HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MICHAEL RASO AND THE FILM PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT I’d like to personally thank all of you who donated your time, skills, products and / or cherished equipment to the Film Photography Podcast in 2010. As many of you know, I began the podcast in October of 2009 out of love and a sense of nostalgia for film photography, reverence for the craftsmanship of vintage cameras, and ... [Read More]
Archives for December 2010
The Last Day of Kodachrome
How fitting that my favorite magazine news program devote a segement to the last days of Kodak Kodachrome - the world's finest film. As a photographer shooting film, I tend to "overstock," so, earlier this year I started sharing my rolls of Kodachrome with folks who listen to The Film Photography Podcast (the internet radio show which I host). The images shot by the podcast audience are on ... [Read More]
New York Blizzard – My last day shooting Kodachrome
I love New York City during the holidays and felt it would be special to shoot my last rolls of Kodachrome film there. Kodak's 75 year old film was retired in 2009 and the only remaining facility that can process this special film is running it's last bath of Kodachrome K-14 processing this Thursday, December 30th. A blizzard brought 20 inches of snow to New York City, ... [Read More]
My Tribute to Vinyl Records
I love vinyl records. When I was growing up, "record stores" were easily accessible by bike. It's funny how sharp my memory is on where I purchased some of the "albums" in my collection. John Lennon's "Double Fantasy" - late 1981, I walked to a small indie shop owned by Kevin Clement called Vinyl Frontiers. David Bowie "Space Oddity" - sometime in '80, a group of us got a ride to Willowbrook Mall, ... [Read More]
110 Film Photography
Introduced in 1972 by Eastman Kodak, the 110 cartridge film format was a huge success for amateur photographers in the United States, England and beyond. Following the equally popular 126 cartridge format (launched in 1963), the 110 film was only 16mm in width allowing cameras to be much smaller, launching Kodak's "Pocket Instamatic" campaign. With a 110 camera in every household, cameras and ... [Read More]
Episode 24 – December 15, 2010
End of the year Film Photography extravaganza! Topics include 127 film format, final days of Kodachrome, Olympus 35mm SLR cameras, three BIG giveaways and more! Hosted by Michael Raso with Duane Polcou and John Fedele. Listen to this episode now [podbean type=audio-rectangle resource="episode=itewf-171445" skin="1" auto="0" height=100 ] Subscribe on iTunes Link will immediately ... [Read More]