Film Photography Podcast listener Matt Sowers shares his love for film photography and some words about Kodak’s new Portra 160 / 400 color print film. I started photography in high school when I became enamored with the chemical darkroom during a visual arts class. Despite not knowing much of the technical details I pressed forward, shooting quite a bit with my dad's Kowa seT (which is a ... [Read More]
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Technique, Style and Esthetic
blog by Michael Raso A letter from Flickr member Philip sparked this blog on technique and esthetic. Philip asked (about the above image), “How did you get the vignetting? Is that intentional i.e. by lighting technique?” The image of New Jersey band Monday Night Bear Claw was shot in my studio using the Holga 120N camera with a Polaroid back. I used “hot lights” combined with a Holga ... [Read More]
FPPer Nasir Hamid shares his Love for Film
Hey FPP, I heard about the 220 rolls of Tri-X 320 given away, as mentioned on your podcast Episode 34. I'm late to the party and only found out about your podcast a few weeks ago and I've been listening to some of the older episodes first. I was gutted to find out that you had a meet up in London and I missed it by 2 days because I found out about it too late. I'm in Oxford, UK which is only an ... [Read More]
My First Photography Gig… Shot on Film!
Ever since I first started photography—like most people who do, I imagine—I dreamt of achieving a level of skill that would allow me to make money with it. I’ve never had the illusion that I’d be able to quit my day job; professional photographers don’t make that much. I had settled on the goal of perhaps getting enough money to pay for a new piece of gear every so often. Do enough weddings, for ... [Read More]
Love that Noblex Panorama Camera!
I recently received an e-mail from FPP listener Scott Webster regarding his and fellow FPPer DonkerDave's Noblex Panorama photography. I'm happy to share this note with you! Hi Mike, Just finished listening to you last podcast, great show again. Heard you talking to Donker Dan about the Noblex camera. I'm a panoramic photographer and have been into it for probably 10 years. The Noblex ... [Read More]
My Film Photography and the FPP Meet-Up London 2011
I’ve been using shooting black and white on various 35mm Pentax cameras for 10 years. In recent years I began to use my 35mm cameras less often until last year. I wanted to print my negatives and began looking for a darkroom. I am fortunate that in east London there are a few facilities locally where I can book some darkroom time. I used the darkroom at PhotoChats. I love printing and the process ... [Read More]