This page contain articles about my life through the lens of 35mm film cameras, blending personal memories with practical photography reflections. Every post explores moments shaped by classic equipment, favorite rolls of film, unexpected mistakes, rewarding discoveries, and treasured photographs. Stories connect family, travel, friendships, creativity, and everyday routines with the unique character of analog photography. Readers will find honest experiences, camera reviews inspired by real use, developing adventures, and lessons learned from each frame. Together, the articles celebrate patience, craftsmanship, nostalgia, and the enduring joy of capturing meaningful memories using timeless 35mm film cameras with enduring curiosity and gratitude.
Personal Journey
In Being There Part 1 I bewailed the trend of gear collectors and people who buy classic cameras to take pictures of their cat and their back garden. Now it’s time to get on and talk about the photographer as the documenter. Photography has many angles to it but one of the most interesting is the […]
Film is expensive: – The increasing cost of film is often much complained about on film photography forums with people endlessly binding on about how it’s daft to keep shooting when film costs are so exorbitant. Devotees of the art (craft, science, technology – pic your preferred nomenclature) seem to be constantly complaining about the […]
One of the things that drives me mad with many photographers online, and in the flesh very often, is their push for ever more expensive gear but a complete lack of actually GOING somewhere or DOING something with it. Now I can’t say I am completely devoid of ‘gearhead’ syndrome (also known as Collectivitis and Gear […]
As a New Year comes in I get mellow and like to reflect on the years gone by, and hopefully the ones to come. On my mind today is a question and a reflection. When is a camera more than a camera? What is any camera REALLY worth? Sometimes, and this may happen only once […]
A stroll through my cameras I started serious photography back in the halcyon days of 1972. Back then, serious cameras cost serious money – my first pro SLR was the Olympus OM-1. To give younger readers an idea of just how expensive this stuff was, my OM-1 cost almost as much as my first car! […]