Tag Archives: film photography

Visit to Isalo National Park, Madagascar

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Tom (Admin)

Shortly before leaving Madagascar after having lived there for more than three years, I finally made it to Isalo National Park, which is one of the premier tourist destinations in country, and one I would have regretted missing out on. … Continue reading →

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Twelve Months, Twelve Cameras, Twelve Decades…and One Film. #ATG365

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Tom (Admin)

In August 2017, the hosts of podcast Against the Grain discussed photographers’ tendency to immediately look at photos they’ve shot (chimping) and how film photography slows the process down, resulting in an increased emphasis on capturing the photo, without constantly worrying about … Continue reading →

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Favorite Film, Favorite Camera

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Tom (Admin)

I finally got around to trying something a photographer friend suggested a couple of years ago.  At the time, I was new to film photography and not trying anything too fancy, beyond simply getting the 50, 60, 70-year-old cameras I … Continue reading →

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Kodak T-Max P3200: My First Roll

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Tom (Admin)

A notification from 35mmc today with Hamish Gill’s review of Kodak’s re-released P3200 reminded me that I, too, recently shot my first roll of P3200 – I just hadn’t gotten around to sharing my results.  I’m a little bit late … Continue reading →

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Let it Develop 365

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Tom (Admin)

The main reason I returned to film photography, after years of shooting digital, was the feeling of nostalgia – remembering the washed-out square prints from my Kodak Instamatic, with the colors that weren’t quite right, and the horizon that sort … Continue reading →

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Processing Your Own Film

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

I recently had a query from someone on whether I would teach him how to process his own film.  Unfortunately I’ve only been at it for about 9 months, far too short to be in any position to teach on … Continue reading →

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Testing the Ansco Regent

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Sometimes I’m not sure whether these posts I do on whether or not I’ve been able to make these vintage cameras work are more about the cameras, or about the content of the photos I’ve managed to snap.  This is … Continue reading →

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Accidental Cross-Process

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

There’s this whole experimental back-to-film movement where people are doing things to get weird and unexpected effects.  Like using Lomography “purple” film, reversing the way your film faces to get “redscale” pictures, and “cross processing.”  Cross processing is either processing … Continue reading →

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Testing the Kodak Retina 1a

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

In today’s world of camera that are fully automatic, and only the hard-core photographer bothers to worry about and understand concepts such as aperture and ISO, managing to get decent photos from a camera where you must set everything manually … Continue reading →

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Lomography: Remembering the 70s with a Ricoh Kr-5

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

I just got back the first set of photos from my “newest old camera”, a Ricoh Kr-5 dating from around 1975.  It’s a thing of beauty, especially when I think of the cameras I personally owned in the late 1970s … Continue reading →

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