All opinion piece articles on EMULSIVE

Minimalism in photography

by Darren KellandOctober 21, 2016July 3, 2021

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, Leonardo Da Vinci

Minimalism of any form requires a degree of discipline…
The discipline required is to recognize what is essential and is superfluous. So it is with minimalist photography.

Three Silver Birches - Ilford Delta 100 Professional - Richard Pickup

Articles, Guides & How-Tos, Opinion

Visualisation for film photographers

by Richard PickupMay 11, 2016July 3, 2021

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.

Moment of impact - ILFORD SFX 200 / EI800 / #25 red filter / 2-stop push process

Articles, Opinion

Moment of impact: don’t kill yourself to take a photograph

by EMFebruary 18, 2016August 25, 2019

One Saturday in mid-October 2015 I decided to take a walk over to my preferred film lab and put some freshly developed black and white negatives in for scanning.

Articles, Darkroom, Opinion

A treatise on dealing with your film archive

by EMJanuary 13, 2016August 25, 2019

UPDATE: This article is in sever need of an update.

Articles, Opinion

Note to self: your street photography sucks

by EMAugust 19, 2015August 25, 2019

A quick note to readers
I’m not talking to you.
I wrote this (de)motivational diatribe to myself a year or so ago whilst in a bit of a photographic funk.