Film Photography

    This free location scouting checklist helps you find the perfect shooting spots
    Oct 31, 2016 John Aldred

    For anybody who shoots outside of a set or the studio, location scouting is almost a necessity. Whether you’re shooting video or stills, if you…

    This is how I meter and expose landscapes for color film
    Oct 26, 2016 Alex Burke

    Looking back through my archives, I realized that I’ve covered topics like film selections and scanning film but to date I’ve skipped one really important part:…

    This old Soviet camera cost £4 at a London flea market
    Oct 25, 2016 Zorki Photo

    The Zenit E is one of the Soviet Union’s most enduring photographic legacies. Designed in the mid-1960s, it was produced on an eye-watering scale. Millions…

    How to use shutter speed to your advantage to help you get the film look
    Oct 24, 2016 John Aldred

    There’s more to getting the “film look” with video than simply shooting your camera at 24 frames per second. It’s not just the colour grading,…

    A primer on shooting 35mm, medium format and large format film
    Oct 19, 2016 John Aldred

    Shooting film is often seen as more of a novelty these days. Once, it was just the way photography was done. For those who started…

    FILM Ferrania gearing up to turn E6 slide film production into a reality
    Oct 13, 2016 John Aldred

    Ferrania was restarted as FILM Ferrania in 2012 by Nicola Baldini and Marco Pagni. The pair took to Kickstarter in September 2014 to seek funding to resurrect the recently…

    This is why your camera shoots 29.97fps (not 30fps) and why it doesn’t really matter any more
    Oct 5, 2016 John Aldred

    If you’re not dealing with broadcast, and you’re simply uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. then I’ll save you some time. You don’t have to…

    Shooting a 300MP photo of a Hotrod – full frame digital vs large format film
    Oct 3, 2016 Markus Hofstätter

    Recently, I was tasked with shooting a hotrod. It was exciting from the beginning, because these kinds of cars are pretty rare here. The owner also wanted his…

    How to “scan” film using your DSLR and process it in Lightroom
    Sep 15, 2016 John Aldred

    For those that shoot film, developing and dealing with chemicals isn’t usually the biggest hassle. Often it’s scanning the resulting film into the computer. Many…

    Photographer documents nature vs humanity with a 4×5 large format film camera
    Sep 12, 2016 John Aldred

    Helene Schmitz is one of Sweden’s most successful art photographers. Her work focuses on the complicated and sometimes violent relationship between humans and nature. This…