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Converting a medium format (6x7) with Negative Lab Pro. The film is a CineStill 400D. Hope you like it!

In this blogcast episode, Colin Czerwinski and I discuss a collaborative photography project, focusing on the magic of Kodak Gold, to photograph old cars, and abandoned towns. Our conversation highli…

How I transformed the slow, often tedious process of film scanning into an efficient and enjoyable workflow. Inspired by Henry Ford’s principles of industrial efficiency, I optimized my scanning setu…

Summary:

After carefully shooting and developing three rolls of film from a special trip to Brazil, I discovered they were completely blank. The culprit? An exhausted developer that failed just before…

On a rare sunny winter day in New York City, I embarked on a long-anticipated bike ride to the George Washington Bridge, armed with my Voigtländer camera and two distinct film stocks—Kodak Ektar 100,…

Most 35mm film scanners crop out film borders, removing sprocket holes and text markings that prove an image was shot on film. This post explores why film borders matter, from preserving composition …

Developing my first ten rolls of film revealed ten key insights: understanding the deeper “why,” feeling the therapeutic rhythm of the darkroom, chasing consistency, embracing surprise color casts, s…

Full text with pictures at https://blog.rafalop.es - A deep dive into the magic of CineStill 800T and why it thrives in neon-lit environments like Times Square. From the film’s tungsten balance to it…

When the snowstorm hit, I couldn’t resist the urge to go out and capture it. While others stayed warm indoors, I braved the cold with my CineStill 800T, juggling an umbrella, a manual-focus lens, and…

A long-awaited Leica camera arrives, craving light but lifeless without a CR123A battery. With urgency, the missing heartbeat is found, and something shifts as the red dot flickers to life. The camer…

(Check Substack for original text and photos on https://blog.rafalop.es) -- This episode explores the journey of developing 35mm film at home, framed by Walter White’s quote on chemistry as change. W…

This episode recounts a once-simple plan—driving to Princeton on a winter day to shoot film—that unexpectedly turned into a night of flat tires, thick snowfall, and impromptu photography adventures. …

The Start of My Film Journey

“From the first roll, I was hooked.”

Photography has always been a part of my life. As someone born in 1986 and growing up alongside the evolution of digital photography, I…