Member Focus
Norah Zain
Norah Zain is a part time lab operator of a photo lab based in Malaysia. Her love for film photography began when she acquired her first plastic toy camera in 2008. Since then she frequently been involved in film photography and continues to be entertained by it. At the beginning she notes how she would [...]
David Bainbridge
David lives on the edge of the Cotswolds in the UK. He has Degrees in both Civil Engineering and Law as well as having gained a Doctorate in the use of Information Technology in legal decision making. He has been a civil engineer and a professor but is now semi retired, leaving more time to [...]
Marius Manole
Marius is 26 years old and lives in Constanta, Romania, where he gained his degree in Romanian Language and Literature. When he’s not taking photographs, he is a Web Architect and Editor. He states that photography is really just a hobby for him but one that he hopes to get into more seriously. “My interest [...]
Hans ter Horst
Looking at Hans ter Horst’s personal blog, where you will be greeted with the strap line of ‘film has the future,’ I am instantly drawn to the rather enviable photographic toy box that Hans’ has, detailing the many different lenses, cameras and films currently in his current collection. “I started taking pictures in my teens [...]
Yalcin Daskin
“Photography is a game we play in this beautiful world; I try to ‘prettify’ the world, to make it irresistible. Just try and show me a digital camera that can give us the same blues as Velvia 50!” Take a look at Yalcin Daskins’ album on his Choose Film profile, and you will be treated [...]
Mike McGarty
“My experience in photography is limited – I shoot just for fun. I have thought many times of taking photography and especially the use of film more seriously. Time is always at a minimum, but I know that I could make more.” Reading this statement from Mike McGarty was a surprise to me. As I’m [...]
Paul Isles
“Equipment-wise, I’ve used pretty much everything, from APS to 5×4, I collect cameras, but everything has to have film run through it; there’s no point having toys if you can’t play with them, eh?” Being the owner of a 126 Kodak Instamatic at the tender age of six, Paul Isles lives and breathes photography. Now [...]
James Wiley
“Someone wise once told me that for a person to look at a photograph in a magazine or newspaper for more than 5 seconds, it would have to be one Hell of a photograph.” James Wiley is both a photojournalist and a fine art photographer. It’s a double life that has allowed him to really [...]
Alec Stageman
Alec Stageman is a student of photography at Nottingham Trent University. His ChooseFilm album is a brooding collection of images that might well be the storyboard for a Tim Burton motion picture, albeit set in the heart of suburban England. Hoping to become a professional photographer in the future, Alec has developed a systematic approach [...]
Jonathan Keys
Jonathan Keys’ photo of a drunk sitting in the rain (Fujifilm Neopan 400, Rolleiflex) is part of an ongoing street style theme that the Newcastle-based photographer has been exploring in his hometown. On a day where drizzle had set in for the long haul, he took advantage of a break in the bustling crowd to [...]
