Sunny 16 Podcast

And so it is time to conclude our short series on lighting. Thank you to everyone who submitted images for our assignment on “Intentional Light”. It was great to see them and to discuss them on the s…

As our lighting series progresses, this week we take a deep dive into Clare’s current, amazing project, inspired by and including lots of lighting. With a deadline of the Revelat show in just a few w…

Out of grumpiness can spring beauty. Specifically, Ade is grumpy and that seeds a rich, rambling and revealing conversation about the role vulnerability plays in our creativity. If that sounds heavy,…

A crafty discussion about exposure and how to use it to influence you images - with a generous helping of practical tips on the technicalities of working with flash. Too many topics covered to list t…

We teased, then went quiet - but here we are with the start of our new mini-series on lighting! Actually, the launch of two new series on lighting, one here on Sunny 16 and the other on Sunny 16 Pres…

Whoosh! Spring has sprung - or at least is springing, and only if you live in the northern hemisphere - but you get the point. When our minds turn to travelling with for photography and with our came…

It’s news week on Sunny16 - lots of stuff to talk about:

Dunkbot Kickstarter 

Christian’s new mandolin

Clare's magazine cover 

Polaroid Blue Reclaimed Edition 

Fujifilm suspends domestic supplies i…

In this episode we chat with delightful Ariela Badenas who's a photographer from Vancouver, Canada. She tells us why she loves film, how important community darkrooms are and why she would rather wea…

Time to round up the conversation on photography style. What have we learned? What surprised us? What will we do differently in the future?

Big shout out to the Discord community - loads of great d…

It’s show and tell week on Sunny 16. As part of our mini-series on style, we have talk about our own work and our personal style evolutions. As luck would have it, we have an enormously insightful sp…

Welcome to our mini-series on photographic style! We’ve been wanting to discuss style for ages but didn’t feel we could do it justice in a single show so it was a great topic for our first foray into…

The reality of making this show has been a much richer discussion than any of us expected. We talk about Outsider Artists - their work, the impact they have had on the art world when finally recognis…

Tune in for the long-awaited (sorry about that folks) conclusion and results of the Cheapshots Challenge. Our theme is harvest and our show is replete with metaphorical and abstract interpretations o…

Artist, educator and hybrid photographer Danny Bittencourt joins us for an exploration of the art, the emotion and the process of photography-based art beyond the print.

Danny on the web:

Website

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Ant and Craig from the Pretence Collective join us to talk about their zine Pretence, how they met, got inspired, put out an open call and made an amazing book for us all to enjoy! Check them out at:

Ilford Master Printer, professional print colourist, tutor and artistic experimenter Andrew Sanderson joins us to discuss his work, passions and not-projects!

Andrew on Instagram  

Andrew’s blog

Ge…

Happy New Year everyone!

Just a few weeks ago, Dave and Benny set up NorthWestFilmPhoto - a group dedicated to film photography in the north west of England. They are just starting out and have alrea…

The Sunnies Awards 2022 yaayyyyyy! Back by dope demand after a two year break, we have an amazing breadth and depth of work and stuff to celebrate and to share. Our 7 categories for the Sunnies are:

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Back once again (like the proverbial renegade master) we are honoured to talk to Duncan Gammon of SilverPan Film Lab who regales us with tales of community spirit, bespoke development and printing an…

Continuing our occasional series on analogue entrepreneurs we are hugely pleased that Jame Burris of Dorset Vintage Camera Hire joined us to talk about his side business renting out medium format cam…