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Redscale: A Different Way to See the World

How-to/What is 02/13/2015 0Comments

Redscale: A Different Way to See the World Guest Blog by Lance King Historically, most photographers have labored to make color photographs that reflect actual colors in nature. Film manufacturers produced a wide variety of emulsions intended for specific…

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Waiting for your Negs from the Lab? Shoot More Film!

How-to/What is 11/17/2014 0Comments

blog by Michael Raso – (This blog was originally published Oct 29, 2009 on the original FPP Blog Site) If nothing else, shooting film has made me a more patient person. Shooting, processing and scan time alone can be a…

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Darkroom Setup!

How-to/What is 04/14/2014 0Comments

Darkroom Setup by Rick Paul I started developing my own film in the 1970’s. A next door neighbor gave me his old enlarger from the 1940’s, and that gave me my first start at printing. I wish I had…

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Shooting Ilford’s SFX 200 BW Infrared!

How-to/What is 01/27/2014 0Comments

Blog by Michael Raso All images by Aldo Altamirano shot on his Nikon F6 35mm slr camera (unless otherwise noted) I’m really thrilled to introduce Ilford’s SFX 200 BW infrared film to the FPP on-line store. Although this fine…

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Why Shoot Expired Film? 2013 Update!

How-to/What is 09/26/2013 0Comments

Blog by Michael Raso Back in the 1990s the concept of shooting on expired film seemed crazy. You would buy or drink an expired carton of milk? Nuts, right? The digital photography explosion has pushed traditional film photography out…

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How to Make a Pin-Debonair Camera

How-to/What is 04/21/2013 0Comments

April 28th is World-Wide Pinhold Camera Day. In celebration, I sent FPP listener Ross Togashi a FPP Debonair Camera which he converted into a pinhole camera. Below are his instructions and beautiful images shot with the Pin-Debonair! Blog by…

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Shooting in Freezing, Wet Weather!

How-to/What is 02/23/2013 0Comments

How To Convert Your Polaroid 80 to a 120 Film Camera

How-to/What is 01/22/2013 0Comments

The Polaroid 80 and its successor 80A and 80B were released in the late 50s as the budget Polaroid camera. They had the same glass lens, but used a smaller film stock, didn’t have a rangefinder, and had only…

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Pack-Tastic! Print Your Slides to Polaroid Pack Film!

How-to/What is 07/08/2012 0Comments

Pack-Tastic! The Polaroid and Vivitar Instant Slide Printers Guest blog by Nicholas Rapak Whenever people talk about printing slides, there are always only two methods talked about: Scanning and printing, or optical printing to Ilfochrome (a.k.a Cibachrome). With Cibachrome…

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Developing Large Format Film at Home!

How-to/What is 06/22/2012 0Comments

In my brief time here at the Film Photography Project, it’s become apparent that FPP listeners, on top of having boatloads of G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome), are eager to get out there and try new things. At the top…

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