On August 21, 2017, thousands of people converged on Alliance, Nebraska, as one of the prime Solar Eclipse viewing locations in North America.
Tag: 2018 – June
Photography: Waiting time – Shot on Tri-X 400 at EI 800 (120 format)
Waiting time
Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 800
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Photography: Zero – Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200 (35mm format)
Zero
Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200
Color negative film in 35mm format
EMULSIVE interview #182: I am Yan Wang Preston and this is why I shoot film
Regular readers will remember reading about Yan’s current project, Mother River here on EMULSIVE a couple of weeks ago and I’m, please to be able to finally bring more of her words and work to you in today’s fresh EMULSIVE
Photography: Top to bottom – Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 100 (120 format)
Top to bottom
Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 100
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×17
How-to: convert a toy camera to shoot BW infrared film
Ok, so as photography how-to’s go, this one is as simple as they come.
Photography: Chop chop – Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 800 (120 format)
Chop chop
Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 800
Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Push processed three stops
5 Frames… With Impossible Project I-Type Color (Polaroid Originals One Step 2)
Up until recently I wasn’t one for instant photography at all, I’d tried it with an Instax but that had been for a specific project that had petered out and never really gone anywhere.
Photography: Threading the needle – Shot on Shanghai GP3 100 at EI 100 (120 format)
Threading the needle
Shot on Shanghai GP3 100 at EI 100
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
5 Frames… With Kodak ColorPlus 200 (El 100 / 35mm format / Mamiya 7 + Panoramic Kit)
I have lusted after a Hasselblad XPan for a while, but the prices have gone through the roof to the point where I simply can’t justify one.
Photography: Transition 05 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 05
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
How-to: creating a photo book, some do’s and don’ts
Photographs become something special when printed. You can touch them, feel them, and get up close to them.
Photography: Transition 04 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 04
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
The Hasselblad V-System master guide: CF, CF FLE and IHI lenses
I kicked off the previous article in this series by stating that in its V-System, Hasselblad created one of, if not the world’s most comprehensive and flexible medium format camera system.
Photography: Transition 03 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 03
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
Where are my effing pictures? Or, finding an archive system for my film photography
In 2009 I bought my third digital camera, a little Panasonic Lumix LX3 to complement my somewhat chunkier DSLR. In 2012 I sold it, partly to fund its replacement, a Sony RX100.
Photography: Transition 02 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 02
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
Announcing: CineStill Df96 “DEVELOPER&FIX” Monobath
Hot off the press: there’s a new black and white monobath developer from the Brothers Wright over at CineStill – CineStill Df96 Monobath – and it’s available to buy this very minute on their website as a 1-Liter kit at
5 Frames… With ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 125 / 35mm format / Leica M2)
It must be 30 years since I’ve used ILFORD FP4 PLUS, of course, it was plain FP4 in those days (I stopped using it before the PLUS arrived in 1990).
Introducing the pixl-latr: democratising the digitisation of film [with exclusive creator Q&A]
Innovative solutions for digitising film abound, from homegrown solutions using copy stands, digital cameras and scanning masks, to Nikon’s endlessly delayed ES-2 35mm film digitising adapter.