Earth Day – the day people around the world celebrate their shared commitment to sustainability and environmental protection – we’d like to share some of the practices we employ at the Film Photography Project to minimize waste and re-purpose used film photography equipment and supplies. Read on to find out what you can do to help us to sustain the environment without taxing your wallet! 35mm ... [Read More]
FPP Projects
Camera Donations Enrich Photography Program at LaGuardia High School
35mm Film Camera Donations Enrich Photography Program at LaGuardia High School for Music & Arts and Performing Arts (It’s the FAME school!) If you’ve been listening to the Film Photography Podcast for some time, you’re aware the FPP sponsors and runs a School Camera Donation Program that provides refurbished film cameras to schools and charitable organizations. We recently received a ... [Read More]
Film Photography Rocks the Students of Woodstation Elementary!
Film Photography Rocks! Catching Up with “Doctor of Rockology” Kevin Lane and the Students of Woodstation Elementary It is always inspiring to learn more about the members of the Film Photography Project community, many of whom are teachers using film photography as a fun and exciting complement to other disciplines and a tool that emphasizes concentration, process and the rewards of ... [Read More]
RETROCHROME – The Truth is Out (There)
THE ORIGIN OF FPP RETROCHROME 35mm COLOR SLIDE FILM In 2015, an unspecified agency auctioned a large quantity of expired color slide film. Wondering how this film would process, Film Photography Project founder Michael Raso purchased one of the lots. It arrived in large cans labeled Kodak Ektachrome 2253 and the film was loaded onto an unusual core indicating that the film might have been ... [Read More]
Film Photography Returns To Alhambra High School!
Guest blog by Ryan Adney Teacher, Photography – Alhambra High School, Phoenix, AZ It’s easy to vilify the decision to end a darkroom program in a high school. Working with students in a darkroom setting is messy and fraught with challenges that are just not there with a digital program. Actually, this is what happened to the traditional program at the school where I teach. In 1999 one of my ... [Read More]
The PinBox Camera is Here!
The Pinbox Pinhole Camera It’s not a secret I love pinhole cameras, and what I love even more is making pinhole cameras, but if you are not as adventurous in the creating part Hamm Camera company has the solution. Robert Hamm of the Hamm Camera Company has created another wonderful camera. He started with the successful Nubox1 box camera and now his most current camera is the Pinbox. Unlike ... [Read More]