We wanted to remind you that full-time registered students are eligible for savings on a variety of equipment, from cameras and lenses, to lighting and studio equipment, as well as…
Continue reading →
Film and Darkroom
Like every summer, for most of August I took my holiday time and went home to Manitoba for a few weeks. My parents still live on the farm there and…
Continue reading →
After my recent rant about plastic cameras NEVER working for me, one finally did! The very cool plastic Coca Cola can camera. Sadly mine is pretty beat up and its... Continue reading →
No. EDIT: At the insistence of my manager and colleagues, I will list some reasons. It’s too heavy. It’s too loud. It’s not pretty. The lenses are amazing, but…
Continue reading →
With the importance of trying to do things in a more sustainable way and lessen our impact on the earth, it might be time to look at our darkroom practices.... Continue reading →
Thinking about the environmental impact of my photographic practice led me to do some research on alternative developers. Caffenol (developer made with coffee) has been around for quite a while... Continue reading →
A few months ago I finally got my own Rolleiflex 2.8, the “C” model. It’s not one of the more fluid ones to use (I say this because often the…
Continue reading →
Reticulation! So in the March 2022 newsletter I expounded upon my bad luck shooting plastic cameras…and my latest reticulation “adventure.” I had two rolls of the offending garage stored Agfa…
Continue reading →
In the 1960s, the camera market was evolving at a rapid pace. The introduction of the Nikon F in 1959 had ushered in a new era of proffesional cameras with…
Continue reading →
The Pentax K1000 has become well known over the past three decades as one of the best cameras for people looking to get started in photography. This is mainly due…
Continue reading →