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5 Frames… With Lomography LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Contax G1) – by Devon Christopher Adams
A few months ago I was heading to Europe for a few weeks. I needed a trusty camera that would allow me complete control but also auto...
Blue Planet: Come dip your toe into the Cyanotype ocean
Artist and teacher Christina Z. Anderson refers to cyanotypes (also known as Sun prints) as a “gateway...
The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 09: The “religion” of film, photographic self-indulgence and other musings…
Recorded on February 7th, Hamish and I managed to fill an hour and forty minutes with pure...
5 Frames… On New Year’s Day 2020 in Hong Kong with ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 800 / 35mm format Nikon FM2) – by Nick...
This is not your ordinary "5 Frames..." article. Unlike my fellow shooters who took their cameras on...
EMULSIVE January 2020: month in review
These are the 31 days and 33 articles that made EMULSIVE in January 2020, starting (as always) with a...
Humanity on the frontline of climate change: the Australian NSW bushfires on film
Without exception, every Australian state was burning during the Summer of 2019. Each state has a band...
GAS and the “wrong” camera: Skateboarders with the Pentax 6×7 in Singapore
I suffer from GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Even as I write this I have a painfully expensive Mamiya 6 on its way from Japan because I just...
A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part five: conclusion and personal stories
This five-part review has taken the best part of three years to complete. At over 40,000 words, I admit that it is quite long (!) but I...
Building a point and shoot 6×17 camera: the TwoFourths DIY camera kit
In 2016 I decided to back the TwoFourths DIY 617 Kickstarter project, paying about $185 for a kit that would let me use two lenses on the...
The mighty Salyut-S; Or how I learned to love a Hasselbladski
While there were a number of different models made - see below - the Soviet copy of Hasselblad's 1600F modular camera is commonly known as a Kiev,...
A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part four: maintenance and miscellaneous accessories
Over the past three weeks, I have introduced you to the Mamiya RZ67 Professional camera, its series of film holders and the extensive lens system. In this,...
A Day in the Life: London Street Photography with the Leica M6
This article is part diary, part camera review, part lens review, and part film review, all based around my average day-to-day exploits as a film-based street photographer and photojournalist in London.
Camera review: 14 years with the “invisible” Nikon FM3a
In January 2006, after 5 or so years of film photography with a combination of cheaper cameras (e.g., a Minolta SRT-101, a Fed-3 and an old Mamiya...
A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part three: lenses, filters and accessories
Welcome back to part three of this guide. We've already covered a deep overview of the Mamiya RZ67 Professional system as well as a look at the...
A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part two: film holder system
Welcome to part two of this short but exhaustive series of articles on the Mamiya RZ67 Professional camera system. In part one I gave you a deep...
EMULSIVE interview #213: I am Ryan HK and this is why I shoot film
Have you ever heard off an off-the-grid professional film photographer? You have now. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Ryan HK.
Over to you, Ryan.
Add to queue: interviewing Ted Vieira
The latest interview in the 'Add to queue' series is with a real stalwart of the film photography YouTube scene. His smooth tones are relaxing and draw...
EMULSIVE interview #212: I am Alys Tomlinson and this is why I shoot film
Welcome to the latest EMULSIVE interview, featuring none other than Alys Tomlinson, Sony World Photography Awards, Photographer of the Year 2018. There's a lot to unpack here,...
EMULSIVE interview #211: I am Graham Spinks and this is why I shoot film
Greetings and welcome to this week's fresh EMULSIVE interview - number 211 to be specific. I have great pleasure in introducing you to the words and work...
EMULSIVE interview #210: I am Carlos Lopez Medrano and this is why I shoot film
Welcome to 2020 here on EMULSIVE! I hope you all had a peaceful ringing in of the new year. For my part, I was in bed ten...
Add to queue: interviewing Nick Carver
Nick Carver is a professional photography instructor who runs photography classes both online and in person from his base in Tustin, California. He also has a YouTube...
EMULSIVE interview #209: I am Paulo Monteiro and this is why I shoot film
Ladies and gents, allow me to introduce you to this week's fresh EMULSIVE interviewee: Paulo Monteiro.
Over to you, Paulo.
Hi...
EMULSIVE interview #208: I am Bex Saunders and this is why I shoot film
Today's EMULSIVE interviewee is none other than multi-award-winning, internationally published photographer Bex Saunders. Over to you, Bex.
Hi Rebecca, what's this picture, then?
Add to Queue: interviewing Ben Horne (No.2)
I first interviewed Ben for EMULSIVE in 2016. He was, perhaps predictably, an absolute pleasure to work with and I really enjoyed the result, as did many...
What I’ve learned from my LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 experiences: A user’s guide
Lomography's LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 is definitely an interesting film. Until shooting it in late 2019, I had never tried a 'special effects' film before and surprisingly,...
B&W pinhole photography with the Vermeer 6×12 and 120 format Kosmo Foto Mono 100
It was time to have some fun with Kosmo Foto Mono 100 while tour skiing in the Alps. This time around the Frauenalpe in Austria. The Frauenalpe...
Film stock review: Fujifilm FUJICHROME Velvia 50 Professional (RVP 50)
I think there’s a pretty big misconception about shooting slide film. We’ve all heard the stories about how slide film is ridiculously hard to shoot, that if...
Shooting expired Kodak EKTACHROME 100 in 220 and 4×5 format: why I’m excited medium and large format is coming back
After the successful resurrection of 35mm Ektachrome, Kodak announced it would also bring back 120 and large formats. Later we even found out 4x5 large format sheets...
Film review: The magic of TMZ – Kodak T-MAX P3200
Have you ever wondered if magic is real or not? Well, I can tell you that it is, and somehow, Kodak has managed to harness that magic and stuff...
EMULSIVE’s most popular film stock reviews of 2019
There are a few days left for 2019 but fingers crossed, it's the first year for quite some time where we haven't seen one or more film...
Measure twice, cut once: building my multi-format 8×20, 16×20 and 12×16 camera
I lived most of my life in São Paulo, Brazil, with its 20+ million people. I have photographed São Paulo in many different ways, but ever since...
Book: A place to be – by Tim Heubeck
My name is Tim Heubeck and I am a photographer based in Germany. I run a website and Instagram channel; all under the name of wasteoffilm (links...
Four years and counting: Un Giro D’Italia – touring Italy or, a never-ending project
Like all good projects, this one began without me even realising it. I didn’t intend for this to become such a long term thing, in fact, I...
Behind the scenes with Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet and the cast of Little Women on 1860s wet plate photography + photographer Q&A
Going against the grain, the on-set photographer of 2019's Little Women included the use of traditional wet plate photography - also known as tintypes - to capture...
Bringing a 160 year old giant Petzval lens back to life
It was a normal Saturday afternoon in November when I walked into a flea market. I met some friends there and looked around a little bit. In...
Four very different darkroom printers test ILFORD’s new Multigrade RC Deluxe paper
ILFORD released a raft of new and updated products in late 2019, one of which was brand new Multigrade RC Deluxe paper. Called "MG V" by some...
5 Frames… With Lomography LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Contax G1) – by Devon Christopher Adams
A few months ago I was heading to Europe for a few weeks. I needed a trusty camera that would allow me complete control but also auto...
5 Frames… With Fujifilm FP-100C (Polaroid 340 Land Camera) – by Yevgeny Dyer
I’ve been shooting 35mm and medium format film for a quite a while and was never really interested in instant film. But last summer I found out...
5 Frames… With ADOX SILVERMAX 100 (EI 100 / 35mm format / Leica M3) – by Louis Sousa
ADOX SILVERMAX 100 is one of my favorite black and white films. The tonal range is extremely wide, and if exposed properly the imagery is free of...
