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Argenti Scale-X Black and White Film Review
In a 1995 interview, the late Baldev Duggal, founder of legendary Manhattan lab Duggal Color Projects Inc., said, “This is the first major thing that has happened in the photography industry in 100...
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Five Favorite Photos – Imogen Cunningham’s After Ninety
Americans have a hard time confronting old age. This point has been brought home in the last year and a half of COVID quarantines and disproportionate deaths among the elderly. Our initial reaction to...
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Female Photographers to Follow – August 2021
Wowee wow wow wow, these ladies I have lined up for you are some of the coolest and creative photographers around. From neon wonderland portraits to cinematic night shots of classic cars, every single...
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Single Shot Stories No. 005 – Paul Hoppe, Beware of Train
Photographer : Paul Hoppe Camera : Olympus PEN E-P1 Lens : M. Zuiko 17mm/2.8 Settings : F2.8@1/60s ISO 1600 Something I used to do was visiting train stations in the evening or at night. There was...
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Kodak Reflex II Review – A Rollei Competitor at a Tenth the Price?
There are a lot of reasons for modern film photographers to use twin lens reflex cameras. They are compact, they’re generally easy to use once you get used to the reversed image in the viewfinder,...
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The Nikon One Touch Zoom or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the...
I’ve tried on multiple occasions to understand the hype behind the point-and-shoot set. Really, I tried it here. And here. And here. And here, too, to an extent. The conversation surrounding the hype...
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Lyndsey Hansen – Interview with the Photographer
I’ve been head over heels in love with Lindsey Hansen’s work for longer than I can remember. From wild film soups to out of this world portraits, her images give me a whole new way of looking at...
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What I Learned Shooting My Vacation on Film
My family and I just returned from a vacation, our first trip away after a truly challenging couple of years. During the trip I made 360-odd photos on film, and I learned some lessons in the process....
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Talya Adams – Interview with the Photographer
Sometimes I can’t believe I’m so lucky as to be able to sit down and have deep dive conversations with some of the most talented and interesting ladies in the film community. Talya Adams is a film...
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10 Less Popular Film Photography YouTube Channels to Follow
A decade ago, the film camera YouTube scene was mainly occupied by uncle-figures. To them, a message of love: thank you for holding the fort at a time when film stocks and film cameras were being...
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The Beauty of Pen y Fan on Kodak Portra
A few months ago, my oldest friend Tara asked me if I wanted to walk up a big hill in Wales for the Alzheimer’s Society. It’s a cause that’s close to both our hearts, as dementia has affected our...
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Nikon FE2 – (Almost) My Favorite Nikon SLR
After seven years of running this site and shooting a new camera every week, I know the type of film camera that I like. Gone are the days when I pined for the rarest rangefinder, or drooled over...
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Chinatown is Empty – Shot by Yameen on Lomography and Ferrania Film
Nestled in San Francisco’s downtown, Chinatown is one of the oldest parts of the city, encompassing a distinctive twenty-four square blocks. It’s typically filled with a hustle-and-bustle mix of local...
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The Keystone Everflash XR308 and My First Time Shooting 110 Film
We should’ve known better but we didn’t want to. While the entire country was moving south to reach the sea, we joined in and embarked on an odyssey of detours and traffic jams to spend just a couple...
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The Fragile Beauty of the Nikon FA
Whenever I look over at the shelf at my Nikon FA, I can’t help but feel a little sad. It’s a beautiful machine in pristine condition, purchased at the peak of its abilities. Not only is it the greatest...
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Tripods, Lights, Grips, and Straps – Product Roundup October 2021
Companies and makers send me photography products pretty frequently, with the request that we write an article about or review their product on the site. The products usually fall into one of three...
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Negative Supply Releases Entry-Level Medium Format Scan Carrier
It’s been a productive year for the folks at Negative Supply, and this week they announced a new product that should make photographers looking for an affordable way to scan from home quite happy. Now...
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Kate Miller Wilson on Large Format, Electric Shocks and Photographing Family
Kate Miller Wilson is an unbelievably talented large-format photographer, often capturing her family and daily life on black and white film. She was a major inspiration in my decision to dive into the...
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Nikon Finally Wakes Up, Releases Juggernaut Z9
Remember the days of the Nikon 1? It was just ten years ago, but also a lifetime. A literal lifetime as the mirrorless marketplace as we know it is only about 13 years old. It’s an epoch that has seen...
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Worried About the Rising Cost of Film Photography? Here Are Some Ways to Cope
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Ilford and Kodak increased the prices of their film across the board, in some cases implementing price hikes as high as 20% per roll. As we near the end of 2021, it seems this...
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