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“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” — Elliott Erwitt
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In which you get to learn from my failures as my brain comes to grips with the awkwardness of mid-20th century medium format twin lens reflex film camera technology.
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Let There Be Light Let’s embark on a journey into the heart of one of photography’s most captivating elements: light. Ah, yes, light—the ethereal essence that dances upon the canvas of our visual narratives, weaving tales of brilliance and shadow, of illumination and obscurity. But what truly defines this enigmatic force? Allow me to shed…
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In which I wander the streets of old Shanghai and ask, could a plastic fantastic SLR from the dying days of film actually be the best film travel camera? The Nikon N55 / F55 has a sketchy reputation but it’s light, and despite its limitations has enough trickle-down technology to beat many more in-vogue film…
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In which I revisit 1986 and take the Nikon N2020 / F-501 on a photo walk, providing an honest but biased review of the camera and its 28-105mm Nikkor lens, as well as some dated pop culture references and Dad jokes. Same as usual, then.
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In which I test the Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AI-S lens on the streets of Shinjuku Tokyo and ask whether this beautiful block of burnished brass and glass is worthy of its legendary reputation.
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Welcome to he Pentax 120SW – a tiny do-everything-for-you point-and-shoot from right at the time where everyone started buying digital cameras. To test this camera out, I decided to explore the Gardens by the Bay area of Singapore to see if I could experience the wonder of nature. The Wonder of Nature I think you…
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What is the Perkeo? The word perkeo means pygmy and while probably neither of these terms are very politically correct, those were different times and I don’t think the pygmy hippopotamus is going to sue my YouTUBE channel for being sizist. Still, it’s small, it’s cute, it unfolds and in that sense it’s a delight.…
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It was late February (not the 30th) and I was in Tokyo and wanted to go out and take some street photos on film. The classic choice of lens for this kind of photography would be something small and moderately wide. Maybe jump on the Diane Ar Bus with a 35mm or the get my…
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The Fuji GA645Zi is my favourite and least liked camera. I call him Harvey after Harvey Weinstein. Big, ugly and powerful, promising you the world but more likely to leave you traumatised with your creative ambitions in tatters. This article will explain why. You have to hand it to Fujifilm for bucking trends. Throughout the…
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What is nothing? Is there even such a thing as ‘nothing’? And if there is such a thing then it’s something, right? Now I could get spiritual on you and talk about emptiness as the doorway between the material and ethereal worlds, that only through emptiness can we experience fullness but even I have trouble…
Mark McMahon 