Archive - Camera Clara

My best film photos of 2025

One photograph from each month, chosen for reasons I didn't always expect

Dec 27, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

From 0 to 151 rolls: how RafLabs came to life after 4,601 frames

I started 2025 never having shot film. I ended it running my own lab. Here's what the data looks like for 2025.

Dec 25, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

Computer History Museum, California

Analog photos on Kodak Portra 800, to the sound of Kraftwerk's Computer World

Dec 20, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

California van life, road trip, Highway 1, and coffee (with halation, please!)

More photos and less text this time!

Dec 12, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

On the advantages of being a fool

A poem by Clarice Lispector, translated and interpreted, with a personal reflection on fatherhood and my autistic son

Dec 8, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

Building a photography community in Hong Kong, featuring Anson (Tahusa)

A conversation about film photography, photowalks, and what brings photographers together in New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Hong Kong

Dec 8, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

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The MET Cloisters: "everything will be taken away"

Black and white photographs from the MET Cloisters, a reflection on what gets moved, and who decide$

Dec 4, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

Grand Central Terminal's silent wedding venue

How a cold New York winter led me to discover brides, blurred commuters, and silent wedding parties at a tenth of a second

Dec 2, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

November 2025

Inside Apple TV's Severance building for black and white photography

It's in New Jersey, it's called Bell Works, here's some story about it, along with b&w noir shots.

Nov 27, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

Hasselblad V-System, explained

A dive-deep session with Brian Chambers, my friend, and a Hasselblad expert.

Nov 24, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

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Know your rights about street photography

It's easier to navigate confrontations when you know your rights. Never physically engage.

Nov 22, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

Community connection: inside Anson's (a.k.a. Tahusa) Photography Mission

The story of Anson, the man behind Tahusa: a Hong Kong-based project where film photography and camera culture come alive.

Nov 21, 2025 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara.com)

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