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Here’s everything related to EMULSIVE Secret Santa! Created in 2015, EMULSIVE Santa is the largest annual international Christmas gift exchange for the film photography community.

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EMULSIVE Santa 2022, a gift-giver’s guide

Avatar - Aislinn Chuahiockby Aislinn ChuahiockOctober 28, 2022October 28, 2022

EMULSIVE Santa is the highlight of my year! And nothing brings me unabashed joy more than when I start alerting EM around June …then July …then August ….then September about the impending swap. As I have always said, EMULSIVE Santa is really about being a part of a bigger effort to pull the entire film […]

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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2022: Registration for year 8 is open until November 13th

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 24, 2022October 28, 2022

Welcome to the 8th annual EMULSIVE Santa film and traditional photography gift exchange! Registration is officially open until November 13th, 2022. A huge thank you to the 850-ish players in over 50 countries who came together to participate in 2021’s 7th annual EMULSIVE Santa. It was a strange event following a stranger year but we […]

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EMULSIVE Santa 2021: Registration ends today, October 31st!

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 31, 2021October 31, 2021

Update: 2x new sponsors announced. Say hello to FreeStyle Photographic and Quiet We’re Dreaming (QWD) That’s it, after 4 weeks, we’re at the very end of registration for the 7th annual EMULSIVE Santa film and traditional photography gift exchange! TLDR: If you’ve not signed up, you have around 24 hours left to do so. At […]

EMULSIVE Santa 2021 - Buyer's Guide
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EMULSIVE Santa 2021: A film photographer’s Christmas gift buyer’s guide + 3 days left to register

Avatar - Aislinn Chuahiockby Aislinn ChuahiockOctober 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Hello everybody! EM and I are hoping that you’ve had a wonderful 2021 and can’t wait to steer the annual EMULSIVE Santa back into a familiar lane. True to tradition, we’re here to give you (new and old-timers) a quick, up-to-date guide on how to make the perfect EMULSIVE Santa gift.

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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2021: Sponsor update, also just 10 days to go!

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 22, 2021October 23, 2021

Let’s begin with a gentle reminder in three parts: You have until midnight in your location on October 31st 2021 in your time zone to register!You MUST have a wish list set on ELFSTER or you will be removed from the event.You MUST have a custom profile picture set on ELFSTER or you will be removed from the event. With that […]

EMULSIVE Santa 2021
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2021: registration open until October 31st

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 1, 2021October 30, 2021

Welcome to the 7th annual EMULSIVE Santa film and traditional photography gift exchange! A huge thank you to the nearly 800 players in over 50…

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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2020: Update #1

Avatar - Aislinn Chuahiockby Aislinn ChuahiockSeptember 28, 2020July 31, 2021

2020 is one giant anomaly. I don’t think anyone of us thought we’d be in this scenario 8 months ago, and yet here we are. In the bid to dazzle the remaining months, EM and I have agreed that cancelling the annual gift swap in favour of prints, cards, letters and the like is just […]

EMULSIVE SECRET SANTA 2020: REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2020: registration open until October 31st

Avatar - EMby EMSeptember 6, 2020August 28, 2021

A huge thank you to the nearly 1100 players in over 50 countries who came together to participate in 2019’s fifth annual EMULSIVE Santa. It’s that time of the year again and I’m proud to be able to announce that registration for the sixth annual EMULSIVE Secret Santa is now open. Before you skip to […]

EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2019 updates: Sponsors! Gifting! Shopping!
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2019 updates: Sponsors! Gifting! Shopping!

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 23, 2019July 31, 2021

UPDATE: Registration for EMULSIVE Santa 2019 has closed. There is a little over one week to go before registration for EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2019 closes, so it seems to be an appropriate time to remind those of you dragging your feet to sign up before it’s too late! While you’re here, there’s also a bit […]

EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2019- registration open until October 31st
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2019: registration open until October 31st

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 1, 2019July 31, 2021

UPDATE: Registration for EMULSIVE Santa 2019 has closed. Registration for the fifth EMULSIVE Santa is now open until October 31st! If you have participated in at least one previous event, you’ve already been invited. Please check your inbox. If you don’t have an invite or are playing for the first time, please finish reading this […]

EMULSIVE Santa 18 - Sponsors and community causes
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2018 – Sponsors and community causes

Avatar - EMby EMSeptember 3, 2018August 28, 2021

UPDATE: Community Causes nominations extended to December 31st!

Sponsors have always been a big part of EMULSIVE Santa and 2018’s event is bringing a big change that’s going to allows us to give even more back to the community.

For

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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2018 – Public registration is now open

Avatar - EMby EMAugust 14, 2018August 28, 2021

Update 2018-11-05: Registration is now closed at 1200+ players in 54 countries but you can and should still make a “Community Causes” nomination or two for this year’s event!

Update 2018-09-03: EMULSIVE Santa 2018 official sponsor and “Community Causes” announcement

Cover - Looking back at EMULSIVE Santa 2017
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A look back at EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2017

Avatar - Aislinn Chuahiockby Aislinn ChuahiockAugust 13, 2018July 31, 2021

EMULSIVE Secret Santa is simply the most wonderful time of the year.

EMULSIVE Santa 18 - Preregister
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2018 Preregistration is now live

Avatar - EMby EMAugust 1, 2018July 31, 2021

Last year’s EMULSIVE Secret Santa event was an unabated success, with 783 players in 46 countries participating to spread the analogue photography joy.

#EMULSIVEsanta17 - Registrations closed and next steps
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EMULSIVE Santa 2017: registration is closed and next steps

Avatar - EMby EMNovember 20, 2017September 12, 2019

Ho ho ho! Welcome to Christmas…it’s a little early but welcome nonetheless.
This year’s Secret Santa registration has been manic to say the least.

#EMULSIVEsanta17 Buyer Guide
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EMULSIVE Santa 17 buyers guide

Avatar - Aislinn Chuahiockby Aislinn ChuahiockNovember 18, 2017July 3, 2021

The EMULSIVE Santa 17 draw is getting close and I’m already at the mental stage of creating a possible checklist of what I would like to send my partner and where I can get it.

Secret Santa 2017 - Update 01
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2017: update #1

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 10, 2017September 1, 2019

NOTE: Registration has now closed for the 2017 event.
 
Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by.
For the 430-ish of you in 43 countries who have already signed up, I’d like to extend a huge thanks from myself and special

Santa 2016 retrospective - Adib and Johan
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A look back at EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2016

Avatar - EMby EMOctober 4, 2017August 25, 2019

The annual EMULSIVE Secret Santa event will always be a display of the analog community’s unspoken commitment to support one another.

Secret Santa 2017 Splash
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Announcing EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2017!

Avatar - EMby EMSeptember 15, 2017August 25, 2019

NOTE: Registration has now closed for the 2017 event.
You can find the latest update for Secret Santa 2017 right here.
Hello and welcome to EMULSIVE Santa 2017!

JCH Streetpan 400 BW - Marcha Mujeres
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Mini review: JCH Streetpan 400 & Rollei CN 200 (AGFA Digibase 200)

Avatar - Lorraine Healyby Lorraine HealyJuly 31, 2017July 3, 2021

The first time I saw EM’s “Secret Santa” idea was just before Christmas 2015 and, whether because I was fairly new to EMULSIVE, or because I was too thick to comprehend a wonderful concept, I didn’t sign up.

When I

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