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…
Yo dawg, I heard you like hipster, so we put some instant film in your Leica
Sep 16, 2016
John Aldred
Despite doing everything possible to kill off analogue photography, Fuji have done wonders for instant film. The trend has seen a resurgence in recent years,…
The never ending debate of Film vs Digital; Top DPs discuss the differences and evolution
Sep 16, 2016
John Aldred
It’s the debate that just won’t go away. Whether photography or cinema, film vs digital is a constant source of both controversy and amusement. In…