35mm life
Il-Fotografija Artistika ta’ Tumas Agius
• ’66 Minolta Hi-Matic 7s Rangefinder
• ’56 Yashicaflex A2 Twin-Lens Reflex
Category: Journaling
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Unlatching the roll of film from my Yashicaflex, I’m more excited than ever to develop a roll. I’m crazy about the mechanics of this camera—everything is simple, yet complex. From the way the roll travels from one side of the camera, around the bend, to the other; to the solid, reassuring twist latch that seals…
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“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” — Gautama Buddha Motivation, throughout a lot of my life, has been a fleeting force, pulling me toward one venture or another. Unsettled, I would gravitate toward a particular interest for a short period, before losing drive…
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From the first satisfying turn of the film advance knob, watching the film roll forward manually through the counter window at the back of my Yashicaflex, I was hooked on this new camera. My film was loaded and I was ready to adjust my camera’s film speed setting. I had chosen Ilford HP5+ 400 for…
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Since the beginning of my voyage into photography, I have been enamoured of waist-level reflex cameras—the large yet discrete viewfinder accessible from the top and the focus on often square format composition piqued my imagination and creativity. Specifically, studying the works of the Hong Kong based photographer Ho Fan, Swiss photographer Werner Bischof, and New…
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For the past few months, I have been taking my rolls of film to the local photo lab for processing and scanning. It was convenient, and the advice I received from the staff there was always valuable, but it was starting to get expensive, and I wanted to connect more with the process to understand…
