2020-06-10 13:00
It’s no secret that for many film photographers, taking photos of their cameras is as enjoyable as making photographs with them. Don’t take my word for it, just take a quick look… Read More
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2020-06-10 08:00
Hey everyone! For those who know me – me and my family LOVE camping and caravanning. We’ve always done it as a family since the children have been around, and continue to enjoy i… Read More
2020-06-09 13:00
The purpose of this article is to guide you through my journey from a random pile of colourful bricks, to a pretty much fully functional 6×12 LEGO pinhole camera. The camera went throu… Read More
2020-06-09 08:00
So going out and making new photos has been off the table for a few weeks, well at least travelling anywhere new, interesting and not within walking distance of my front door on my daily exe… Read More
2020-06-08 13:00
I’ve rarely gone out to photograph churches. Not because I have something against them, or that I fear I might get struck by lightning, but because when I have the time to go out and p… Read More
2020-06-08 08:00
As a passionate climber and long distance hiker in the mountains i was in search of a medium format camera reasonably light, affordable and simple to use in every conditions. So when I found… Read More
2020-06-07 13:00
I haven’t had cable TV in a very long time. I cut the cord almost 12 years ago and all of the ads I get now are less than 15 seconds long, skip-able and usually specific to my tastes… Read More
2020-06-07 08:00
Being under quarantine has me doing all sorts of film-related experiments. In addition to following EMULSIVE’s 65 projects on what photographers can do when stuck at home, I decided to… Read More
2020-06-06 13:00
The whole idea behind this article started as I was looking into finding a “daily” use black and white film, on the cheap, so that I could bulk roll my own. As I’m from Eur… Read More
2020-06-06 08:00
When I was 15, my uncle gave me his old Nikon film SLR. This sparked in me a love for film photography from high school through college. However, life got in the way and I put my hobby on hi… Read More
2020-06-05 13:00
I started my photography hobby with Olympus digital cameras. First a point and shoot Camedia D-550 and then eventually Olympus Evolt E-410 DSLR at around 2007. My transition to film photogra… Read More
2020-06-05 08:00
On the hunt for alternatives to the almighty Kodak Tri-X, I stumbled upon the APX 400 from Agfaphoto. The story of the company is quite complicated, but from what I understand, the films are… Read More
2020-06-04 13:00
This is the story of how I came to own a custom-built 35mm slit-scan photography camera and how I set about using it to capture the streets of São Paulo. This story begins in June 199… Read More
2020-06-04 08:00
Sometimes technical perfection counts less than the artistic adventure of trying new things, and I recently decided to join the growing number of photogs shooting expired film. This was a to… Read More
2020-06-03 13:00
Greetings! If you’re a regular reader of EMULSIVE, you’ll no doubt already know of today’s fresh EMULSIVE interviewee, Andrew Whitehurst. If you’re not for any reason… Read More
2020-06-03 08:00
I’d originally got my Pentax 67II primarily for portraits and the chance of using the sublime 105mm f2.4 lens. For me, that is the perfect portrait lens, as it delivers a wonderful spa… Read More
2020-06-02 13:00
Can the Pentagon Six take pictures as sharp and contrasty as a Hasselblad or a Rolleiflex? After all, this is the only question that matters apparently and — spoiler alert — I wo… Read More
2020-06-02 08:00
There’s poor man’s Xpans, and there’s craptastic plastic. The Vivitar IC101 falls into the latter category. I picked it up for AU$10, which is probably twice as much as it… Read More
2020-06-01 13:00
Greetings and salutations from Quentin Quarantino at Club Lockdown! I’ve always appreciated still life but never really practised it at a photography level. If you need encouragement m… Read More
2020-06-01 08:00
Now that we find ourselves on this sort of late hibernation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, I thought it was a good time to put together a few words that have been swirling around in my… Read More
2020-05-31 13:00
The idea I’d like to unpack in this article is based on some of the thoughts I’ve had while reflecting on my role when it comes to making photographs. I think that most of my rec… Read More
2020-05-31 08:00
Scrolling through my Instagram feed introduced me to the wonderful world of CineStill. I had been having an extensive internal debate over which CineStill stock to buy and where to shoot it… Read More
2020-05-30 13:00
I’ve been photographing on the street for years and have been keeping notes. They cover everything from the...
The article Anecdotal Evidence: Tools to help you see photographically &n&hell…Read More
2020-05-30 08:00
I wasn’t ever a big fan of pushing or pulling film; developing prices tend to increase drastically, and try as I may I could not wrap my head around it. However, now that I develop my… Read More
2020-05-29 13:00
I think that it is a wonderful idea to share the thoughts we have when trying something new. Sharing not only perfection in photography but also personal bewilderment makes one more humble t… Read More
2020-05-29 08:00
Metropolis… some of you may think about the movie directed by Fritz Lang. Today, however, it’s also the name of the newest color film from Lomography. In this short series, I wo… Read More
2020-05-28 13:00
Hitchcock’s California is a photographic tribute to Alfred Hitchcock by Aimee Sinclair and myself, along with an essay by Hitchcock film historian Dan Auiler. The book features a portf… Read More
5 Frames… Of Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H (120 Format / EI 100 / Kowa Six MM) – By Jeremy Parsons
2020-05-28 08:00
I recently got back into shooting film. I was more of a casual shooter until 2019 when I picked up my first medium format camera: a Kowa Six MM with an 85mm/F2.8 lens. The reverse viewfinder… Read More
2020-05-27 13:00
A few years ago, when I was first getting into serious photography and before I started exploring analog, I purchased a Lensbaby Composer lens for my Canon DSLR. For those who haven’t… Read More
2020-05-27 08:00
I am a big fan of the Hasselblad V-system, I tested many different models, many different film backs, but one model remained – the most iconic format 70, which was used during the firs… Read More
2020-05-26 13:15
“Of course they are..” I remember thinking to myself as I read the headline that Agfa Vista films were being discontinued. Why? Because it had just cemented its position as my go… Read More
2020-05-26 08:00
My first foray into medium format photography nearly 3 years ago was a trusty and time-tested Kodak Brownie, however the lack of control and only getting 8 frames per roll of film made me wa… Read More
2020-05-25 13:00
Any cinephiles reading this have seen Kodak’s DOUBLE-X 5222 shine its magic even if they didn’t know it. It’s the stock that Manhattan, Schindler’s List and Raging Bu… Read More
2020-05-25 08:00
I’d been tempted to try out a Russian Leica copy for some time and finally took the plunge when a Zorki 4K came up on Facebook. It came complete with a non-functioning rangefinder and… Read More
2020-05-24 13:01
Enter your criteria and discover the perfect Leica for you based on the features and functionality you need for your photography. It's that simple.
The article Find your perfect Leica or M-m… Read More
2020-05-24 08:00
It was Sunday, I had loaded a roll of FP4 PLUS for the #FP4Party (but of course the party was already finished) in a new to me Robot Royal 24 Mod III. FP4 PLUS is not my usual slow speed fil… Read More
2020-05-23 13:00
I’ve already written about using film in general to achieve specific goals in the genres of Street and Documentary photography, which is my chosen pursuit. However, I haven’t gon… Read More
2020-05-23 08:00
My favourite thing about film photography is the different ‘personalities’ that exist in individual film stocks. I have shot lots of ILFORD black and white and Kodak Portra and a… Read More
2020-05-22 13:00
Linking a relatively simple and intuitive method for exposure determination to a highly complicated and comprehensive system for analysing every step for making a high-quality photographic p… Read More
2020-05-22 08:00
The Holga 120N, known to be a regular participant in crappy camera challenges around the world and very underestimated, in my opinion. Serving its users with random distortions like image bl… Read More
2020-05-21 13:00
I’m going to push the definition of this series but bear with me. First, I’d like to say that this was a disaster but also a learning experience. Like all good stories, this one… Read More
2020-05-21 08:00
In late August 2019 my wife and I and our then 6-month-old daughter boarded a British Airways flight from London Heathrow en route to Seattle, Washington, USA. Amongst our entourage of lugga… Read More
2020-05-20 13:00
I’m so pleased to be able to bring you today’s fresh film photographer interview with none other than Nat Meier. If you’ve spent any time at all on the Twitter film photogr… Read More
2020-05-20 08:00
I have had this roll of Fujifilm Superia Venus 800 siting in my freezer for the longest time. Now considered more exotic – having only officially available in the Japanese market and t… Read More
2020-05-19 12:45
Following a short tease on social media over the past few days, Los Angeles based CineStill have just announced a completely unique family of slide film development kits with options that pr… Read More
2020-05-19 08:00
I shot these during a walk around my town (Raleigh, NC) on a partly cloudy morning. I’ve been in a bit of a photographic slump lately, so I reached for the panoramic swing-lens camera… Read More
2020-05-18 13:00
From the fully automatic point and shoot Fujifilm GA645Zi to the totally manual Fujifilm GW690III, Fujifilm’s medium format cameras encompass a wide range of types and functions and fo… Read More
2020-05-18 08:00
I got into photography as a music recording engineer and with that, a lot of the practices migrated with me. I started photography taking film photographs as slowly and methodically as possi… Read More
2020-05-17 13:00
Exploring how one film photographer created an art gallery in Minecraft for a unique photographic exhibition.
The article I’m using Minecraft to host a charitable photographic exhibiti… Read More
2020-05-17 08:00
On a frigid Sunday in Manhattan, I wanted to try out TMY, Kodak T-MAX 400. The film choice was based upon my constant use of black and white filters, which lower the film speed. With an ISO… Read More
2020-05-16 13:15
In late 2015 I was hit by a taxi making an illegal turn and received three fractured vertebrae for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the mist cleared a second or two after I h… Read More
2020-05-16 08:00
I always thought that a picture needs to have something extraordinary to catch your eye. Be it the decisive moment, an unusual perspective, some odd expression, a fantastic array of color, s… Read More
2020-05-15 13:00
Welcome to the community picked winner and runners-up of March 2020’s FP4Party. Over 900 individual entries and 1200+ photos posted over March 16th to 22nd were whittled down to just 2… Read More
2020-05-15 08:00
When someone from Saint Petersburg Russia sends you a few rolls of film, I think they have to be shot with something interesting. Thanks to my EMULSIVE Secret Santa last December 2019 (@gyrd… Read More
2020-05-14 13:00
Not too long ago EM posted an article about his first roll of film. I was going through my old scans at the time and found mine. This coincidence inspired me to share that roll with you, alb… Read More
2020-05-14 08:00
Since I got into film photography after stumbling across some cheap point ‘n’ shoot cameras in a UK charity shop a few years back, my main focus has been to try as many different… Read More
2020-05-13 13:00
These are the 30 days and 63 articles that made EMULSIVE in April. I’m hoping a few of you reading this noticed that bump, it represents two things: first of all, it’s obviously… Read More
2020-05-13 08:00
Like several others who have shared their 5 Frames here, I started my exploration of photography before digital was an option. As a teenager, I shot mostly black and white 35mm film, which I… Read More
2020-05-12 13:00
Some months ago, Stearman Press released their answer for 8×10 film processing, the SP-8×10 — you can read more about it here on EMULSIVE. I recently had the opportunity to… Read More
2020-05-12 08:00
Photography with expired film is always an adventure that I relish. I set my expectations low and hope for something interesting. Especially when I further add the unexpected color shifts th… Read More
2020-05-11 13:00
In this article, I’m going to show you how to make a Cyanotype print with UV LED box as the light source. Cyanotypes are traditionally developed in sunlight and the prints are often re… Read More
2020-05-11 08:00
This small article was born from a meeting, that of my beautiful Yashica-MAT 124 G, just returned from a CLA by a famous American repairman specializing in these pretty cameras and a film th… Read More
2020-05-10 13:00
For a while now, my photography goal has been on capturing a more energetic, or emotionally resonating type of moment than my earlier style, which was a little more withdrawn, involving dist… Read More
2020-05-10 08:00
So a while ago now my girlfriend was looking through Gumtree for some sort of furniture we needed for a new place we were moving into. I can’t remember exactly what, possibly a dining… Read More
2020-05-09 13:00
June. Rain. July. Rain. August… Rain again. The days were all the same. What to do in Paris during a summer as rotten as that of 2007? My wife had already been working abroad for seve… Read More
2020-05-09 08:00
This is essentially a thank you letter to this roll of ILFORD FP4 PLUS for tolerating extreme levels of abuse and still producing usable images. I not only shot this roll three times in two… Read More
2020-05-08 13:00
The details are hazy, but the best I can figure is that my grandfather gave me this camera in 1967 for my fifth birthday. I still have it. It’s an Agfa ISO-RAPID 1. Very basic, and a b… Read More
2020-05-08 08:00
Red has always been my favourite colour. Additionally, in my culture, the year I was born essentially gave me the fire feng shui; hence, the colour red (should) provide protection and luck… Read More
2020-05-07 13:00
I first got back into film photography when I dug through some old boxes at home and came across my mom’s point and shoot camera. For those new to photography, a point and shoot camera… Read More
2020-05-07 08:00
Every year from the 13th to the 21st of December, the town of Chichicastenango in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala celebrates its yearly festival. The name of the town is a mouthful, so it&r&hell…Read More
2020-05-06 13:00
Today’s EMULSIVE interviewee should not be a stranger to regular readers. From his thoughts on the Contax S2 and RTS series to a quick delve into scanning film with the $20k Imacon 949… Read More
2020-05-06 11:00
I recently revisited the Delta 3200 datasheets looking for recommendations to get less grainy results than with Rodinal-type developers. I was intrigued to see that if I used ILFORD ILFOTEC… Read More
2020-05-06 07:11
I recently came across the work of David Hensel, a LEGO builder who specialises in everything LEGO, from spaceships and architecture to woodland and fantasy scenes. David’s latest crea… Read More
2020-05-05 13:00
I hate travelling light. Truth be told, I always surprise myself with the amount of gear I consider necessary on a trip. That’s better. You see, I always have a perfectly good explanat… Read More
2020-05-05 08:00
My usual goto B&W film stock is ILFORD HP5 PLUS, which I shoot at box speed up to EI 3200 quite regularly. I love to try out other B&W films and compare them to HP5 PLUS so when Lomo… Read More
2020-05-04 13:00
Gum printing or, to give it it’s full name, gum bichromate printing can seem daunting. Certainly, it takes more of commitment in time and materials than cyanotype. But after cyanotype… Read More
2020-05-04 08:00
In writing my first 5 Frames With... for EMULSIVE I wanted to try and cover something different, looking through my folders of film scans there was something that stood out like a sore thumb… Read More
2020-05-03 13:00
What did my mother tell me about talking to strange men on the internet? That’s right, I shouldn’t do it. Did I listen? That would be a no. Social media is a strange place and yo… Read More
2020-05-03 08:00
After acquiring a Fujifilm GW690II and having so much fun with it, I felt I could use a wider angle for landscapes, so I set out looking for the GSW version, which sports a 65mm f/5.6 lens a… Read More
2020-05-02 13:00
Legend has it there was once a film that held in its grasp the bright greens of summer and made all the world a sunny day. That was until a fateful day in 2010 when Kodak brought it’s… Read More
2020-05-02 08:00
Iceland is a photographer’s fairy tale island. It’s almost impossible to take a bad picture in the land of ice and fire.
The article 5 Frames… From my third trip to Icelan… Read More
2020-05-01 13:00
Effective globally from May 11th 2020, HARMAN Technology Limited, producers of ILFORD and Kentmere photographic film, paper, chemistry and cameras will be increasing prices for most products… Read More
2020-05-01 08:00
I shot the Area 51 Raid 2019 on a Pentax 67 using Portra 160, and it was (almost) the perfect camera for the job.
The article 5 Frames… At Raid Area 51 on Kodak Portra 160 (EI 100 /… Read More
2020-04-30 14:00
It's time for the shortlist for March 2019's #FP4Party, the last one of the year.
The article The best of #FP4party March 2020 first appeared on EMULSIVE.org Read More
2020-04-30 08:00
I had a roll of Fujifilm Velvia 100 with an expiry date of 2012 sitting in my fridge for quite a while and thinking that the film (and me for that matter) was not getting any young… Read More
2020-04-29 13:00
I came back to film in early 2019. The camera I bought was a Rolleicord III. It was the same model as the first serious camera I owned back in the late 1990s. I got that first Roll… Read More
2020-04-29 08:00
I bought this Hasselblad 500C/M a little over 2 years ago now. It was an eBay buy and back then I was a digital shooter. I always lusted after...
The article 5 Frames… With Fujifilm F… Read More
2020-04-28 14:30
My first of roll of film for the new year 2020: a fresh roll of ILFORD PAN 100 all used up in one day with a camera I’ve never used before. This was January’s commitment to the n… Read More
2020-04-28 10:00
Earlier in 2019, I ordered the mixed-film-pack from Silbersalz, containing one roll of each of the four Kodak VISION3 motion picture film varieties.
The article 5 Frames… At sunset in… Read More
2020-04-28 08:00
Continuing our diversification towards becoming a podcast run by photographers rather than a photography podcast, Hamish and I caught up with Bellamy Hunt of JCH about his recent SIBO diagno… Read More
2020-04-27 13:00
Being in lockdown has given me more time to consider expanding my repertoire of darkroom techniques. One of these is something a little different to what I would normally try: Solarisation… Read More
2020-04-27 08:00
This was my third attempt at finding this waterfall not so far from where I live. I knew I wanted to bring my Nikon FG with the 50mm f/1.8 Series E lens, but wasn’t settled on the film… Read More
2020-04-26 14:00
Fujifilm Instax covers a huge range of instant film and cameras created and sold since 1998. Over the past 2+ decades, while the number of other instant film options have dwindled to just en… Read More
2020-04-26 08:00
Since subscribing to Lomography’s newsletter, I came across Lomography F2/400 in 120. Research revealed this film to be expired Ferrania’s Solaris FG 400. The five images present… Read More
2020-04-25 13:00
There are many cameras out there that take standard 35mm film and expose alternative formats for creative effect. The Noblex’s literally sweeping panoramas, the Nishika N8000’s 3… Read More
2020-04-25 08:00
Earlier in 2019, I built a shoebox pinhole camera, and had a blast using it. But I wanted something a bit more reliable in its outcomes, so I went online and ordered a handmade pinhole from… Read More
2020-04-24 13:00
Due to the current pandemic situation and resultant lock-down rules, I’ve decided now would be a good time to learn how to develop film at home. Since I got back into shooting film a f… Read More
2020-04-24 08:00
First of all, I’m not a great master photographer, it’s just a lot of fun and has been for over 30 years, with a break of several years and a digital phase in between. My motto i… Read More
2020-04-23 13:00
Well, I just read this “My First Roll…” post by EM and immediately started scratching my head. How did I start in analog photography and photography on the whole? It was n… Read More
2020-04-23 08:00
Inspired by an ILFORD Photo November Camera Challenge on Twitter, I set out with my Reality So Subtle 6X6F. Three goals in mind: Work with my RSS using a contrast filter (the &ld&hell…Read More
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