New to film photography? Inherited Dad’s old Minolta? Found a cool old rangefinder at a flea market that you wanna try out? Or maybe you bought a Holga in the neighborhood hipster store and are thinking of branching out into…
Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or GAS, because in this era you can’t have a single instance of a multi-word title without it being immediately broken down into its initials, the only way to legitimize a day of bad breath is to…
I’ve recently discovered cyanotype printing, a process discovered in 1842 by Sir John Herschel… because I’m obviously the last guy to hear about anything. Herschel used the process to reproduce texts and diagrams, like a 170-year-old Xerox machine, however the…
The Yashica Mat 124G was Yashica’s last and best TLR. Manufactured from 1970 to 1986, when the market was no longer looking for TLR cameras, Yashica built this model to similar standards as a Rolleiflex, figuring that while there might…
Winter is a reality in northern Vermont, where I spent most of my adult life. Winters are cold and wet here and seem to last forever. Even worse, skies are this murky gray color that defies most attempts at decent…
Film photography has been getting steadily more popular over the past ten years or so, with former shooters as well as people new to the medium. The “why’s” are varied, but tend to follow the same trajectory as vinyl records.…
Taking filmy pics with your old timey grandpa camera is super fun. You get in touch with your surroundings and see them with a new set of eyes searching for content in a way you might not have experienced before.…
I have so many bags it’s unreal. Starting with my backpack that I use with my laptop, one I use for bringing things to and from work, a backpack for weekend trips, a great big backpack filled with emergency supplies…
Not all films are created equal. That’s something you learn when you get into analog photography. Each filmstock is its own tool, and there are times when you want to use a specific tool for the task at hand. Sedona,…