As a film photographer, I am always drawn to some of the more timeworn parts of town, so to speak, and that propensity for the …
After an 8-month hiatus, I’d like to welcome you all back to the EMULSIVE interview. Yes, yes, 2020 be damned, etc. Last year was a …
Read moreEMULSIVE Interview #222: I am Kris Askey and this is why I shoot film
It’s mid-December 2020 and a bearded, touqued figure stands silently on the side of a frozen lake looking off towards the rising peak of a …
The year 2020 started with a lot of expectations, after all, we had been waiting for 7 years and finally, at the end of the …
My film development workflow shifted in 2020 and became almost entirely based around semi-stand methods. Previously I had used ILFORD DD-X and taken great care …
About a year ago I was feeling a bit in a rut creatively, and I always feel exercises help get my creative juices flowing. I …
Paddy is a science teacher at the school where I work and a friend I’ve known for years. He likes: Star Wars Coffee Astrophysics American …
My first adventure with ILFORD HP5 PLUS ISO 400 black and white film was exactly what I hoped for — this film is great. I’m …
A fresh snow the night before set the scene for a perfect photographic outing in mid-December 2020. I grabbed my Nikon F with a 35mm …
I’ve been into photography since I was a student at university, it was during the time DSLRs started to become reasonably affordable and were all …
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Since 2019 I’ve been photographing the remaining symbols of the German Democratic Republic using a stash of (non-PLUS) ILFORD HP5 medium format film that expired …
Here’s listicle #2 for this year, and it’s 100% focused on darkroom alchemy. From bringing back Kodachrome (development, that is!), to RA-4 color printing, to …
Read moreEMULSIVE’S most popular darkroom related articles of 2020
If you’re celebrating, Merry Christmas! If you’re not, welcome to the end of a year which, well, that’s enough about that. I made a promise …
The Peter Pan Cup is a yearly 100m race, a swim across the icy-cold Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park. Swimmers have met in the park …
5 Frames… Of Bradford on a Voigtlander Bessa 66 (ILFORD XP2 Super / 120 Format / EI 400) – by Mike Avison It was time …
5 Frames… Of Edinburgh Castle on ILFORD XP2 Super (120 Format / EI 400 / Rolleicord) – by Jake Williams ILFORD XP2 Super is a …
5 Frames… Of Portraits on ILFORD HP5 400 (35mm Format / EI 400 / Canon AE-1 Program + Canon FD 50mm f/1.8) – Tashdique Mehtaj …
“Happy birthday!!! I hope you’re doing well these (often strange) days. If you’re ever interested or up for some more photos let me know. I’ve …
This Kodak Duaflex IV has sat on my shelf for 20 years. It has been a family relic for as long as I can remember. …
