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9 December, 2021

A Year in Slide Film Part 1 – Shooting – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I was originally put off shooting slide film because I had heard that you needed to be incredibly precise with your exposure otherwise the whole shot would be ruined. Frankly, w...

2 December, 2021

Continuing to Learn C-41 Developing – A Learning Journey By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

I promised a couple of commenters on my last article that I would share some of the “normal” images from my first batch of C-41 developing. Now that I’ve also shared some result...

7 November, 2021

Searching for 1950s Motion Picture Aesthetics in my Own Photos – By Ian Do Carmo

By Ian Do Carmo

I often get my inspiration from motion pictures, and as a collector of film stocks I look for mundane things to shoot while experimenting with various films that I can get a hol...

19 September, 2021

My First Time Discovering Film – By Bananciat

By Bananciat

Backed by a probable longing for something more tangible and needing a change from the mindless snapping that it so readily fired via the iphone camera, it was about time for me...

18 August, 2021

Joys and Challenges of Publishing Zines – By Floyd K. Takeuchi

By Floyd

I thought I knew a thing or two about publishing a zine. In a previous life, I ran a Honolulu, Hawaii-based media company that published six monthly consumer magazines. We cove...

13 August, 2021

My First Attempt at Colour Developing – a Learning Journey Update from Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

One of the first articles I ever wrote for 35mmc was about my first 3 rolls of black and white film, developed at home. Almost a whole year later, I decided to try c-41 developm...

25 July, 2021

Caffenol for Breakfast – My First Experiments with Homemade Developer – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

I had never really pursued caffenol seriously because some of the first examples photos I had seen were less than impressive. Frankly, the "unpredictable flaws in film are cool...

28 June, 2021

Developing Slide Film – Not for the Faint Hearted – by Laura Cogan

By Laura Cogan

This will be a mish mash of part review, tutorial and warning to all mankind about the perils of developing slide film. I have a love-hate relationship with colour film of late...

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