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29 January, 2021

Entering Solitude, or helping myself publish with a #FullRollFriday post – By Theo Swinscow

By Theo Swinscow

I’ve realised recently that I don’t share my photos enough. I show pictures of my daughter to my family, but other than that, I have basically no audience. Almost all my spare t...

1 January, 2021

36 Frames / Whole Roll Tilting & Shifting with a Canon 24mm TS-E – #FullRollFriday – By Kevin Ortner

By Kevin Ortner

I started writing this in the past tense before even deciding which film to use, in fact, I had not even put this lens on the camera before. The camera in question being the Can...

18 December, 2020

38 Frames / A Whole Roll of Rollei Retro 400S – #FullRollFriday – by Simon King

By Simon King

I recently decided to add something different to my regular film-stock replenishment order, and went for a selection of Rollei branded films - not something I've ever shot befor...

27 November, 2020

22 Frames / A Whole Roll(ish) 0f Kodak T-Max 100 – A Garbage Idea – #FullRollFriday – By Charlie Bierwirth

By Charlie Bierwirth

As I was backing up I saw the heap of dumpsters outside the gas station in the mirror, and for some reason they intrigued me. That image of literal garbage captured in my rear-v...

6 November, 2020

Giving a “Faulty” Camera Another Chance – #FullRollFriday – by Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I’m shocked to say that it’s not even been 2 months since my first article was published on 35mmc (at the time of writing this, that is). I think it feels like longer because I ...

9 October, 2020

16 Frames / A Whole Roll of Ilford HP5+ in a Box Tengor 54 – #FullRollFriday – by Steve Phillips

By Steve Phillips

My son bought me a copy of David Ellwand’s “Retro Photo” for my birthday in June. An excellent book, it is a guided tour of his camera collection, with exam...

2 October, 2020

36 frames / My 3rd Whole Roll of HP5 – #FullRollFriday – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

Thinking about which bulk roll of film to buy, I thought it would been nice to give a film that I had not shoot a lot a go. Yes, the ubiquitous Ilford HP5. The photos here below...

25 September, 2020

13 frames / My first self developed roll of 120 film – #FullRollFriday – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I’ve previously shared with you the story of my first 3 rolls of home developed film and I thought I would do an update on how it’s going. This time I’m also giving you a look a...

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