If you haven’t joined the resurgence of film photography in the past few years, you might be asking yourself, “Should I start shooting film in 2022?” If you’ve already been shooting film the past few years, then you might be asking yourself, with the rising costs of film and film cameras, should you continue shooting… Continue reading Should You Shoot Film in 2022?
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How the Nikon F Revolutionized Photography 60 Years Ago
As an art form and a technology, photography’s youth is only matched by its blisteringly rapid advancement. This creates something of a paradox for us as enthusiasts and professionals, where the history of the medium we so love can feel both short and overstuffed. Neither condition is conducive to any one camera gaining, let alone… Continue reading How the Nikon F Revolutionized Photography 60 Years Ago
How to shoot film on a budget
Choosing to shoot film doesn’t have to be a financial burden. Getty Images One of my many, many pet peeves is folks who discourage would-be analog photographers by telling them film is too expensive. They cite $25 rolls of slide film, $20 E-6 developing, and $40-per-shot drum scans, and declare film as a financial quagmire… Continue reading How to shoot film on a budget
Yashica Has Teased a New Product to Come in 2022
Yashica, one of the more polarizing camera brands, is teasing a new product for 2022. The company hasn’t made much noise in the photography space since its successful three-camera Kickstarter in 2019, which came after the disastrous launch of the Y35 in 2018. Something New is Coming Yashica has revealed no information other than to… Continue reading Yashica Has Teased a New Product to Come in 2022
This Instax Adapter by Ian Bakke Could Breathe New Life Into Kodamatic
“I feel that it’s important to try and resurrect older cameras,” says Swedish photographer Ian Bakke. A lawsuit some decades ago meant that Kodamatic cameras haven’t had usable film for some time now. After being cooped up indoors during last year’s lockdown and with access to a 3D printer, Ian Bakke might have come up… Continue reading This Instax Adapter by Ian Bakke Could Breathe New Life Into Kodamatic
Invincible Gods: My Look Back at One Film Photo Every Day of 2021
In what has become a year-end PetaPixel tradition, photographic artist B.A. Van Sise—who has the unusual practice of making one, and only one, photograph on film every single day— looks back on the past year and towards the next. His previous entries can be found for 2018, 2019, and 2020. More images from this series,… Continue reading Invincible Gods: My Look Back at One Film Photo Every Day of 2021
Photographer Develops Found Film, Revealing Unseen Personal Moments
Craig Atkinson has been collecting undeveloped film from long-forgotten cameras found in secondhand shops. Not always successful, but the quest has yielded never-before-seen personal photos that get archived in a series titled “Someone Else’s.” Atkinson’s background is in Fine Art and he is also the founder of Café Royal Books, an independent publishing company based… Continue reading Photographer Develops Found Film, Revealing Unseen Personal Moments
‘Mamba Mentality’ Photos and Film Features 10 Rare Kobe Bryant Shoes
Honoring one of the greatest to ever play the game, this video and photo series features ten rare Kobe Bryant Nike shoes. Rather than rely on computer graphics, we chose to shoot the entire project practically by creating hundreds of individual colored Nike Swoosh plexiglass cutouts. Mamba Mentality is visualized as each shoe conquers the… Continue reading ‘Mamba Mentality’ Photos and Film Features 10 Rare Kobe Bryant Shoes
Affordable analog: 10 alternatives to high-priced film cameras
The Sears KS Auto is a great wallet-friendly alternative to the Nikon FE-2. Aaron Gold Film photography is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, but unfortunately, so are used film camera prices. Granted, analog cameras are still bargains compared to new digital cameras, but some of the best-known models are creeping up in value, and as… Continue reading Affordable analog: 10 alternatives to high-priced film cameras
Photographing Canyonlands in 1988: Land of Standing Rocks
In 1991, near the end of some book projects that took me on some lengthy photographic journeys through the American West by car for two years, I came up with the idea of creating posters of some of my black and white images for a few of our western National Parks. My idea was to… Continue reading Photographing Canyonlands in 1988: Land of Standing Rocks