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  • My first contact print

    Above is my first ever contact print. A contact print is when you lay a negative (film, paper, tin, glass) onto photo-sensitive paper and shine light onto it to expose the paper. You then develop that paper into a positive print (or what you’d think of as a normal photo). This is a milestone in…

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  • Podcast: My first day shooting only film – December 2019

    Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 My first day shooting only film – December 2019 Recorded on December 23, 2019. This episode is packed with nostalgia for me – even though it was only 3 months ago.…

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  • Why I’m shooting with film

    Nearly a decade ago Eliza and I began to make our own wine and beer. We started out making quick batches in buckets, carboys, or other small containers. It allowed us to get more familiar with the process of fermenting fruit or barley into one of our favorite drinks. Pressing grapes, 2013 Eventually we graduated…

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  • Experiments in light metering

    Update April 27, 2020 – I’ve now published a podcast episode related to these photos. As a follow-up to my previous post regarding my journey to-date in film photography – here is an example of how I’ve approached learning the light metering of a scene. Here are several exposures, taken fairly close in time to…

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