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Film photography
Most film photography comes with a lack of immediacy, which adds to the experience of finally viewing the images. Film isn’t dead and is even experiencing something of a revival with new cameras and film emulsions cropping up. It’s a medium ripe for experimentation.
Is film photography hard?
Good photography isn’t easy, whether you’re using a film or digital camera, but it can certainly feel like there is more of a learning curve with film photography. The delay between when you take a photo and view it with film photography can make the learning process feel slower, but it can also make you slow down and be more considered.
Is film photography dying?
While it might not be the heyday of film photography, it hasn’t died out and many photographers still prefer film to digital. A range of films are still widely available and specialist film processing companies can easily be found online.
Useful film articles:
Essential Guide to Shooting Film | Double exposure film tips | How to make film photography contact sheets | How to process film | How to set up your own darkroom | Essential Guide to Darkroom Printing
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July 21, 2022
How to do film photography on a budget
Jon Stapley reveals some of the best ways to do film photography on a budget, including bargain cameras and film stocks
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March 5, 2022
Dan Rubin: film photography and scanning tips
Leading film photographer Dan Rubin shares his insights into getting the best results, particularly if you are scanning negatives, with Geoff Harris
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August 22, 2021
Simon Lipman on why he’s chosen film over digital
Fashion photographer Simon Lipman explains why he's stepped away from digital to shoot film
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May 24, 2020
110 Film Cameras: SLRs, non-reflex and novelty cameras
110 film is still easy to buy today. We'll tell you where and show you SLRs, non-reflexes that took 110 seriously and the novelty cameras
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December 27, 2017
Film stars: Stereo camera photography
They may date back to the earliest days of photography, but you can still create images with stereo cameras today, as John Wade explains
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December 21, 2017
Greenland into White: Shooting on film in the Arctic
Losing sensation in your fingers and being pelted in the eyes by icicles is all in a day’s work if you choose to shoot film in the Arctic, as Paolo Solari Bozzi discovered. Tracy Calder…
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December 4, 2017
Lost in LA: Christopher Thomas’ captures ghostly Polaroids for new book
In a series of ghostly Polaroid images of Los Angeles, Christopher Thomas shows us a haunting landscape of striking architecture, as Oliver Atwell reveals
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November 30, 2017
Darkroom toning tips: How to get terrific tones
Darkroom toning is one of the core skills of film photography. World-famous printing expert Tim Rudman reminds us how to get beautifully toned prints
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November 14, 2017
Polaroid Originals release gold and silver framed film
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September 21, 2017
Lomo’Instant Square now works with Fujifilm Instax Mini Film
The vintage-inspired analogue camera has a new add-on to expand its film formats
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June 23, 2015
Converting a film camera to digital using 3D printed parts: The FrankenCamera
How Ollie Baker converted a 1970s Konica Auto S3, to digital, using bits of a Sony NEX-5 and parts printed on a 3D printer.
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April 20, 2015
Essential Guide to Shooting Film
Fancy shooting things old-style? Film might surprise you with its creative possibilities. Andrew Sanderson explains the basics
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March 12, 2015
Essential Guide to Film Processing
Andrew Sanderson demonstrates how easy, beneficial and enjoyable it can be to process your own photographs in our essential guide to processing film
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February 23, 2015
Essential Guide to Darkroom Printing
Darkroom printing isn’t as difficult as you may think and it can be done without a great deal of expense. Andrew Sanderson runs through the basics
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August 7, 2009
How to Set Up Your Own Darkroom
With many photographers switching exclusively to digital systems, there has never been a better time to do set up an inexpensive second-hand darkroom, as Gemma Padley discovered
