Working with the Lomography Petzval isn’t the easiest, but it’s definitely worth the effort. It paints with both sharpness and blur — a lens full of character, never quite predictable, always surprising. This time, its quirks intersected beautifully with the imperfections of my favorite film stock, Fomapan 200. Hand-developed, of course.

Analog photography teaches you patience. There’s no instant gratification — no screen to check, no quick edits. You load the film, compose the shot, trust your settings, and wait. Sometimes days, sometimes weeks, before the negatives reveal what was really captured. And in that waiting, something shifts: the moment becomes memory, and the image, when it finally appears, carries more weight. It’s never just a photo. It’s a slow conversation between light, chemistry, and time.

This is the magic of film. Imperfect. Unrepeatable. Human.