Easing ourselves back into the podcasting chairs this week after a brief break we thought who better to bring on for a slightly rambling chat about the state of film photography in 2025 than the one an only Hamish Gill of 35mmc, Analogue Spotlight, Pixelatr, Omnar lenses and more fame! No one, that's who.

https://www.35mmc.com/

https://omnarlenses.com/

This episode we're joined by the wonderful and only slightly mad genius behind all things Cameradactyl, Ethan Moses! We talk about how he's designed a complete system to allow us to shoot large format images on rolls of paper, including a full processing system to allow for easy development, even if you want to shoot colour reversal. He also explains why a 3D printer may be an increasingly valuable piece of kit for any photographer.

You can find all of Ethan's fantastic work here: https://www.cameradactyl.com/

In this weeks episode Clare and Graeme catch up to chat about post Phoenix 2 thoughts, Clare's upcoming participation in a Photography exhibition in China, and then get into it on the subject of taking photo's at weddings when you aren't the wedding photographer, discuss camera choices and what to do and what not to do.

Details on Half Frame Photography day here: https://halfframeday.wordpress.com/

Utopia by Gwenno with video by Clare Marie Bailey https://youtu.be/tcj3z6Z2FHY?si=UXDyDCCJYMEi0sHd

Today marks another big step in arguably one of the most important ongoing projects in the analogue photography world, Harman Technologies work to develop a high quality new colour film. The launch of Phoenix 2 is, whilst by no means the end of this journey still an exciting look at the incredible process they are making, and a fun and highly useable film itself.

Joining Rachel and Graeme to talk all about it, what exactly it is (and isn't), the improvements and changes over the original Phoenix film and the quirks it still has is the fabulous Michelle Parr from Harman/Ilford. We also discuss how this launch affects availability of the original Phoenix (and Red), what the next steps will be and more.

https://www.harmanphoto.co.uk/harman-phoenix-ii-35mm

Follow their colour film journey @harmanphoto and share your photos with #phoenixfilm2 #harmanphoenix2

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme talk about the recent Big film Photowalk where they both took to the streets in their respective cities, and discuss the cameras they shot, people they met and adventures they had. Rachel is also in Liverpool at the annual Makefest, and Graeme hasn't given up on building his camera. Yet.

https://liverpoolmakefest.org/

https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership/

On this episode we're joined by Steve Lloyd of Chroma Cameras, designer and builder of the broadest, most interesting and most diverse collection of analogue cameras you can buy new today to talk about some of the latest projects he's been working on, from a 35mm Point and shoot to the most compact 4x5 camera you can get!

Check out Chroma Cameras here: https://chroma.camera/

In this episode Clare and Graeme catch back up to talk about Clare's recent exhibitions and her new video's for Gwenno, as well as a bit of a dive into some of the elements involved in producing them using Super 8 film.

They also have a chat about some of their own favourite and most used photo gear hacks/bodges for when you don't have or don't want to buy the new fancy camera gear but do want to try out a technique. 

If you have any good camera gear hacks, let us know at [email protected]

https://www.claremariebailey.com/

https://www.gwenno.info/

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme are joined by an absolute power team of returning guests, all here to talk about the new collaborative photobook titled Opaque, from the Photozine Collective who previously produced the Lucid and Ambiguous zines. We we're lucky enough to be joined by Yant Martin-Keyte who produced and edited the book, the fabulous J M Golding of fantastic Holga photography and 127 day fame and glory, and the one and only John-Michael Mendizza of making beautiful portraits, the Lighting Lounge shows on Sunny 16 Presents and all round being a legend.

It's a fabulous collection of photography across a spectrum of subject matter and approaches from a very talented group of photographers, so go and check it, and all of them, out!

This is link to buy the zine https://ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9

https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/yant-martin-keyte/

https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/j-m-golding/

https://www.jmm-photos.com

Happy New Film Day everyone!

It's a real treat as always to be joined this week by Harman Technology/ Ilford Photo's finest Michelle Parr to talk about YET ANOTHER new film they're releasing into the wild TODAY! Kentmere Pan 200 is available now from all good retailers and you know that you'll find scads of videos and images out right now on the socials and Youtube, but if you want to hear why they decided to make it and what's makes it a great addition to the film lineup, then you've come to the right place!

Start your exploration of the new film  @ilfordphoto on Instagram and ensure that you use #kpan200 #kentmere200 to hunt down all the images people will be sharing today

In this episode we're joined by the spectacular Brendan Barry to talk all about his work making photographic art with everything from a cardboard darkroom and camera obscura to a large area of skyscraper real estate, and in particular his most recent personal project Flowers For Bea, a beautiful collection of images which feature in the book of the same name currently on Kickstarter.

Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gblimitededitions/flowers-for-bea-a-photo-book-by-brendan-barry

Brendan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendanbarryphoto/