*Let me preface this post with a reminder that Epic Edits Weblog is having their very cool $50 Film Camera Project, running through mid-September. Shooting film can be a great way to break your usual photo routine.
There seems to be some curiosity about shooting film among younger photographers and it’s reviving the medium (just when you thought the film vs. digital debate was dead, the bones get dug back up!). I enjoy shooting film but never, ever made a head-to-head comparison of film vs. digital on the same day …

A couple weeks ago Brian Auer at Epic Edits Weblog mentioned a project he was putting together and I’ve been looking forward to it ever since, for a number of reasons. The short story is this: the project encourages readers to either buy or use an existing $50 film camera, then write a review on the camera and submit a roll of images for a chance to win a classic Diana+ camera and Ilford film. Brian will fill you in on all the details right here (I encourage you to …

Do you buy used photo and camera gear on eBay?
With talk of starting a new photo project in August (some great suggestions in Friday’s comments) I’ve been thinking about what equipment to use for the project. For myself, I’m thinking film…35mm, 120 or 4″x5″? Hmmm, is there some new (used) camera that would totally spark my imagination? Camera hunting is a great excuse to start searching eBay.
Most of my camera equipment gets used on a fairly regular basis, I’m not that much of a collector. Yes, there are some odds …

Process your own black and white film
Today’s video is something really different, we’ll take a break from lighting this week and get back at it next Monday. It’s fun to change things up, it keeps things interesting and it seemed like this video could fill a need.

There are a few different reasons you might want to shoot with film. Maybe you prefer the feel of a vintage, mechanical SLR (EpicEdits has a great post on film vs. digital cameras) . And if you’re going to shoot the old-fashioned …

Today’s business talk is about the photo community, a constantly growing, shifting entity that has similarities to years ago and many differences. This has been on my mind recently as I’ve watched photo labs and camera stores disappear from the local landscape.
Twenty five years ago I worked in a downtown Cincinnati camera store, a great place for a young man with dreams of becoming a professional photographer. Career connections could be made (along with a modest living) and being surrounded by all the toys of the trade made it fun …

This tutorial covers how to make a pinhole camera. Building a pinhole camera is one of the most satisfying projects I’ve undertaken as a photographer, because despite major technological advances in photography, I still enjoy getting back to the basics. If you haven’t tried it before I hope you’ll give it a go sometime.
This is one of my favorite projects, a 35mm pinhole camera made from a tin box from the crafts store (it costs around $10 to make). The video does run a little longer than usual, over 7 …

Did you start out shooting film or are you a digital kid? It was a different game back in the film days. Cameras went ‘clunk’ and you didn’t know what you had until the prints (or negs) had been developed.

I still shoot film on occasion for personal work but it’s all digital in the studio now. We were cleaning out some cabinets just the other day and reminiscing about the old equipment we found. It reminded me of some favorite things about shooting film…
1. Manual film advance – We have …