Get Started With Film Photography

In the second half of this episode, I talk about different methods of working with various light meter readings to achieve the final outcome you envision when you take the picture. I go a little into ...

In order to properly expose the film in your camera, you need to know how much light is falling on the scene you are trying to make a picture of. You can use your camera's built-in light meter, a hand...

Many companies worldwide developed rangefinder cameras for holiday-goers between about 1955 and 1980. Many of these cameras are still excellent user cameras for today and for people who have not yet t...

Many companies worldwide developed rangefinder cameras for holiday-goers between about 1955 and 1980. Many of these cameras are still excellent user cameras for today and for people who have not yet t...

Special thanks to the listeners who contributed questions for this episode: Jessica, Ade from the Sunny 16 Podcast (http://www.sunny16podcast.com), @meg._boone, @jevharr, Neil Piper of the Soot and Wh...

Special thanks to the listeners who contributed questions for this episode: Jessica, Ade from the Sunny 16 Podcast (http://www.sunny16podcast.com), @meg._boone, @jevharr, Neil Piper of the Soot and Wh...

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for rangefinder cameras. They harken back to the early days of 35mm film cameras and for many they are the gold standard for film cameras. This is the second ...

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for rangefinder cameras. They harken back to the early days of 35mm film cameras and for many they are the gold standard for film cameras. This is the first o...

One of the best parts of shooting film in the digital age is finding film stocks that we can use that were not available to us before. This episode covers specialty films as well as expired film that ...

One of the best parts of shooting film in the digital age is finding film stocks that we can use that were not available to us before. This episode covers specialty films as well as expired film that ...

This episode centers on the properties of and the shooting of Color Slide Film.  If you have any questions, you can go to the GetStartedWithFilm.com website and fill out the form to submit that q...

In this episode, I talk about color print film: How it's different from black and white film and how it's similar, including a discussion on the differences between Tungsten-balanced film and Daylight...

In the Questions and Answers episode for April 2019, I tackle depth of field markings on lenses, opening the back of the camera while film is still loaded, what to do when you've finished your first r...

In the second half of the second episode of the 5-episode series on film, I continue the conversation about black and white film, how film sees light and how some black and white film sees only part o...

In the second episode of the 5-episode series on film, I talk about black and white film. Once again, I recorded too much for a single episode so this will have a second part. In this part, I talk abo...

In the second half of the first episode on film, I talk about the film that is available today (April 2019) and give suggestions on what film you should buy if this is your first time buying film.&nbs...

This is the first half of the first of five episodes about film. In this episode I talk about what film is and a very brief bit about the history of photographic film. In the second half of the first ...

The last stage in the development of Single Lens Reflex Cameras came in the 1990s with Auto-Everything SLRs. These cameras had autofocus, auto exposure, auto advance, and a host of other features that...

This is a continuation of the Your First SLR 4-episode series. This time up, we talk about the manual-focus Single Lens Reflex cameras with early electronic exposure controls. These are some of my fav...

This is a continuation of the Your First SLR 4-episode series. In this episode, we cover early all-manual SLRs. If you have any questions, you can go to the GetStartedWithFilm.com website and fill out...

This episode builds off the Buying Your First Camera episode and is a survey of Single Lens Reflex Cameras: How to recognize them and how to test them. Future episodes will go more in depth with these...

Understanding the three factors that go into the each exposure you make is crucial to assuring you have control over your camera allowing you to make the photograph you see in your mind's eye. In this...

Buying your first film camera can be a bit daunting: Do you want a 35mm SLR, a medium format folding camera, a zone-focus travel camera or some other type? In this episode (and the next) I give a gene...

Buying your first film camera can be a bit daunting: Do you want a 35mm SLR, a medium format folding camera, a zone-focus travel camera or some other type? In this episode (and the next) I give a gene...

When first starting out in any endeavor, it is easy to be swayed by (often wrong) advice given by someone more experienced than oneself. This episode is about which advice to listen to and which to ig...

In this episode, I introduce the show and what to expect from it. I also provide a guide to future episodes and how to navigate through them.  If you would like to participate in the monthly Ques...

This episode is for photographers who have been working in digital photography for a while and want to make the transition to film photography. You already know quite a bit about photography so I won'...