All Through a Lens: A Podcast About Film Photography

Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com

Let’s do something Eric never wanted to do! He never wanted to mess with caffenol, not even a little bit. But after a few life-changing events, he’s seen the error of his ways and here we are. Caffenol. Basically.

Eric and Vania both developed using roughly the same caffenol recipe, which is here:

For 500ml:

Instant Coffee: 20g or 5T

Vitamin C: 8g or 2t

Sodium Carbonate: 27g or 2T

Potassium Bromide: 1g (or 2.5t of salt – Vania used salt)

Mix everything together in 300ml of hot (100F-ish) water, and then add cold water to bring it to a working temp of 68F.

Eric developed Fomapan 100 for 12mins, and here are his results:

Vania devved Ilford Pan F+ for 9mins, and here are her results:

We mentioned Brandy B’s 365 project, and you can find that here: @that365life

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

For full show notes and photos: www.allthroughalens.com

On this episode, we talk to Angel O’brien, @5x7angel on IG, about her strange and beautiful self-portrait and collage work. We’ll also be taking a long look at how Kodak advertised to women over a century ago – did they start a revolution or were they just along for the ride? Want a bit of advice? Well, Vania’s on call for that; we’ve got the answering machine, zine reviews, some recommendations, and a whole slew of fun!

When we first saw Angel O’Brien’s work, we really didn’t know what to do with it. What were we looking at? It’s a collage, but built around her self-portraits. And those self-portraits aren’t really part of a logical reality. They’re shifted and distorted, discolored and bent – but it all seems to be coming from a very centered place.

Here is some of her work:

IG: @5x7angel

IG @5x7angel_thebuiltworld

IG: @angelobrien.poet

web: https://www.5x7angel.com/

For women, this began to change in the 1870s. The suffragette movement had won for women the sense that men were more in the way than essential (though it had still not procured their right to vote). With the expansion of cities, the job market grew. And with more jobs than men to fill those jobs, women filled the positions. There were still gender norms, of course, but they were changing.

What women could and couldn’t do in society was shifting. Women were becoming independent. The new generation, especially those born following the Civil War in the 1860s, felt little need for the Victorian ways of their parents and grandparents.

They came of age and into their 20s just as photography was about to make a dramatic shift from the stunningly complex to simple. And it was gender norms that would actually carve out a large share of this new photography for women.

Here’s a sampling of Kodak’s Kodak Girl ads:

My Eye by David Fry – @frymanbandgb

Memento Mori – Nunhead Cemetery by George Griffin – Etsy

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

On this episode of Dev Party, we’re doing something a bit different. We’re not developing film, but making a few cyanotypes, bleaching them and then tanning them in tea and/or coffee!

Eric made three cyanotypes using Photographer’s Formulary Cyanotype Kit and a UV lamp. The lamp is made by Everbeam. It’s the 365nm 50w LED black light. The exposure times varied from 4 or 8 mins.

For bleaching, he used 1liter of water with 2tsps of sodium carbonate in it. This bleaches off the blue in under a minute.

And finally, for staining, he used 10 teabags of black tea brewed for around 10mins in 1.5l of water.

Here are the results:

Vania exposed her cyanotype with the sun. She did not bleach, but stained in strong green tea.

Here are her results:

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

And we’re back! It’s been a wonderful little break, but it’s even better to be back in the studio and chitty some chat.

On this episode, we’ll be talking to photographer and collector Jordan Tiberio (@jordantiberio on IG)! We’ll also consider how sound interacts with our work and we’ll talk about a couple of songs that have a little to do with photography. There’s also zine reviews and some random catching up.

Jordan Tiberio grew up in Rochester, and began seriously shooting photography at 15. Through her work, she strives to find the odd in the ordinary. Her work, which is mostly in color, walks a thin line between timeless reality and beautiful fantasy. She’s done commercial work for the New Yorker, Vox, Teen Vogue, and Refinery 29. 

Jordan is also a collector of vintage and antique photos – and we’ll talk to her a bit about that, too. 

Web: www.jordantiberio.com

IG: @jordantiberio

IG: @anothersmemory

Here are some of her film photos:

And here are some of her vintage collection:

Photography is a visual medium. We look through the viewfinder to take the picture. We view the negatives while scanning or printing, and in the end, we see the final product – the photograph. While our other senses are there, they’re not exactly working overtime.

We can feel the weight of the camera, the film while loading in the dark bag, the print in our hands. We can smell the developing chemicals (careful!). We can taste the nasty lickum strip on old 120 rolls. But what role does hearing play in our photography? 

Here are the two photos of ours that we discussed:

And the two by other photographers that we talked about:

We reviewed three this time around:

The Lost Show by Ben Fey: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1104292718/the-lost-show-photography-zine

Views of Tucscon, Issue Five: https://www.kikiewilkins.com/

Film and the Girl by Jennifer Stamps: https://filmandthegirl.com/shop/yhtdlvkqwpom9wpy8m5b7ijqv7f1tf

Thank you to everyone who supports us!

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

On this impromptu episode of Dev Party, we’re going commercial! Okay, not really, but we *are* using Eric’s ECN-2 kit to develop Kodak Motion Picture film in 120! Now, this isn’t Cinestill – this is the raw stuff, complete with Remjet coating!

Remjet is a thin carbon coating on the non-emulsion side of motion picture film. It serves as a sort of dry lubrication (as the film speeds through the movie cameras) and provides some sort of anti-halation services (this is disputed, but whatever).

We first tell you how to mix the kit, which is super simple. And then we tell you two ways to remove Remjet: Baking Soda water and elbow grease.

Eric’s kits are available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/781436189/ecn-2-color-film-developing-kit

Vania shot Kodak Vision 3 500T in a Mamiya RB67, and here are her beautiful results:

Meanwhile, Eric developed two rolls shot in Vania’s Hasselblad 500C. He wasn’t trilled with the results, but hasn’t used the camera enough to feel any sort of comfort with it. Here are a few he liked:

Thank you to everyone who supports us!

Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

Full show notes at:  https://www.allthroughalens.com

On this weird little episode of Dev Party, Eric re-enters the Tickle Tent – his portable darkroom tent – to tray develop some Fuji HR-U X-ray film. Badly. He does it very badly. Meanwhile, Vania develops two sheets of color and somehow winds up with four sheets. What is this trickery?

Here is what Vania came up with…

And here is what Eric’s done with Fuji HR-U at 100iso devved in Rodinal 1+100 for 4ish minutes:

And here are some shots of the tent:

Thank you to everyone who supports us!

Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

Full show notes and photos at www.allthroughalens.com

On the first Dev Party of 2022, Eric dips a little bit into Kodak Technical Pan, aka, Techpan! Meanwhile, Vania develops some Ilford FP4+ she shot through her Voightlander Väg.

Eric developed Techpan (for some reason) in PMK; 5+10+450 for 12mins. Since the film had expired in October of 1992, he shot it at 6iso. The entire roll was very overexposed, and he probably could have gotten away with shooting it at box speed (25 or 32iso). Nevertheless, here are a few of his photos:

Vania devved the FP4+ in PMK as well - 1+2+100 for 10mins. Here are some of her's:

Thank you to everyone who supports us!

Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!

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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists

We don't have a regular episode this week due to the winter break. So we hang out for a bit and chew the fat talking some about the year that was and what's to come. Nothing serious. 

On this - our last episode of the year - Vania tells us all about the Surfbort show she shot. Eric talks a little about ending a long ass trip with one final roll of film.

Vania managed to shoot Fuji Neopan 1600 at 400iso in her Minolta Hi-Matic - and so she had to pull it two stops. Wild, huh?

Meanwhile, Eric shot some expired Plus-X in the Mamiya RB67.

Here are Vania's pics:

And here are Eric's:

Thank you to everyone who supports us!

Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!

patreon.com/allthroughalens

Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers

Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines

All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists