Tag: Vintage
Shadow & Light Monthly #19
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at the design philosophy behind Hasselblad’s latest camera and see the winners from the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards. We see how one photographer has documented their life with Bipolar Disorder and a beautiful short film by Leica.
Shadow & Light Monthly #18
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we take a behind the scenes look at how Ilford film is made and see how the classic Polaroid SX-70 is influencing a new instant camera. We see interviews with analogue photographers and try street portraits with the most inappropriate equipment.
Shadow & Light Monthly #15
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at the history of the use of cameras in space and in war zones. We check out the winners of the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards and look at a quirky liquid-filled lens from Lomography.
Shadow & Light Monthly #14
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at an incredibly powerful project documenting a grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer’s and consider the lost art of craftsmanship in photography. We discover how an old shoebox of negatives helped a woman learn more about her late father and see how one guy somehow managed to attach a telephoto lens to his Gameboy.
Shadow & Light Monthly #13
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at a stunning piece of work documenting the youth of a divided Belfast and discuss whether ‘sharpness’ is really important. We check out the winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards and look at the science behind image stabilisation.
Shadow & Light Monthly #12
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at breathtaking photos of farmers harvesting lilies and get tips for buying a used Leica. We see how photographers have been documenting athletes coping with the lockdown and we take a look inside Canon’s L-series lens factory.
Shadow & Light Monthly #11
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we celebrate the unsung hero photographers working for NASA and remember the fantastic Elsa Dorfman who sadly died at the end of May. We look at Carla Kogelman’s stunning vision of childhood and have a conversation with former White House photographer Pete Souza.
Shadow & Light Monthly #7
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we find out why film photography still has a place in todays digital world and get tips and inspiration for capturing beautiful images of everyday situations. We go back to the darkroom and investigate the mystery photos found inside a 60-year-old camera.
Shadow & Light Monthly #6
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we take a look at why the Leica M10 Monochrom is more than a gimmick and see the long-term effects of Instagram’s compression algorithm. We take a look at ‘Bertha’, the camera that will shoot the largest slide ever made and look back at a rather fun advert for Kodak’s Instamatic Flashcubes from the sixties.
Shadow & Light Monthly #5
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we have an interview on why the still image is a powerful tool of communication in our age of distraction and we get hands on with the dream 50mm f/0.95 Canon lens. We have a beautiful portrait series exploring the lines between childhood and adulthood and some fun street photography capturing surreal coincidences.
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