Author: EMULSIVE

I am Lisa Toboz and this is why I shoot film

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 25, 2018 | Interviews

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 180th EMULSIVE interview! Today I have great pleasure in introducing you all to Lisa Toboz. Of course, more than a few of you will already be familar with the both Lisa’s work and lady herself, so consider this a warm re-introduction. Over to you, Lisa! Hi Lisa, what’s this picture, then? LT: This photo is part of the “Dwell” series, a project I’ve been shooting for the past year while I was undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Because much of my time has been spent either at home or doctors’ offices, my...

Twins – Shot on Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 25, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Twins Shot on (new) Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 Black and white negative film in 35mm format Pull processed two-stops Leica M6 TTL 0.85 + 7artisans 35mm f/2 Read the 7artisans M-mount 35mm f/2 review here Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. ...

Blue green dream – Shot on Kodak Portra 160VC at EI 160 (120 format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 24, 2018 | Medium format, Photography

Blue green dream Shot on Kodak Portra 160VC at EI 160 Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6 Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute to...

Condensed – Shot on Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 23, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Condensed Shot on (new) Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 Black and white negative film in 35mm format Pull processed two-stops Leica M6 TTL 0.85 + 7artisans 35mm f/2 Read the 7artisans M-mount 35mm f/2 review here Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. ...

Royalty – Shot on Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 20, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Royalty Shot on (new) Kodak T-MAX 3200 at EI 800 Black and white negative film in 35mm format Pull processed two-stops Leica M6 TTL 0.85 + 7artisans 35mm f/2 Read the 7artisans M-mount 35mm f/2 review here Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. ...

Lens review: the 7artisans 35mm f/2 Leica M-mount lens – first production batch exclusive

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 19, 2018 | Articles, Gear Reviews, Lens Reviews, Reviews

UPDATE 01 2017-04-27: Added production specifications Standing on the shoulders of Hamish Gill’s early look at the pre-release prototype of the 7artisans 35mm f/2 Leica M-mount lens, I’m here to offer my thoughts on one of the very first copies to come off the production line. Initially planned for release in February 2018, the 7artisans 35mm f/2 Leica M-mount lens is anticipated to be officially released some time at the end of April and beginning of May 2018. The lens has gone through numerous builds, rebuilds and tweaks over the past 6+ months I’ve been in conversation with the Shenzhen-based...

That’s my ride – Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 19, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

That’s my ride Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 Black and white negative film in 35mm format Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute to the...

Every single film stock still made today – Part 2: FILM Ferrania to Hillvale

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 18, 2018 | Articles, FILM Ferrania Films, Film Reviews, Foma Films, Fuji Films

Welcome to part two of this series, looking at all the fresh film stocks still being produced today. In part one I covered every film stock from A-E – technically everything from ADOX to Dubblefilm. With those 20 stocks out of the way, this article will be covering a total of 36 films from Ferrania to Hillvale – assuming that Fuji doesn’t discontinue more in between me writing this and publishing it. Fingers crossed, eh? As with part one, each film is sorted by vendor then film stock; and there’s a mass of film data included for each one....

Lit – Shot on Bergger Pancro 400 at EI 200 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 18, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Lit Shot on Bergger Pancro 400 at EI 200 Black and white negative film in 35mm format Reversal developed overexposed one-stop Read the Bergger Pancro 400 reviews Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You...

40 percent pebbles by volume – Shot on Kodak Portra 160VC at EI 160 (120 format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 17, 2018 | Medium format, Photography

40 percent pebbles by volume Shot on Kodak Portra 160VC at EI 160 Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6 Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping...

Cast off – Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 100 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 16, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Cast off Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 100 Color negative film in 35mm format Over processed one stop Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute to...

Bag review: The Billingham Hadley One part two – one year on (plus competition winner!)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 15, 2018 | Articles, Bag Reviews, Gear Reviews, Reviews

Welcome to the follow up to my first impressions of the Billingham Hadley One, published in April 2017. With nearly a year of daily use under my belt, this update goes into more practical detail on using the bag, what works and importantly, what doesn’t. Before getting into that, I should really finally announce the winner of the “Troll EM” competition kicked off in part one. The premise was simple: troll me about the bag and the best effort (decided by Dan K and I) wins the bag. Watching the entries in the comments section of part one was a blast,...

EMULSIVE March 2018: month in review

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 14, 2018 | Articles

March came and went so fast that it’s only just now that I’m getting to grips with what happened. 31 days and 51 article. Job done, as they say. As ever, there was a lot going on but to make thing a little easier, I’ve listed the ten most popular articles, as considered so by you below. Happy reading! In conversation with: Fernando “Bobit” Afable / Fotobaryo – by Aislinn Chuahiock Aislinn went out on a limb and grabbed some time to sit down with Fernando “Bobit” Afable one-time darkroom manager of New York’s International Center of Photography....

The Hasselblad V-System master guide: C and C T* lenses

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 13, 2018 | Camera Reviews, Hasselblad Cameras, Reviews

There’s no arguing that in the V-System, Hasselblad created one of, if not the world’s most comprehensive and flexible medium format camera system. The V-System comprises of somewhere in the region of 35 bodies, 70 lenses, 20 film backs and a plethora of customisation options for finders, focus screens, electronic aperture control and lens shades to name a few. It boils down to a system containing over 200 components, which can be used in hundreds of possible configurations. Thus far, this collection of articles has covered a broad overview of the V-System and taken an in-depth look at rollfilm, sheet and...

Face the waves – Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 100 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 13, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Face the waves Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 100 Color negative film in 35mm format Over processed one stop Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute...

An introduction to Platinum/Palladium printing – by Scott Hays

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Darkroom

If there was ever a form of printing that gives you that true artistic feel, Platinum/Palladium would be it. If you have access to a negative, the sun and a piece of glass that doesn’t block UV rays and running water; you are half-way to being able to create a Platinum/Palladium print. For the rest of the process, let’s just say money won’t hurt: it may not buy happiness but it can keep us in printing supplies forever. Platinum/Palladium Printing was patented in the mid-1870’s and has never gone away. It provides an image that is soft, multi-dimensional in appearance...

Red and green should never be seen – Shot on Lomography F²/400 at EI 400 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 12, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Red and green should never be seen Shot on Lomography F²/400 at EI 400 Color negative film in 35mm format Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute...

Red yellow green grey – Shot on Lomography Color Negative 100 at EI 100 (120 format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 11, 2018 | Medium format, Photography

Red yellow green grey Shot on Lomography Color Negative 100 at EI 100 Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6 Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping...

Featured project: Goodnight Sweetheart – A miscellany of morose middle aged misanthropic musings and mattresses – by Anil Mistry

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 10, 2018 | Articles, Projects

The short version is that I’ve been working on Goodnight Sweetheart for three years. It’s a small photo book featuring photographs of dumped mattresses that I’ve found on my travels. I love a dumped mattress. Once buoyant and full of spring, they’re now tatty and waiting for the bin, musing on past glories… …just like me and people like me: men over 40. The A5 book features 52 pages of photography and words and has been printed as a limited edition run of 150 copies on 170 gsm recycled paper. It is available to purchase for £14 including postage anywhere...

Pole position – Shot on Fuji Natura 1600 at EI 800 (35mm format)

Posted by EMULSIVE | Apr 10, 2018 | 35mm format, Photography

Pole position Shot on Fuji Natura 1600 at EI 800 Color negative film in 35mm format Overexposed one stop Write for EMULSIVE The driving force behind EMULSIVE is knowledge transfer, specifically creating more of it in the film photography community. You can help by contributing your thoughts, work and ideas to inspire others reading these pages.Take action and help drive an open, collaborative community: all you need do is read this and then drop me a line. Lend your support Like what you see here? You can support EMULSIVE by helping to contribute to...