Archive - Camera Clara

Editing film was never cheating

"The negative is the score. The print is the performance." -- Ansel Adams

22 hrs ago • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

Photographers talk about photography. Wannabes talk about cameras.

A rant on the difference between talking about gear and talking about photography

May 20 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

AGO Film Processor

Easily develop film at home

May 8 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

April 2026

I photographed João Bosco at Princeton in B&W, for Albert Einstein

One reshaped how we understand the universe. The other reshaped how a Brazilian acoustic guitar can speak. Two minds of rare brilliance. A visual…

Apr 28 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

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.

Apr 20 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

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 !

Apr 14 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

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Who Needs a Longer Lens?

Shoot now, crop later, don’t ask.

Apr 3 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

March 2026

Dehancer film simulation, a review from a film expert

shooting digital is fun again.

Mar 31 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

Staten Island Ferry - 6x7 Portra 400

Taken with the Mamiya 7ii

Mar 30 • 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…

Mar 27 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

If you are coming to NYC, include the Staten Island Ferry as a photographic route

Mar 24 • 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…

Mar 23 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

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