This whole project started when I realized I had been blindly allegiant to certain black and white films for a number of years without any particular rhyme or reason.
Category: Guides & How-Tos
Guides, How-tos and articles describing process, technique, film and gear a created by EMULSIVE and members of the analogue photography community. From shutter speed testers to large format cameras, we’ve got you covered.
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The Ceramic Pinhole Camera build
In the summer of 2017 I decided that I needed a new pinhole camera.
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Creating double exposure portraits
One of my favorite things about shooting film is that I can make multiple exposures, which are photographs that contain 2 or more images on the same frame.
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How-to: Build your own JOBO-style semi-automatic film processor: Pt.2
Welcome back to this guide on building your own JOBO-style automatic film processor.
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How-to: Build your own JOBO-style semi-automatic film processor: Pt.1
I have always wanted a Jobo film processor.
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How to get started with solargraphy
Every year on the summer solstice, the sun is higher in the sky than at any other time in the year.
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How to develop your own slide film with the Tetenal Colortec E-6 kit
Congratulations, if you are reading this article then you are (hopefully!) willing to take the next step in your film development adventure.
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An introduction to black and white darkroom printing
Black and white printing is (obviously) fun, and easy to get into.
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 6: conclusion and example images
Welcome to the sixth and final part of the AEROgraphic project series.
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 5: Focal plane shutter tuning and rangefinder
Welcome to part five – the penultimate part – of the AEROgraphic project. In this article you will finally be finishing your build.
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 4 – reassembly
Welcome to the final stretch. If you’ve made it this far then you’re very close to seeing your AEROgraphic project come together.
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 3 – preparing and finishing the body
Welcome to part three of the AEROgraphic Project!
There’s no time for preamble, as this is where things start to get really interesting (and fun).
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 2 – disassembly and strip down
Welcome back for part two of the naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic project.
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Building a naked Aero Ektar Speed Graphic: The AEROgraphic project part 1 – introduction and required materials
This is the first of a six-part series in which I will describe the process of creating a “naked” Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic 4×5 camera and Kodak Aero Ektar lens combination;
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How to make and experiment with homemade redscale film
This article covers making and experimenting with redscale film at home.
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How to: An introduction to wet plate collodion
You might remember that we featured an interview with Robert Marsters some months ago.
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Visualisation for film photographers
We’re incredibly proud to bring you the first in what will hopefully be a new series of articles focused on providing a more educational look at certain aspects of film photography.
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Developing motion picture film in your own darkroom
Snatched from the streets of San Diego in late March 2016 by a group of masked assailants, Diz has been spending some time at EMULSIVE HQ (voluntarily) working on a guest post covering his process for developing motion picture film
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How to bulk load 120 or 220 film (using 65mm Kodak 250D 5207)
In June 2015 I was lucky enough to source a fresh 300ft short-end of Kodak’s 250D (Vision 3 5207) motion picture stock in 65mm format.
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How to get started with pushing (and pulling) film
We’ve roped the very agreeable Michael Bitaxi into putting together a guest post for us covering everything you need to get started with pushing and pulling film.
It’s a great read for those of you who are thinking about dipping
