Film Photography Podcast – Episode 88 – October 1, 2013
The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! Photostock 2013! Interviews with Judy Sherrod, S. Gayle Stevens, Kerik Kouklis, Bill Schwab. Plus interview with the folks at Blue Moon Camera, Large Format Update, Rare and unusual 35mm films, Big film giveaway and lots more!!!!
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Show Notes
Show Notes By Alex Luyckx
Get out your Ektar and Slide film, fall is in the air and the FPP has a great show ahead, join Michael, Leslie, Mat, and John as they discuss rare 35mm films, the Photostock 2013 wrap up and interviews, an interview with Blue Moon Camera and Machine, a large format update, and a BIG film giveaway! Don’t touch that dial.
Kicking it off is the Photostock 2013 wrap up with Mat Marrash. Photostock for those who don’t know is a mid-summer photo meetup at the Birchwood Inn located in the village of Harbor Springs in Northern Michigan. There’s always a party at the event and plenty of subject matter to shoot, or if you just want to hang out and chat with fellow photographers you can do that too! Check out www.photostockfest.com for details on next year’s event!
Starting it off Mat speaks to wetplate photographer Judy Sherrod. She not only shoots wet plate (in sizes up to 20” by 20”) she also does this in pinhole cameras, which she also builds herself. The process is pretty intense, using a medium of low sensitivity in a pinhole camera, but despite what the theorist and experts said, it works wonderfully. You can view her work, along with her fellow collaborator at: twooldwomen.wordpress.com.
Next up is Judy’s collaborative partner S. Gayle Stevens. Gayle is another ultra-large format photographer that goes out of her way to break all the rules but despite this there is still evidence of control and creative vision in her work. She has worked with Holga and even converted a Polaroid back for a Hassleblad to run wet plates in. She also does work with photograms. Her work has recently been published as part of North Light Press’s 11+1 series, you can pick up the book at NLP’s online store. Each book has a unique tintype image created specifically for the book, each book’s tintype is unique. You can also view Gayle’s work on her website: sgaylestevens.com.
Kerik Kouklis is another ultra-large format photographer that specializes in alternative processes specifically gum bichromate prints from platinum palladium. His work has been seen in the Ansal Adams gallery on the west coast. He is a strong supporter of anyone who wants to explore the world of alt processing and praises the introduction of digital into the whole process with the ability to print digital negatives on inkjets, it really helps streamline the whole process he says. You can see his work online at: www.kerik.com.
Wrapping it all up is Bill Schwab, founder and creator of Photostock. Bill was pretty excited to have the grand opening of the new workshop facility that was successfully funded in a Kickstarter campaign at Photostock this year with the whole group returning to his property near Cross Village, where Photostock first got started.
Looking to attend photostock next year (you should!) mark it on your calendar now June 19th to 21st, 2014. To check out more of Bill’s work point your browsers at: www.billschwab.com or for information on tours and books that Bill puts on and produces check out: www.northlightpress.com.
Continuing with the theme of large format, Mat updates us on his adventures in Large Format Photography. He shows off his most recent camera a Tachihara 8×10 field camera which replaces his bulky Sinar P2. The field camera really allows him to get out more, as it is more compact, so he’s being doing a one-a-day project again shooting the Fuji Green X-Ray film (you can pick it up from the FPP Store!) He’s also been doing some color shooting and loving Kodak Ektachrome – he’s got a box of 100 sheets, all cold stored and been shooting like crazy! Processing is of course by our good friends at The Darkroom! Thinking about going into Large Format, Mat recommends starting with 4×5, it’s more cost effective and there’s more film, lens, and camera selection out there.
Hunter “Man in the Woods” White comes to us from Portland, OR, checking out our good friends at Blue Moon Camera & Machine. Jake, founder and owner talks first about the company. Blue Moon offers both products and services geared towards traditional photography, from the sale of equipment to film processing and optical printing. It’s not an antique store or flea market, it’s more of an appliance store he explains, each camera is testing and works and covered by a warranty and all this at a great price! They stock everything from 35mm up to large format cameras and accessories, plus staff who will spend hours if needed getting you the camera that will suit you.
The store was opened in 2001 in response to the area camera stores going digital and they’ve even seen a resurgence of people wanting ‘real cameras’ again. Kat, an employee and former scanner jockey for Blue Moon loves her job, working the scanner she could see places from all over the world, and only emphasizes that the staff at Blue Moon are dedicated to their craft. She explains that people come to Blue Moon because they still process every format out there, even 127 and Minox Spy film.
Blue Moon is the source for Minox Film in North America both for purchase and processing. Zeb is one of the managers at Blue Moon and he says what sets Blue Moon apart, is that they’re all traditional, from hand processing film, to optical printing by staff who are dedicated to the craft and will make any negative into a fine art print.
Hunter asks the question, which is …what is the Machine in Blue Moon Photo & Machine? Zeb replies that they sell typewriters as well as other machines such as calculating equipment, binoculars and other items.
It’s no secret, the FPP has a fantastic selection of rare and odd films, many only available in bulk reels to consumers. There’s the bold Eastman Double-X (5222), the C-41 process Fuji IT-N and the Kodak Fine Grain 2366 (it’s yellow!). It’s become a boutique and Mike is loving it! Having worked with Bulk Reels in the motion picture biz, he’s been bulk loading like crazy.
You can check out The FPP On-Line Store for the latest selection of rare films!
For the giveaway this month the FPP is linked up with Lance from Belgium with a great giveaway package of seven rolls of film including: 1940s Expired Eastman Nitrate Film, Fuji Velvia, Svema MZ-3 (Soviet Motion Picture Film), Chinese Military Surplus Surveillance Film, Eastman Double-X (5222), and Kodak Hawkeye Surveillance Film. The film is courtesy of Lance’s awesome website http://www.labeauratoire.com/! Check it out!
The FPP Giveaway starts October 2, 2013. Follow this link – http://filmphotographyproject.com/giveaways
And that’s it for us!
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