Saptarishi Pandey

Celebrating my 25th birthday at Yosemite National Park

Photos and the stories behind them from my trip to California this August!

Some tips about how I like to take photos with my point-and-shoot camera. Some photos from my ZV-1

A story behind one of my favorite photos I've taken recently of a thunderstorm in Chicago during a tornado.

As always with my hiatuses, there have been some pretty major changes in my life since my last posts, and I am currently running on a...

The Yashica MF-2 is a contentious camera, abhorred by photographers. Can you get more out of it? In this post, I try to find out.

In late October of 2022, my friends and I went on a trip to Letchworth Park. With fall foliage all around us, we fell in love with the views

Last fall, my friends from grad school and I drove to Seneca lake, on a route filled with scenic, serene beauty.

This post is about about the times I made brief stops in NYC: An NYC Winter, TWA Hotel, and the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Whitney

I moved from Qatar to upstate New York a little over a year ago. In that time, I've made around 4 trips to New York city, and fallen in...

Firstly, I need to address how long it has been since I last wrote here. It feels like coming back to your house after spending a...

It's the Fomapan 100. That's it. That's the post. I'd categorize myself as a frugal person. This trait of frugality is of course only...

A few days ago, I uploaded some of my favorite photos I took on my smartphone in 2021. In this blog post, I want to explain some of my...

I can't possibly choose the right words to describe how special this roll of film is to me. Still, there will be an attempt. On Friday, I...

Ever had a time when the setup you're using just works well? Like writing with a smooth pen on the left side of a notebook or driving a...

The last two months have been quite hectic and I didn't get a lot of opportunities to go out and shoot. In fact, I only shot through 2...

My experience shooting some Kodak film that expired over a decade ago.