Tag: 2021 May
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Photography: Anamorphic Tests #02 – Shot on Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS at EI 200 (35mm Format)
Part of my ongoing 35mm anamorphic tests on film… Shot on Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS at EI 200Black and white negative film in 35mm formatPush processed a single-stopNikon F100, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D + ISCO Ultra Star 2.1
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5 Frames… Of mistakes on Kodak T-MAX 100 (35mm Format / EI 100 / Leica M4 + Summicron 5cm f/2)
A few months back, I wrote an article here about how I met some camels while on a desert shoot. They appeared out of nowhere, cresting over a dune some ways away, just as I found myself at the end of a roll of T-MAX 100. I went about opening the camera, but in my…
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Everything you wanted to know about auto (thyristor) flash photography …but were afraid to ask
I am familiar with flash photography. Much of what I shoot digitally, either in the studio or in the real world, is done with flash. On camera, off-camera, one flash, 6 strobes, no problem. I am, however, no hero. Shooting flash with digital is simple. I am good at simple things. I would even go…
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Purple nights on Lomochrome Purple with the Pixels and Grain Collective
Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 is an interesting film, with unclear origins, that shifts colours towards the purple spectrum, like a fantasy/dream. Greens become purple, blues aqua/green, and skin tones orangey, in a psychedelic way. Iso 100? 200? 400? Take your pick! While there are many articles out there about the colour shifting properties of this film,…
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Registration opens for EXP.21, the world’s first experimental photography summer camp
Registration opens for EXP.21, the world’s first experimental photography summer camp Photography festivals are back in Barcelona this summer! Between July 21st and 25th, 2021, the EXP.21 festival counts with 80 workshops, 40 conferences, and 10 OFF activities carried out by 48 international artists and curators. As usual, the selection of artists follows strict gender…
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Photography: Small eats – Shot on Ultrafine eXtreme 400 at EI 400 (35mm format)
Shot on Ultrafine eXtreme 400 at EI 400Black and white negative film in 35mm formatNikon F100, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D
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EMULSIVE Interview #225: I am Andrea Bianchi and this is why I shoot film
Say hello to Andrea Bianchi; Surfer, extreme sports photographer, photo editor and portraitist based in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Andrea and I have been crossing paths for 18 months now and I’m glad to finally be able to bring his interview to you. Settle in, this is going to be…
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Photography: Anamorphic Test #01 – Shot on Bergger BRF-400 at EI 400 (35mm Format)
Part of my ongoing 35mm anamorphic tests on film… Shot on Bergger BRF-400 at EI 400Black and white negative film in 35mm formatNikon F100, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF-D + ISCO Ultra Star 2.1
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5 Frames… Of my quarantine in Vietnam with ORWO N74 plus on a Nikon F3HP (35mm format / EI 800 / Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-S)
I flew into Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, late in the night to be unceremoniously whisked off to spend the next 15 days in quarantine in a 3×4 meter hotel room. I was there on a work assignment that was going to last a few months hence I brought along my trusty workhorse; Nikon F3HP…
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Medium format film camera showdown: Contax 645 vs Pentax 645NII
I love medium format cameras but sometimes I feel a bit lazy: I just want to shoot a camera that is quick and convenient to use. That is when I reach for my trusty Pentax 645NII. It is a medium format film camera, but at the smallest end of what’s officially medium format. The Pentax…
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The death of the amateur photograph
The Bombastic Proposal: the marriage of digital photography with social media has fundamentally altered the nature of the photograph for most Americans — to such an extent that this combination of technologies has resulted in the metaphorical death of the amateur photograph. During the 20th century, photographs taken by amateurs had two primary purposes: documenting…