The ability to frame in the mind and see a photo before it’s even taken is a key skill, and one that only comes with practice and patience. An equally important factor, though, is the equipment.
On an early grey wet and gloomy Friday morning I walk through Cape Town’s Thibault Square in search of Riviera Salon. With the weather hanging …
Read moreAfter 56 years: The last days of Riviera Salon on Kodak Portra 400
Leica is known for its legendary craftsmanship of cameras, but I don’t need to tell you that. Why do you think we all clamour at …
Read moreThe minimalist Leica R6: Budget Leica or an overpriced SLR?
“It’s Christmas Theo, it’s the time of miracles” Hans Gruber, Beloved Christmas Terrorist Christmas is a piece of family-orientated theatre, rich with idiosyncratic traditions that …
The Leica M3 is a camera I have lustered over since the beginning of my photography career almost eleven years ago now. Obviously, it looks …
Read moreI bought a Leica M3: Everything I need and nothing more
News coming in from across the web tells us that the Nikon F6, Nikon’s last flagship film camera, which was first released back in 2004 …
Let me tell you about my adventures with my new Baby Rolleiflex 4×4 (technically speaking, the “Automatic Rolleiflex 4×4”) and Rollei Nightbird, ReraPan (and ReraChrome), …
Being partial to shooting some slide film where financially possible has always left me with a big frustration when it comes to viewing my precious …
Read morePrinting from slide film using RA-4 reversal processing
Before we begin, I just wanted to mention a couple of things. In the interest of the flow of the article, links to websites, Instagram …
Read moreAnother Hasselblad XPan alternative: Introducing the PressPan
In the Summer of 2021 something special is coming to the Scottish Highlands (and hopefully elsewhere), courtesy of Simon Riddell, a van, a large camera, …
Read moreIntroducing MentalCollodion: Shining light on mental health struggles by Simon Riddell
You know it’s been an unusual year when you plan a guest article in May and start to write it in November! Either that or …
Expressions of civil unrest have provided many opportunities for photographers to capture the energetic, emotional scenes which are the byproduct of demonstrations, protests, riots, and …
Kyle Mcdougall is a Canadian photographer who has both a YouTube channel and his own podcast, “Contact Sheet” where he has had some fantastic guests …
Earlier this week Philadelphia-based QWD Lab released a brand new film developer kit made specifically for small-scale development of motion picture film at home in …
Read moreConsumer motion picture ECN-2 film developer kits from QWD Lab: info and Q&A
Even when the camera is focused on a single subject, photographic portraiture rarely, if ever, speaks with just one voice. It is this multifaceted layering, …
Per an update notification issued in September, an increase of at least 5% on all photographic film and paper products will be passed from HARMAN …
I am guessing that there won’t be too may people reading this who need much of an introduction to these three! Negative Positives is a …
Read moreAdd to Queue: Interviewing the Negative Positives Podcast
I spent a year preparing to shoot a roll of portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III Infrared 1443, the false-color infrared-sensitive film manufactured by Kodak for …
Read moreBlood-red Witchery: Portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III color infrared slide film
I highly recommend the Moscow Subway Metro. As someone who loves spending time exploring underground, this was perhaps an unexpected highlight of my 2019 trip …
Read moreILFORD HP5 PLUS vs Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 in the Moscow Metro with the Mamiya 7II
One day I came across a post on Facebook by a fellow “pinholer” showing their recently acquired SCURA 35mm panoramic pinhole camera. I own several …
Read moreCamera review: The Dora Goodman SCURA pinhole experience
