Film Photography Blog

A fresh expansion to the brand new Eastman Kodak output has landed in our store: their Ektacolor PRO range is designed for the most discerning photographers 🧐

Announcing our new partnership with reLOVE - bring your old family photos and negatives back to life by digitising your film

Masha is back! Our first returning adventurer, and this time she's taking some bold steps. Her first EVER roll of black and white film (Ilford HP5 obv 😅) and her first EVER half-frame camera (the Pentax 17!) Let's find out how she got on in the glorious Lake District in Spring... over to you Masha!

Alex Vye thought that Disney World would be an amazing opportunity to double up on photos with a half-frame film camera...and he was RIGHT!

Jed Pearson takes (at least) one selfie on every roll of film he puts through his pinhole camera and has ended up with a mini-project. This project has really helped Jed to think more closely about subject matter, composition and utilising the characteristics of pinhole to get the best results.

We are proud to be a committed affiliate of the Real Living Wage program. Learn what this means, and how lab pricing is changing in April.

Those of you who spend lots of time online might have noticed a recent uptick in rumours about Kodak. Specifically there is lots of speculation that European supply of your favourite Kodak films is under threat from a big commercial fallout. This is not true

At the recent Photography Show I bumped into an engaging chap called Richard, who showed me an intriguing prototype: a device that both told the time AND the exposure settings for my film camera! So I asked him some questions...

Over the past few months I've been deliberately trying to improve my studio skills: learning more about lighting, working with professional models, using different props, and setting up backgrounds. And naturally - all on film!

Although I'm very proud of lots of the results I cannot pretend that I'm an expert. But I also know that entering the studio can be an intimidating prospect, so here I share my top tips for folks looking to start their studio adventures on analogue

We are excited to confirm that the Big Film PhotoWalk is going ahead this year on Saturday 27th June! Let us know if you'd like to contribute to your local film community and lead one of the walks 😊

Our series of Analogue Adventures from the community continues today with Masha! She chose to take her film cameras to Iceland in winter: guaranteed terrible weather and five hours of sunlight per day 😂 so let's find out what drove the decision and what she learned from the experience...

I'm thrilled to have been able to accept a FOURTH CONSECUTIVE AP 'Good Service' Awards at the annual dinner last week. The Good Service awards are given to photography retailers who consistently deliver excellent experiences and results for customers, and once again we were the only analogue specialist to collect the prize ✊🏼