It has long been known and preached that if you wanted to become a professional photographer because you enjoyed taking photos, you should basically forget the whole thing and find another profession. The reason for this is that the act of taking photos will only account for a fraction of the time put into the job. The main chunk is marketing, logistics,... 

I saw a a gallery of photos in the underground walkway between Hibiya and Ginza station. Not the most glamourous exhibition space I suppose. Nonetheless, the prints were nice to look at (taken on film, printed digitally as it turned out) and I recommend looking at the website. Might be a little difficult to navigate without understanding Japanese,... 

Self portrait with a new lens (Fujinon 210/5.6) picked out of a junk bargain bin – it works. Has a few scratches in front and a bit cloudy inside, nothing serious; also no retaining ring for mounting. Press shutters are so nice to work with! Taken with seriously outdated Fuji Instant FP100B45. Slightly curved up in PS. The old version of this... 

Want to take control over your own colour film processing? Then the Naniwa Colour Kit N is the right choice for you. This is a very economic pack to process up 16 rolls of 135-36 or 10 rolls of 120. Using processing drums like the Jobo Expert drums, sheet film should be no problem either. In the case of large format sheet film and the high cost associated...