I’ve been a big fan of shooting small gauge film for years. I love the extra grain you get with a smaller negative, and shooting 110 film is a great way to emulate the 16mm motion picture film look for stills. I’ve shot with cheap 110 cameras and high-end 110 cameras, but this binocular camera was something new for me: a 110 camera with a long lens specifically for capturing nature and sports photos.
Continue readingLo-Fi Winter Photos with a Crappy Vintage Camera
My friend Bohus and I have made a tradition of meeting up at least once a year and going to antique stores to find interesting and unique vintage items. I’m always on the hunt for old cameras, and last winter I found this little crappy beauty for $7: a Meikai EL.
These cheap 35mm film cameras were made in Japan in the 60s. This version has a fixed shutter speed and focus, three exposure settings, and that’s about it. I threw some black and white film in it and took it out for a spin. Turns out it had a major light leak, so I had to edit the resulting photos by cropping out the leak, creating a faux panoramic look.
Continue readingWinter Polaroids
As an avid film shooter I must admit: Polaroid film has the easiest turn-around time for getting from photo to screen than anything else in the medium. I shoot plenty of 35mm and 120 film, but then I either have to process it myself or send it to a lab, then scan all of it, edit all of it and pick my favorite frames to share. But with Polaroid all I have to do is point, shoot, and print, then decide if the photo is worth adding to my portfolio, and if it is, I just scan it, do a bit of exposure tweaking and dust clean up in photoshop, and it’s ready to share. So easy and laid back and relaxing!
Continue readingUltra-Wide Point & Shoot Cult Camera – The Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim and Its Clones
In college I became obsessed with film photography, and one of the first film cameras I started shooting with was a Superheadz Black Slim Devil, which was a clone of the cult Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, a cheap plastic point and shoot camera with a fantastic 22mm wide angle lens.
Continue readingShooting a Portrait with Dracula Film
I recently had the opportunity to demo some Dracula 35 film for Fotodiox. Here’s the video I made:
And here’s one of the photos I captured with model Abby.
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