I took two vacations when I was young. I never recall being disappointed about it, but looking back with a lifetime of experience I realize it was the best my single mother cou...
With color films often in short supply and prices continuing to increase, it was sad news when Fuji “paused” Superia X-TRA 400 in April of this year. It’s reasonable to se...
I have always liked "nice" things. I would rather have less quantity but with a greater quality. My favorite fly rods are made by Orvis. My camera of choice has always been Niko...
30 October, 2022
5 Frames on holiday in Beaufort, South Carolina with a Fujica Half and Kodak Ultramax – By Dan Smouse
Vacations, in my personal experience (and preference), always involve cameras to record the story. One of the quintessential "vacation" cameras of the 60's was the Half-frame. T...
In March of 2021, I found myself shooting film for the first time in many years. As mentioned in my prior “5 frames with…”, my earliest rolls were mostly about chasing the orang...
At the start of 2021, I had committed myself to a 365 photo challenge. I hadn’t shot “seriously” in years, and I needed some way of cajoling myself out of a deepening creative d...
The idea of trying to take macro shots on film came to me, when I was watching older illustrated books with all kinds of nature photography. I'm deeply impressed by what the nat...
15 January, 2022
5 Frames with a Nikkormat EL – By Stephen Curzon
About a year ago I was contacted, via my wife, by a friend of hers whose friend (hope you’re keeping up here!) had an old camera she was looking to sell. Somehow, I have the rep...