Film Photography

    The Clash of Palladium and Silver
    Sep 23, 2019 Johnny Martyr

    September 21st, 1979. Forty years ago, British rock photographer, Pennie Smith immortalized the destruction of a Fender P-Bass guitar by Paul Simonon of The Clash on the…

    How I made alternative film developers from peppermint and green tea extract
    Sep 10, 2019 Daniel Keating

    By now most everyone dabbling in analog photography has seen articles on the use of “Caffenol”, “Beerinol”, “Redwineol” where people have developed film in mixtures…

    This photographer put a portable wet plate darkroom on a tricycle
    Jul 30, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    In the digital era, I always find it impressive when I see photographers who still use wet plate collodion process. And it’s especially impressive to…

    How to build a DIY 35mm slides and negatives copying machine
    Jul 28, 2019 Steven Heap

    Like many of you, I have a large collection of 35mm slides and negative film that I have taken over the years that are currently…

    How to modify an 8×10 sheet film holder for shooting wet plate collodion
    Jul 27, 2019 John Aldred

    While it was once the only way you could really shoot a photo, wet plate photography went off almost into the realm of complete non-existence…

    Comparing Real film grain to Adobe Lightroom film grain
    Jul 26, 2019 Bill Lawson

    In my never ending search for that “special” photographic look that sets me apart from the competition, I recently discovered that overexposing film increases the…

    The pros and cons of shooting both film and digital for street photography
    Jul 25, 2019 John Aldred

    Street photography can be a lot of fun, and it’s something that a lot of people all over the world really enjoy doing. But street…

    Kodak’s $40 Mobile Film Scanner is the Google Cardboard of scanners
    Jul 19, 2019 John Aldred

    In this age of the fight against plastic, cardboard has become a common construction material again. Coffee places the world over have switched out to…

    The Film Carrier Mk1 is yet another film holder for “scanning” your film with a digital camera
    Jul 3, 2019 John Aldred

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/negativesupply/film-carrier-mk1-35mm-roll-film-holder-for-camera-scanning There’s a new Kickstarter up from a company going by the name of Negative Supply. It’s for the “Film Carrier Mk1”, a 35mm roll…

    This guy shot a modern car race with a 1968 Super 8 camera and it looks awesome
    Jun 25, 2019 John Aldred

    I don’t know about you, but I always find it fascinating to see current events shot on old cameras. Whether it’s stills or motion, it’s…