Musings

On the Relationship Between Music and Photography
2200 1467 Nick Clayton

A few of the CP writers (who also happen to be musicians) share their thoughts on the relationship between the two art forms.

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  • Nick Clayton
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For Aesthetic Reasons – Cameras, Cars, and Collecting
2000 1125 Joe Freemond

Joe shares some gorgeous photos of a Porsche 911 mountain climb, shot with his Nikon FM3a, and muses over the meaning of aesthetics.

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  • Joe Freemond
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I Don’t Have a Headline for This One
2000 1125 James Tocchio

Parts of this article will read as if I’ve lost my mind. If not my mind, something else. My confidence, maybe. Or my perspective. Or maybe I’m just feeling lost. Maybe you are too. Maybe…

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A Belated and Lukewarm Take on the Discontinuation of Fuji Pro 400H
3000 1688 Jeb Inge

Now that the dust has settled, Jeb shares a few of his thoughts on the discontinuation of Fuji Pro 400H.

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Film and Me, Five Years Later (Expectation Versus Reality)
2000 1125 Dario Veréb

Dario loves film cameras, but five years later he grapples with the reality of shooting film. Read his thoughts & add yours in the comments.

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Should I Sell My Leica? An Argument With Myself
2000 1128 Josh Solomon

For better or worse, Leica is an aspirational brand for many photographers. In this article, Josh debates himself over his feelings for his Leica.

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Oliver and His Nikon Unearth Racial Violence in the Rocky Mountains’ Past
2000 1125 Yuan Oliver Jin

With Nikon in hand, Oliver seeks out a little-known memorial to five Chinese men illegally hanged in a goldrush-era Rocky Mountain town.

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My Olympus Mju II Zoom, and What Really Matters
2000 1125 Dario Veréb

Dario Vereb contemplates family, stubborness, and the photographer’s existential question in this article loosely hung on an Olympus Mju II.

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A Scary Day – a note from site founder James
1800 1012 James Tocchio

At 10AM this morning I began to feel dizzy and nauseous. Five minutes later my heart rate was above 175 beats per minute. I told my wife I couldn’t catch my breath, and sat down.…

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Breaking Rules with Cinestill 800 T in Daylight
1800 1013 Aidan Bell

Aidan shoots Cinestill 800T in the daylight, and finds an interesting look from this tungsten-balanced high speed film.

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A Journey by Train with the People of India – ft. Kodak Pro Image 100 and a Nikon FM2n
1800 1013 Hemant Chatterji

Hemant brings us on a journey by train with the people of India, photographed with his Nikon FM2n and Kodak Pro Image 100.

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Learning to Shoot Film in Gates of the Arctic National Park
1800 1012 Stephen Hennessy

After buying a Canon AE-1, Stephen takes off for Gates of the Arctic National Park with his new camera and a backpack full of Kodak Portra.

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  • Stephen Hennessy
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One Photographer’s Experience of Pandemic and Quarantine
1800 1200 Nick Clayton

Our writer Nicholas Clayton has some thoughts on this strange time of pandemic and quarantine, seen through the prism of a camera.

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  • Nick Clayton
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South of Milwaukee, Shot on Film
1800 1207 Leah Damgaard-Hansen

Leah takes us on another journey, this time to Wisconsin in winter, where she makes a project of shooting trees (no matter the cost to her socks).

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