A wrap-up of my life in film photography: 2022

Trunk sleeps three. The Cully, 2 Dec 2022 Camera: Minolta XD5 Lens: Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 Film: Ilford HP5+ I'm just finishing up the third year that I've been back into film. It's been a fun adventure, so far. This year I bought a few more cameras, sold or got rid of a few, and...

To the next level: The darkroom

I started developing my own film back in March. Over the past half-year I've quickly gotten the hang of home processing. Sure, my dinky Kodak Scanza scanner produces ok-at-best scans, but I do have plans of a better scanner when I have enough scratch. And I figured if I was going to home develop, at...

I Shoot Film Ride Report, 28 June 2022

Please note: This post also appeared on our sister site, the Bikes and Film Cameras Club blog. Ah, Portland, I love you. I thought I might be the only person to lead a "pedal bikes, shoot film" typed ride for this Pedalpalooza. But no, there was someone else leading one, someone I didn't even know!...

Visiting The Portland Darkroom, 25 May 2022

Ships at night. Lower Albina at the Willamette River, 25 May 2022. Olympus 35RD/Ilford HP5+/Ilfosol 3 1:9/5:30 in Rondinax 35U I've mentioned before how lucky it is that I decided to get back into film photography while living here in Portland. In other cities you may be lucky to get some Superia 400 from Rite...

Reflections on almost two months of home developing

It feels like a lifetime ago, but March 2nd was the first time I developed my own film. After two years of shooting film again, and about a year and a half of putting it off, it was nice to finally get around to it. And it's fun. There's a certain thrill when I pull...

Home developing: Finally!

When I got back into film, the idea of developing my own film was always present. And I had all intentions of doing this a long time ago. Heck, I bought most of the supplies to do it by the end of 2020. But it took until right about now for me to actually go...

Refining the Workflow: My Film Photography Journey

Studebaker Wagonaire (with bonus tree inside). North Tabor, 11 May 2020. Camera: Olympus XA2. Film: Kodak Gold 200 It's been just about five months since I got my first film camera in at least fifteen years. Since then, I've taken a lot of pictures across four different cameras. As of now, I've shot about 42...