Film Photography, and Other Analogue Curiosities
Shooting: A Smokey Evening With Kodak Gold 200 If you live in the northwestern part of North America, you’re likely very familiar with a certain invasive element every summer; smoke. Seems like every year, our beautiful clear summers here in western Canada suffer a spell of the sad aftermath of forest fires in the region. Continue Reading
First Impressions: An Ilford FP4 Review When I’m shooting black and white, it’s a different mindset from shooting in color. While I don’t think I compose my images differently, I certainly focus on different subject matter. There are many different factors that can affect a scene in black and white and can run the risk Continue Reading
Is Kodak Portra 400 Right For Me? Kodak Portra 400 is – for most people – the go-to for color film. So many YouTubers, bloggers and podcasters sing it’s praises, and rightfully so. From the results I’ve seen from people and myself, it’s a beautiful film. It’s no wonder that it has become a favorite Continue Reading
A Walk In The Woods: With The Yashica A and Ilford HP5 My Yashica A is my latest, and favorite acquisitions so far: I’ve spoken a fair bit about it in a recent article where I shot a pack of expired Portra 400 VC. Although I was very pleased with the results I got out Continue Reading
Camera Ergonomics: What Does It Mean? Ergonomics is a word that gets thrown around a lot. We hear it when someone is describing a camera, and may even use it ourselves. It’s used to describe the design of a camera (or product), and how it feels in the hand. It seemed like kind of a Continue Reading
My Experience: Developing With Cinestill Df96 Monobath As I’ve meantioned multiple times on the site, I’ve been developing my black and white film with Cinestill’s monobath: Df96. For many, including myself, this developer has been such a blessing for dipping into the self-developing world. There are so many developers out there, it can be overwhelming Continue Reading
Fomapan 400 @ 200: A Drive Through The Snowy Country I live on the outskirts of the city. Most of my photography is in the city, around the suburbs where I work, and occasionally downtown. There’s so many interesting nooks and crannies within a city that are begging to be seen from a new angle Continue Reading
