All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography

For our first Dev Party back from the field, we’re easing back into things. Eric’s devving some old Plus-X from 1988. He used HC-110B for 5mins. Vania is all in on Tmax 400. She used Rodinal 1+25 for 6mins.

They banter about developing tips, shooting, Kansas and, obviously, Duran Duran.

Here are some of Vania’s shots:

And here are some of Eric’s:

And also of note, Eric was mistaken about 1988. He apologizes.

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Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

It’s been a minute, but we are back and wow are we chatty!

After a bit of catching up, we dive right into our answering machine question. This was an easy one:

Tell us about your summer photography.

It was last minute, but we got some great answers. Also, Eric rues the loss of his five-minute Bronica. We answer this ourselves as well.

We don’t normally do a lot of on-mic gear talking – except when we do. And we do. We took a slew-ish of cameras with us on this little photo excursion, and we will tell you all the hell about them.

Tired of that, we give a call to Anne Hollond (@annehollond). While in Kansas, we palled around with her for a few days (in a socially distant sort of way). It was amazing as we talk a lot about.

Here are a couple of our photos from Bison, Kansas:

For the “back half” of the episode, we go over the ins and outs, ups and downs of a long ass photo trip. We get sassy.

We wrap up the episode with a couple of zine reviews. First up was Haxes by 𝐉.𝐌 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐪𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭 (haexes). You can pick it up at Haexes.com.

Second, we looked at Wa/onderer #1 by Jaso Biehner (@jasonbiehner).

And finally, we announced the release of our zine: 6×7 – 6×7 is a zine celebrating the Mamiya RB67, perhaps the most perfect camera ever made (mileage may vary).

We each selected 30ish of our favorite photos and created a zine around them. This issue reflects the love and chaos, messiness and beauty that is film photography.

But this is not a mere photozine. The photos, still the central feature, are placed within two-page spreads made up of various related and unrelated bits and bobs.

It is available here.

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Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing!

Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

On this episode of Dev Party, we’re mixing and trying out D-23! It’s got two whole ingredients!

D-23 was originally formulated to look like D-76. So how does it do? Find out!

Here’s the recipe:

(mix and then add enough water to bring it up to a full liter)

Here are Vania’s photos (Ilford HP5+):

And here are Eric’s (Ilford HP5+):

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Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

On this special episode of Dev Party, we’re developing old film and being “interviewed” by Aloy Anderson (@aloyandersonphotography).

Vania is developing some sheets in Rodinal:

While Eric is seeing whether 70 year old Ansco is worth the effort:

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

[For the next few weeks, we'll be entertaining you with Dev Parties! The regular episodes will come back in August.]

On this episode of Dev Party, Vania stretches the limits of the ECN-2 (to breaking), while Eric discovers some mystery sheets that he shot at some point in the last year or so.

As you’ll hear, the ECN-2 kits are great, but they don’t last forever!

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Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing!

Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

It’s another faceoff! On this episode, it’s a battle of the pyros!

PMK vs. WD2D+ – who will come out on top?

We both shot Ilford FP4+ and here are the results:

Eric:

Vania:

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

We’re off on a travel episode! Buckle in for tips, tricks, stories and more as Eric and Vania share their weirdly specific brand of travel with you.

They also ask and answer the question:

A few folks answer, while E&V answer for each other. It’s almost touching.

Following the lengthy exploration of exploring, Vania reviews the zine Every Summer by Matt Murray (@mattlovescameras). You can pick it up at mattlovescameras.com.

During the travel segment, they tossed around a few sites and apps. Here are the links:

Free Campsites

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Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing!

Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

In honor of watching One Hour Photo, Vania and Eric decided to develop each others film.

Vania shot Rollei Retro 400S in a Pentax 645.

Eric shot Bergger Panchro 400 in a Kodak Brownie box camera.

They take you through the development process and then check in the their futures to see what they think of the whole thing.

Here are some of Eric’s shots:

And here are some of Vania’s:

Also, Eric mentioned photos that he half-fixed and than refixed. This is what those look like:

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Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

On this episode, we start with a of catching up. Have we been shooting? Not much. But we’ve got a couple of things on our mind.

Answering Machine

Answering Machine

Hello, Brandy

She also stuck around to talk about the movie One Hour Photo…

It’s Movie Night!

“And if these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.”

Zine Review

“Enjoy a vision of Hong Kong just one year ago: before the protests over the extradition bill, before the pandemic, before the end of ‘one country, two systems’ that’s threatening to happen right now–29 years ahead of schedule.”

It is, in a word, frenetic. But we loved it and you should too.

6×7 Zine

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Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing!

Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website

On a very special episode of Dev Party, we’re comparing developers! Specifically we’re comparing WD2D+ and HC-110 on Arista Ultra Edu 100 (Fomapan 100).

We skim the history of the developer and John Wimberley, the photographer who formulated it. We also discuss how bias might effect our opinions of developers and emulsions.

This was Eric’s very first time using WD2D+ and he was only a little bitchy about it.

Each step of the process is talked about and wondered over. WD2D+ is sort of a pain in the ass to use, but is it worth it? We find out!

Here are Vania’s Photos:

And here are Eric’s:

And one in WD2D+ for 9 minutes:

We also talk with last episode’s guest, David Chao, about how he develops film.

Oh, and Eric then takes things too far and compares five different developers (WD2D+, HC-110, PMK, Rodinal, and D-23). He admits it’s totally not scientific, but has a favorite anyway.

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website