I thought I’d show some of my recent back-to-film portrait shoots on the blog, with some quick notes on how it’s been going. My goal is to eliminate digital completely from most of my [read the rest...]

I like shooting with film for the look it gives, but I also like shooting film for the process itself. And while I shoot primarily using a digital SLR when working for a client, there are reasons I [read the rest...]

Manufacturer: Olympus Model: Olympus-35 ECR Film: 35mm Type: rangefinder Lens: 42mm f/2.8 E. Zuiko lens, aperture range f/3.5 to f/13 (yes, f/13 says the manual. Perhaps they were all out of f/16 [read the rest...]

Manufacturer: Kodak Model: Pony 135 Film: 35mm Type: point-and-shoot, scale focusing. Lens: 44mm Anaston lens, f/3.5, helical focusing. Minimum focusing distance: 2.5 ft. Apertures: f/3.5 – f/22. [read the rest...]

This is the second free film giveaway, and it’ll be a regular occurrence until supplies get low. I recently acquired several grocery bags full of film from a fellow photographer. It?s all [read the rest...]

A couple of months ago I did a fashion editorial shoot for LA2DAY.com, which you can see in its entirety here (link). It was primarily shot on digital, but I really wanted to shoot some film as well. [read the rest...]

I’ve been shooting medium-format film for long enough that I forget how different it is from 35mm film. If you’ve never shot medium format (i.e. 120/220) or any roll-film format for that [read the rest...]

So this happens from time to time: you see an auction on ebay, and the seller promises that the camera is completely functioning and in good order. You get the camera in the mail, only to find out [read the rest...]

I have a Zenza Bronica EC, which is a medium format 6x6cm (2-1/4 x 2-1/4″) camera. One of the nice things about it is that it has two ways to mount a lens: it will accept a Bronica S/S2 type [read the rest...]

I was going through my camera closet the other day, digging out film cameras that had been sitting for awhile. Except for a few that I use all the time, I’ve gotten rid of most of the 40-odd [read the rest...]