames of Kodak VISON3 5219T on a Leica M6 with Nokton 35mm F1.5 in Cantonese Opera Backstage
35mm is my favorite main focal length, the angle of view is not too big or too small for humanistic shots. The shots here were taken with the new 35mm f/1.5 large aperture lens ...
