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...
23 July, 2020
5 (7) Frames with a Leica M6, Zeiss 35mm f/2 and Kodak Ultramax 400 – A Double First – By Benoît Felten
I'd heard about Leicas even before I started to get serious about photography let alone film photography. But I'd never held one in my hands, and never shot one until a few mont...
My father teases me that I’m a bit of an old soul even though I’m only 16. I like shopping at thrift stores, collecting vinyl records, and now taking photos on film. My fascinat...
24 April, 2020
25 Frames / A Whole Roll of Kodak Ultramax 400 in a Canon Snappy LXII – #FullRollFriday – by David Hume.
OK - here’s my #fullrollfriday. I love this concept. There’s so much to think about. Why do we make photos? What is our intent?
How do we gauge the success of an image? Is it t...
13 October, 2019
5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and expired Kodak 400 Ultramax – by Tiago Meirelles
The Olympus Trip 35 is one of the most reviewed film camera out there. For good reason; it's cheap, beautiful minimal design, battery free and has a nice lens. I met the Olympus...
20 March, 2015
First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
I shot most of my first roll with the Leica CL this afternoon. Me and Alex were driving back from a meeting along the road from a town near by called Pershore. There is a barn o...