Bringing It All Back Home

Analog Combo In The Snow - TMAX 100, Rodinal, RZ67. Season 5 Episode 11 is all about chasing the golden hour morning light the day after a snowstorm - and the gear that brought it all together. Topics: Mamiya RZ67, Rodinal R09, Kodak TMAX, as well as the small stuff that helps keep it from falling apart. Also: digital: Sony A7RIII, SONY FE 28mm 2.8.

The World Turned Upside Down. Bringing It All Back Home returns for a new episode, Season 5 Episode 10 - using an ultra-wide manual lens at a polar plunge, developing mishaps, learning from mistakes, and addressing the catastrophe in Los Angeles. Topics: Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D for Nikon, Nikon F2A, Pilar Plunge, agitation mishaps during developing, I Dream Of Cameras podcast, Gabe Sachs, Palicades Fire, Jeff Kravitz.

Links:

Jeff Kravitz: https://www.youtube.com/live/JFumMH8553s?si=k0rPzewc-5plg-34

Portfolios & Prints - What To Do With A Year's Worth Of Photos?

The year is almost over & you've got loads of photos - what to do with them? Bringing It All Back Home wraps up 2024 with an episode about exploring three options for where to go next: sharing a curated image gallery through Adobe Portfolio, using a well-reviewed printing service such as Nations Lab, and finally revisiting the goal of spending hours in an actual wet darkroom again. Links below:

https://cwkphoto.myportfolio.com/2024

https://ccca.rowan.edu/departments/radioTelevisionFilm/photominordocs/photoclasses.html

Bringing It All Back Home Season 5 Episode 8 is a look back on the year 2024. What went well? What came up short? Top 3 film choices, all-round best developer, a survey of hits & misses, as well as some ideas for 2025. Topics: Kodak films, scanning, Wildlife & Surfing photography, Night Sky & Landscape, Wildwood Crest Motels, Portraits with Portra, and more.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVeHHV5FCeNNru5TLUFYPEKyF7no2AaQ/view?usp=sharing

link to photos discussed in this episode:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVeHHV5FCeNNru5TLUFYPEKyF7no2AaQ/view?usp=sharing

Magic Light: A Portrait Shoot By A Ghost Forest. Season 5 episode 7 is a behind the scenes look at a fall foliage portrait shoot down near Dennis Creek, South Jersey, also known as Jake's Landing. Three film cameras, one mirrorless digital, a wonderful model ,as well as exceptional golden hour light filtered through pine trees and Atlantic white cedar, — plus testing out how well the Sony FE 50mm 1.2 GM does completely wide-open, Included: Mamiya RZ67, Hasselblad 500 C, Leicaflex SL, Sony A7RIII.

My 3 Days With The Fujifilm X100VI . Bringing It All Back Home returns with a review of the brilliant but unobtainable Fujifilm X100VI. Thanks to lensrentals.com I was able to test one out as well as discover the actual sensation of using the most hyped - and Tik Tok trendiest - camera of 2024. Does it bring joy? Is the lens any good? Is it worth the wait? Tune in to Season 5 Episode 6 and find out.

Bringing It All Back Home returns (Season 5 Episode 5) for an exploration of the mechanical workhorse that is the legendary Nikon F2. An engineering masterpiece that supports the best manual focus lenses Nikon ever produced. On this episode: comparing it to the original F, its fun factor, weight and feel, prism finder options, and why you should consider this the best Nikon camera to use in any weather.

Season 5 episode 4 is all about the Hasselblad 500 C, from mythical medium format wonder - to actually holding one in your hands. My First roll, first impressions — and of course a few gratuitous recordings of ... THE SHUTTER.

Get Your Kicks On Cheap 6X6 Season 5 episode 3

Looking for a 6X6 but can't quite commit to spending over $500, let alone dropping $2000? Check this latest episode of Bringing It All Back Home. Included: Mamiya C3 and it's awesome vintage chrome magic. Comparisons between cheap Mamiya TLR cameras vs 3.5 Rolleiflex. Can you embrace the weight, the bellows, the dorkiness? Also: shooting vintage uncoated glass with TMAX 100 | ID11.

Bringing It All Back Home returns with a follow up episode on what camera you should consider for the killer Zeiss c/y glass system. Today's podcast is all about the 1975 Contax RTS, the original classic, the first camera introduced by Zeiss, Yashica, and the Porsche design group. Included: its amazing metering, the LED display push button, competing with Leica's R system, the benefit of not having everything motorized, as well as the perfect balance between feel & function.