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How I stopped taking random photos and found my visual identity
Film recipes got me started. Selling everything helped me find my eye.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
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Max Adams on shooting for work and shooting for fun

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The CineStill Df96 Black & White Monobath is simple to use
It's excellent chemistry, but it isn't as simple as the bottle suggests. Read this to learn more.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
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Max Adams on shooting for work and shooting for fun
Food photography, global shutters, CineStill gas stations, fake depth of field, a WWII Leica, and much more! #DuckFigital !
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Who Needs a Longer Lens?
Shoot now, crop later, don’t ask.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Dehancer film simulation, a review from a film expert
shooting digital is fun again.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Staten Island Ferry - 6x7 Portra 400
Taken with the Mamiya 7ii
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Godox iT32 review: an insane (TTL!) bang for the buck
The iT32 is a tiny TTL flash with a genuinely clever idea at its core: instead of buying a new flash for each camera system you own, you buy one flash…
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
If you are coming to NYC, include the Staten Island Ferry as a photographic route
It's free!
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
"Good afternoon, sir"
Replied the citizen carrying a rifle taller than himself, from the height of his Havaianas. A photographic chronicle about Rocinha, prejudice, and the…
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A letter to Rio de Janeiro
A cucaracha's diary
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Japan

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Tokyo through Kodak Gold 200
After shooting my first roll of 120 in Tokyo, guess what?
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
The most expensive lens hunt in Tokyo
Time to feature the Mamiya 7ii in Japan
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 15 - CineStill 800T
Last 35mm roll from my Japan trip, it contains street photography.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 14 - CineStill 800T
Resuming Japan roll dumps, EXIF data on analog photography, my ShotOn tool, and an ultmost nerd combination of film photography and software creation.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
⭐ Tokyo 13 - CineStill 800T
A roll full of bangers! Street photography, subway shots (my favorite theme), and glowy neon glow powered by halation.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Japan Camera Stores
A glimpse into the paradise. If you suffer from cardiac complications, skip this post. You've been warned!
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 12 - CineStill 800T
Just some more classic street photography shots.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 11 - CineStill 400D
Tsukiji Nippon Fish Port Market.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 10 - Marix D400 (Japanese film)
A Japanese film stock capturing typical Tokyo scenes and subjects, with a touch of random film lettering and some goosebumps at the Fender store.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Tokyo 9 - CineStill 400D
Back to Tokyo! Street photography, Yakuza guys, subway, vinyl shop, camera store, and nice halation effect on 2nd BASE camera shop.
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Sapporo 4 - CineStill 400D
Love is in the air at the restaurant, driving over the mountains, Mount Yotei,
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Sapporo 3 - CineStill 400D
Walk over Sakaimachi Hondori Street 堺町本通り, nice stores, apron, Japan people, and more street photography.
 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
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