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

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…



Feel old yet? This Stranger Things fan didn’t know what a darkroom was

Jul 29, 2019 John Aldred

For most of us who own cameras, we’ve at least heard of a darkroom, even if you’ve never been used one or been inside one….



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…



This beautiful short film takes you on a tour behind the curtain at Ilford’s film factory

Jul 17, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

I find shooting film is a fulfilling experience, especially if you develop and print your own rolls. But what does it take to make the…