Film Photography
New airport hand luggage scanners will destroy your unprocessed film
Oct 21, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Here comes a warning for film photographers flying through US airports. Some airports are using new hand luggage scanners that will destroy your unprocessed film…
Ilford teases new film stock in different formats, coming on 24 October
Oct 15, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It looks like Ilford is about to make film photographers happy in about ten days. On its official Twitter page, the company has announced a…
How to modify an Ikea clock to turn it into a red light darkroom timer
Oct 1, 2019
John Aldred
Although the darkroom isn’t quite as common as it once was, it seems to be gaining a resurgence of late. Every day I see people…
Visiting the Weird Lens Paradise – the largest collection of restored cameras and lenses in Europe
Sep 30, 2019
John Aldred
When it comes to weird lenses, the first name that springs to many minds is YouTuber Mathieu Stern. So, who better to go visit the…
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…
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…