35mmc https://www.35mmc.com/ Photography Blog - Reviews, Theory, Reflections, Tutorials, Knowhow and Photography Experiences. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:25:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.35mmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-35mmc-edit-32x32.png 35mmc https://www.35mmc.com/ 32 32 91523988 Guilty As Charged – One Shot Story https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/guilty-as-charged-one-shot-story/ https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/guilty-as-charged-one-shot-story/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:09 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=116474 This is another photo I took during the concert where I also shot the pictures for my last post, featuring the the accordion and violin duo. The featured musician is Daniele Bonaviri, from Rome, one of the best Italian flamenco player and composer. As in that last one, also in this case I am guilty...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/guilty-as-charged-one-shot-story/feed/ 0 116474 Just a sec https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/just-a-sec/ https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/just-a-sec/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:12 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118433 I often see older men (and they are always men – “camera ojisan” in Japan) sporting the latest digital equipment, following in the steps of Shinzo Maeda, the camera standing on a tripod, photographing a sunlit scene that has been photographed 1000 times before possibly to “prove” they are just as good as that pioneering...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/04/09/2026/just-a-sec/feed/ 1 118433 “Big Yellow Taxi” https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/big-yellow-taxi/ https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/big-yellow-taxi/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:02 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118408 The song by Joni Mitchell contains the much quoted line “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”. Every time I came back from town I passed within a couple of metres of “County”, a small, old and battered, tracked bulldozer / tractor. For many years she has been there gradually deteriorating in summer...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/big-yellow-taxi/feed/ 18 118408 5 Frames of Washi F in Mach. https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/5-frames-of-washi-f-in-mach/ https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/5-frames-of-washi-f-in-mach/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:48 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118230 I had a day out in Machynlleth recently. I took with me an unusual camera that I have been experimenting with (to be written up in a later post) so I thought just to make sure the day was a complete failure photographically I would also take with me my Super-Ikonta 530/16 loaded with Washi...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/03/09/2026/5-frames-of-washi-f-in-mach/feed/ 13 118230 Street Photography is Tough https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/street-photography-is-tough/ https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/street-photography-is-tough/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:59 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118583 Street photography is tough.  The way I see it, there are at least two approaches by which to achieve success.  One requires stealth, quick reaction time, finely tuned powers of observation and anticipation.  It requires an intimate comfort with your camera of choice. The other method is to engage with your subjects.  Play with them....

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/street-photography-is-tough/feed/ 9 118583 Born Chaotic https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/born-chaotic/ https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/born-chaotic/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:01 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118321 A film needs to be born twice before it shines. The first birth is the exposure. When a shutter is fired, a certain amount of light, bounced from physical objects, passes through glass and tiny openings, engraving an image onto a blank film. That’s the first birth we all know about. But the second, which...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/02/09/2026/born-chaotic/feed/ 5 118321 A Study in Deep Shade – A One Shot Story https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/a-study-in-deep-shade-a-one-shot-story/ https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/a-study-in-deep-shade-a-one-shot-story/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:03 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118131 This image was made one Saturday morning at about 8.30AM. At the time, the southern counties of England experienced three weeks of extreme heat, with temperatures rising to 30C or more during the day. I wanted make an early trip to the supermarket to buy some basic supplies and then to shelter indoors. Each day...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/a-study-in-deep-shade-a-one-shot-story/feed/ 6 118131 How I Meter Slide Film https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/how-i-meter-slide-film/ https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/how-i-meter-slide-film/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118021 Slide film is beautiful! Online though, it feels like there’s a lot of trepidation regarding metering for slide film. The common advice I’ve heard is to bracket your shots, so that you can feel confident that at least one of the 3 or so is properly exposed. I think this is good advice if you’re...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2026/how-i-meter-slide-film/feed/ 9 118021 Wider Horizons – Making Panoramic Images https://www.35mmc.com/31/08/2026/wider-horizons-making-panoramic-images/ https://www.35mmc.com/31/08/2026/wider-horizons-making-panoramic-images/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:10 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=117865 When photographers talk about “going wide”, the typical assumption is that they are referring to using lenses with shorter focal lengths. Yet many pictures that “feel” wide– such as pictures of grand, sweeping landscapes– are taken with the long lenses associated with portraiture or wildlife photography. These images – and many others – are accomplished...

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]]> https://www.35mmc.com/31/08/2026/wider-horizons-making-panoramic-images/feed/ 12 117865 A Pleasant Session of Photography at a Medieval Weekend https://www.35mmc.com/30/08/2026/a-pleasant-session-of-photography-at-a-medieval-weekend/ https://www.35mmc.com/30/08/2026/a-pleasant-session-of-photography-at-a-medieval-weekend/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:52:28 +0000 https://www.35mmc.com/?p=118022 Our town put on a Medieval weekend, something I had not seen before, it seemed a good excuse to make some images on film. I visited over two days to be able to see different enactments, fortunately it wasn’t too busy allowing me to get some pleasant photos. Well I like them anyway, which is...

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