Let’s face it. Film photography is having a bit of a moment, and the growth in popularity is exponential. The question is: is it a fad or is it going to be around for a while? As you may recall from my last article, 2019 has been a great year for film photography.
While it would be too early to say that we are in full-fledged film photography revolution, it is clear that the market for film is growing in a great way.
This video is produced by Matt Day, he runs through 10 suggestions for holiday gift ideas for the photographer in your life. Chances are, if you’re a photographer, you have photographer friends. If you need some suggestions of what to get for them, Matt’s list is a great place to start.
I’ve shot this camera in a studio, taken it on long hikes, shot it in a blizzard, and taken it out into the dessert. I’ve used and abused it and it’s still going. Medium format film is quite addictive – particularly slide film. There’s nothing quite like holding your 120 slides up to the window on a sunny day or a light table.
Kodak’s Portra 400 is arguably the most popular color negative film stock in the world right now and for good reason. For those that don’t already know, Kodak offers two other variants in the Portra family: Portra 160 and Portra 800.
It is properly difficult to overstate how much different large format photography is compared with 35mm or 120 film, much less digital.
Presented by Matt Day, this video dives into several of the ins and outs of the Hasselblad XPan (akin to Fuji TX-1 and TX-2).
If you’re a fan of a good photograph and a good beer, understanding how one is made may help you understand the other. Beer and photographs are comprised of three active ingredients and one passive ingredient.
In a world of mirrorless cameras, vintage glass is coming back and for good reason.
For those interested in landscape photography, you may be selling yourself short by exclusively using wider angle lenses. Telephoto lenses deserve just as much use, if not more.
More than ever, people are trying their hand at photography and with it comes a lot of photos meant to emulate the work of others. Do you strive for originality?
Is any purpose of creating more important than producing something of lasting value?
The QuestionDo you create work that carries great meaning to you?
To preface all of this, I shoot film 90% of the time (if not more). I firmly believe that my work is more meaningful because of it. I also believe that we all have our own thoughts/opinion and there is no universally observed benefit to shooting film.
