Recent Posts

Reviews

What’s the Deal with those Orange Cables?

I’m often asked why those orange USB cables are so popular. Are they better than the cable that comes with my camera? Why are they so long? Why are they bright orange? What’s all that other stuff? These are all great questions and this article will answer them. Those orange […]

Reviews

ILFORD Chemistry

The ‘Silver Photo Collective’ is a group of experienced shooters whose primary interest is celebrating all aspects of B&W film photography including processing and printing. Apart from shooting, we have a monthly get together for a 3 hour chat session while indulging in finger foods. On our chat agenda for […]

Craig Fleming: Making a Connection - An ILFORD Inspires Film
Featured

Craig Fleming: Making a Connection – An ILFORD Inspires Film

Making a Connection is the latest video in our ILFORD Inspires series and features Sheffield born fashion and portrait photographer Craig Fleming. Armed with his Mamiya RZ67, his go-to medium format camera, we joined Craig to shoot some black and white film studio portraits in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Known for […]

Tamron 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Model A058)
News

Tamron Announces the Development of 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Model A058) for “Nikon Z Mount System”

World’s first* mirrorless zoom lens with maximum wide-open aperture of F2 for Nikon Z mount cameras *Among zoom lenses for Nikon Z mount cameras (As of June 2023: TAMRON) July 25, 2023, Commack, NY – Tamron announces the development of the 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Model A058), a fast-aperture […]

Destinations

Greetings from 79˚N!

About three weeks ago, our small team of five was dropped off on the stunning frozen shores of Alexandra Fiord on the east coast of Ellesmere Island – Canada’s northernmost Arctic island. A small Twin Otter plane equipped with skis set us down on the snow-covered sea ice. On the […]

Featured

ILFORD Multigrade RC paper, ILFORD Chemistry and PATERSON

While setting up my 4×5 Linhof I was musing about ILFORD MULTIGRADE RC enlarging paper. Why, you ask, would I be thinking about enlarging paper? Great question, because my Lisco 4×5 negative holders were loaded with this enlarging paper!!! This was a 4×5 paper negative shoot* organized by ‘The Silver […]

Events

Edmonton’s Downtown Spark Festival

Thank you, ILFORD Film and Edmonton’s Downtown Spark Festival, for this wonderful opportunity to photograph the whimsical art installations around our city’s downtown core. Few mediums capture that whimsy quite so organically as film. There’s no shortage of talent and vibrancy in the world, but we could certainly use more […]

Editor's Choice

A Celebration of Prairie Birds

I became enchanted by the prairie grasslands more than 40 years ago and have been bewitched by birds even longer. Originally, native prairie grasslands occupied the entire central core of North America, roughly 138 million hectares. (340 million ac.) From March to May, male sage-grouse cluster on traditional dancing grounds, […]

Tutorials

The Power of Storytelling in Photography

Everybody loves a good story because stories are the best way to evoke memories and emotions in people. They can make us excited; they can make us laugh or cry or make us feel empathy for someone. Visual stories help us to understand each other better. For me, photography is […]

Events

Toronto Lighting Workshop

In this 3 hour hands-on session, Bee Trofort-Wilson will cover each of the lighting details needed to create amazing long exposure portraits. Topics will include selecting the right camera settings, lighting setups, how to direct your models, implementing color gels, and creative techniques to capture movement in your portraits. Bee […]