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| A Most Unusual Camera (w/Jess Hobbs and Chandler Flanagan) | 11 May 2023 | 01:50:10 | |
Okay, first off, this is *not* a new episode of All Through a Lens. This is also not a new venture. It was record before we knew the podcast was ending. This is the first of what was to be some fill-in episodes. We'd then take our normal summer break and then come back with Vania in August. I know it's not the same, but I hope you give it a listen. I personally think it's a good episode with some good information and some fun along the way.
Quick show notes: For today’s show, Eric will be talking about Artificial Intelligence and how it’s both worse and not as bad as it seems. And Jess has got some bad news and good news about Kodak Chemicals. We’ll also be watching “A Most Unusual Camera” - the Twilight Zone episode that asks the question ‘what if a camera wanted you dead?’ We also interview Chandler Flanagan, a film photographer and cyanotype artist (cyanotypist?) who has published a zine with Better Off Press. Most recently, she started Not Your Grandma’s Camera Club, and we’re going to talk to her all about that.
Chander: @dispositionpictures on IG https://dispositionpictures.net/ Not Your Grandma's Camera Club: @notyourgrandmascameraclub on IG
Jess Hobbs: IG: @jesshobbsphoto YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JessHobbs
Eric: IG: @conspiracy.of.cartographers Vania: IG: @surfmartian
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| The End of the Podcast | 05 May 2023 | 00:03:33 | |
Hello everybody. This is Eric. And I have some pretty bad news for you considering the podcast. As of now the podcast is ending. We are both utterly gutted and heartbroken over this decision. We both loved the podcast so very much. And we love the friends and listeners more than they will probably know. I know for some of you it's just another podcast you listen to. And I get that, I listen to a lot of podcasts myself. But for us it was a colossal part of our lives, and it's absence will leave a gigantic hole. On the technical end of things, patreon has been paused and will shut down in about a month. I will try to keep it going through June, and you will not be charged for June. If there are any discrepancies here or there about any of the payments, contact me and we'll try to work it out. Patreon is very vague about how all of this works. That's very fitting for patreon The main feed will be up indefinitely. The money that we have received from patreon in large part will be going towards keeping it alive for as long as the money is there. It costs, as of now, about $120 a year. I feel the work that we produced was important and meaningful and unique among other photography podcasts. We both want it to be available for as long as possible. We have learned about so many photographers and eras, and did our best to make a show that was as informative as it was entertaining. We hope that you enjoyed it and maybe learned a little something along the way. For both of us, we thank you so much for your support and your love and your friendship over the years. We truly could not have done this without you. We love you. Bye bye. [This writing has been approved by both of us.] | |||
| Our First Truly Odd Episode (Also, Godland) - Episode 77 | 21 Feb 2023 | 01:45:37 | |
Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com
On this episode of All Through a Lens we’re experimenting with a slightly new format – the Odd Episode! These are the episodes that somehow fall between our regular episodes and the Dev Party episodes. Vania and Santa CruzFirst up is Vania who talks about her project in Santa Cruz. She’s filming on Super 8 in the damn water and shooting 120 there too. It’s for an upcoming film that she’ll tell you all about! Here are some of her photos, which you can pick up here: https://vaniazask.com/store GodlandWe then talk about the new film Godland, directed by Hlynur Palmason. In the 1890s, Lucas, a photographer and priest with the Danish Church, is tasked with establishing a church in Iceland. Rather than taking a boat directly to his destination, he wants to travel across the island on horseback to photograph the people and the land. It’s a slow, beautiful movie, and the bits about photography are perfectly intertwined in the film and the story. As of this recording, it is only playing in theaters. Here are some of the random stills that we’ve gathered. Zine Reviews We’ve moved the zine reviews to the odd episodes! 110 By Garon Kiesel – contact him here: @grain_or_die on IG. Monochrome Mania #9 by Mark O’Brien – Buy it here! PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! THE CREDITS OF ENDING | |||
| Dev Party #37 - Reversing Reversal | 04 May 2021 | 00:37:21 | |
Oh have we got a chaotic treat for you! We’re making black & white slides using regular black & white negative film! How? Why? We’ll tell you!
Vania used Foma’s reversal kit, which you can pick up here for a pretty penny: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/70150-Foma-Black-and-White-Reversal-Processing-Kit-for-Fomapan-R100 And she got such images as these: Meanwhile, Eric attempted a method touted on blogs and YouTube, which uses HC-110, hydrogen peroxide and white vinegar. His results were not as lovely as Vania’s: END CREDITS Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 41: Mugshots and Memorials - Charlie from Themselves Press | 27 Apr 2021 | 01:21:24 | |
On today’s show we’re talking to Charlie from Themselves Press, we’ll be telling you all about the weird history of police mug shots, there’s a couple of book reviews and a bit of a listener memorial to Aloy Anderson.
Full Show Notes & Photos here: https://allthroughalens.com/ CHARLIE CHUX CAMUGLIA: THEMSELVES PRESSLast episode we interviewed Denise Grays (@deniseg316), who had just published a zine through Themselves Press. That zine distro and press is run by charlie chux camuglia (@casualscience) of Themselves Press (@themselvespress). Since they’re into film photography, zines, art and cats, it just seems natural that we’d give them a call. Here are some of their photos: This is Charlie’s site: https://www.casual-science.com/hello And don’t forget to visit themselvespress.com THE HISTORY OF MUG SHOTSIt would be tempting to say that before the invention of photography, there was some sort of rudimentary form of mugshots. We might even want to claim that Wanted Posters from the Wild West and runaway slave notices were proto-mugshots. But they weren’t. Both existed before photography. Wanted posters eventually used photography, while runaway slave notices never used it at all (enslaved people were generally not photographed). In truth, mugshots grew out of the portrait industry. Both were, essentially, identical: front-facing, no expression, and photographed from the shoulders up. The stereotypical side-facing mugshot came later, and we’ll get to that. We delve into Rogues’ Galleries, Alexander Gardner, Thomas Byrnes, Cesara Lombroso, Francis Galton, Alphonse Bertillon – the usual suspects. Vania and Eric also talked about their favorite celebrity mug shots: Here are some we mentioned: We also mentioned Underworld: Mug Shots from the Roaring Twenties. ALOY ANDERSONWe asked our followers on Instagram to leave us voices message memorials to Aloy Anderson, who passed away last month. His YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKbs6hVUJsDxCVpZeZPurOg His Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/aloyandersonphotography/ His memorial service is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKa_AeQ_MMQ REVIEW: BLACK & WHITE & WEIRD ALL OVER Review of Black & White & Weird All Over by Jon “Bermuda” Schawartz. “Bermuda” Swartz has been Weird Al Yankovic’s drummer since they met on the Dr. Demento Show in September 1980. And while he’s known mostly for that, he was also a photographer. He picked up a Minolta SRT-101 in the early 70s, and was rolling his own rolls and printing in a home darkroom not long after. He quickly discovered that he simply documented everything. When it became more economical to shoot color, he switched over. But in 1983, as Weird Al was shooting the video for “Ricky” (a Desi & Lucy-based parody of Toni Basil’s “Hey Mickey”), he thought that black & white might just be the better choice to capture the shoot. He was not wrong. The book, a 200 page hardback, is made up of a couple hundred photos from 1983 to 1986, covering Al’s first album through his fourth, Polka Party. ZINE REVIEWSVania reviewed Wet Plate Collodion Photographs by Paul Bardon, available here: https://www.blurb.com/b/9819915-wet-plate-collodion-photographs Eric reviewed Bulldozed Future #2 by Ryan Berkebile (@l0ngdistancerunner on IG) PATREON: THANKS!Thank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Jaya Bhat @jayabhat on Instagram. THE CREDITS OF ENDINGMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Dev Party #36 - Cyanotype Field Trip | 20 Apr 2021 | 00:51:10 | |
On a very special edition of Dev Party, we are on location! We walk you through our steps of sensitizing watercolor paper with cyanotype emulsion. We then expose them in some very inconvenient ways. Eric does his on a hike, while Vania relaxes at home. And then comes the washing.
Here are Eric’s hike photos:
And here are some of his results: Vania did some as well! Here are some of her making them: And here are her results: END CREDITS Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
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| Episode 40: Deep Dark Blue - Cyanotypes and Denise Grays | 13 Apr 2021 | 01:13:43 | |
We’ve got a case of the mean blues! – it’s Cyanotypes this episode! What are they, where’d they come from and how can You, the listener at home, do them? We also talk to Denise Grays (@deniseg316) about Kansas and her new zine, A Love Letter to Kansas. Tiffen Sinclair (@tiffen.sinclair) drops by with some news about disposable cameras. There’s also the answering machine and zine reviews. DENISE GRAYS: A LOVE LETTER TO KANSAS Denise Grays has been photographing Kansas for more than a decade. Her recent zine, a Love Letter to Kansas, released by Themselves Press, sold out quickly. Since we both adore Kansas more than life itself, we thought it was a great time to have Denise on and talk to her all about it. Here are a few of Denise’s photos: And here are her blog: https://deniseonfilm.blogspot.com/ CYANOTYPES: THEIR HISTORY AND HOW TO LOVE THEM Cyanotype is a printing process that produces a deep blue negative print. Generally, a piece of paper is coated with an emulsion made up of potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate. Once dry, an opaque object is placed on top of the paper and exposed to light. After exposure and washing, the unexposed emulsion is washed away, leaving an impression of whatever object was placed on the paper. The exposed emulsion turns a deep Prussian Blue. We talk about John Herschel, who invented/discovered cyanotypes. So here are a few of his kinda crappy prints: We also talk a lot about Anna Atkins, who printed Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions in 1843. Here are a few of her cyanotypes: And some by her friend and “almost sister,” Anne Dixon: Vania has also done some before. Here’s a handkerchief she gave Eric: ZINE REVIEWS: ALL TRAVIS, ALL THE TIME Eric reviewed Better Off #1 by Travis Cannady (@betteroffzine and @travis_cannady on IG) It’s 60 pages of black and white city street graininess. Apart from some contact information, there are no words. The photos are printed full-bleed, extending to the very edges of the page. This gives it a really enveloping feel. He crops and moves his photos around to get the perfect composition. I’m always a little too afraid to do that. I’m an in-camera composer, and I desperately don’t want to be. And yet… It’s inspiring. I’m seriously mulling over ripping off his style. You should too. Or at least pick up his zine. $10 Vania reviewed Travis’ two other zines: Shadow and Light and Hannah & The Cambo Passportrait. PATREON: THANKS!Thank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Alex Percell @grainyblur on Instagram. THE CREDITS OF ENDING Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Dev Party #35 - Why Is Ortho? | 06 Apr 2021 | 00:35:00 | |
Let’s take a deep dive into Orthochromatic film! What is it? Why is it? Do you want to shoot it? Are you sure? And most importantly, how do you dev it? We really dig into the history of it and which bits of Roy G Biv it picks up. Also, how it compares to emulsions that came before it. Isn’t this exciting? Eric shot Ilford Ortho Plus, devving it in Rodinal 1+50 for 15mins. Here are some pics: Vania shot some Fuji HR-U X-ray film, which is orthochromatic, picking up both blues and greens (many x-ray emulsions pick up only blue). She devved it in Rodinal 1+100 for 4mins. Here are some of hers: If you were curious how blue sensitive-only emulsion compares to blue-green sensitive, here’s a color chart: Here are some other comparisons: Vania also mentioned shooting ortho with a red filter in Yellowstone. Here’s that… END CREDITSVania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
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| Episode 39: Of Mindfulness and Impostor Syndrome -- Roxannalog! | 30 Mar 2021 | 01:26:41 | |
Tonight, on a very special All Through a Lens… we’re going to be talking about quite a bit more than just film photography. We’ll welcome Roxanna Angles and discuss Mindfulness through Photography. Both Vania and I will be digging into Impostor Syndrome and how to get out of that weird little spiral. There’s a bit on journaling, there’s the answering machine question, some zine reviews, and all the banter you’ve grown to love…. ROXANNALOG! You might know Roxanna Angles La Belle as @Roxannalog from the Negative Positives podcast. But she’s also an author who wrote the book An Introduction to Mindfulness Through Photography. We gave her a call to talk to her all about it. An Introduction to Mindfulness Through Photography. Here are some of Roxanna’s photos: IMPOSTOR SYNDROMEFor our main feature, we enter into a discussion about Impostor Syndrome. Impostor Syndrome is the feeling of doubt in your own talent, in your own abilities, despite evidence to the contrary. For some, it can be a nagging feeling of insecurity, but for others it can turn into an almost paranoid certainty that someone will expose them as a fraud. Ironically, this often strikes after something good. Rather than believing that these accomplishments came from our own skills and expertise, we end up thinking it was luck or random chance that led to our success. In many of the papers and articles we’ve read, the focus is on CEOs, celebrities, and the incredibly wealthy. It’s almost as if to say “see, they’re just like us – even the incredibly powerful can have doubts!” But let’s set that aside. We’re not CEOs, we’re not famous, and we’re just scraping by. We’re not professional photographers. We’re taking photos, doing zines, and talking about photography. In fact, for many of us, film photography is our art. However, even an artist isn’t immune to this. Articles about “Artists at the top of their game” abound. In those cases, they’re speaking to professional artists. Their stories, at least to me, aren’t relatable or inspiring. We are not professional photographers, but for some reason, we still sometimes feel that we’re faking it. ZINE REVIEWSRust Buckets by Regaldo (@pretty_nifty on IG) https://www.instagram.com/pretty_nifty/ Monochrome Mania #4 by Mark O’Brien (@mobphotos on IG) https://checkout.square.site/buy/QHBXTII6Y6SBOIO4B2MSLTGH PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Alex Morrison @alexmorrison35 on Instagram. END CREDITS Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Dev Party #34 - Dev Fiesta! | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:35:16 | |
This is a very Vania episode! She’s just returned from a surfing and shooting trip to Mexico and she tells us all about shooting with the Pentax 645N and its unwieldy waterhousing. Vania developed some old ass 220 FujiChrome (RAP), expired in the early 90s. Here are her photos: And Eric devved some Fuji NP-2 800, expired in 2003. He devved in his DIY ECN-2 kit. END CREDITSVania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 38: Photographers Need Pockets - Marion Post Wolcott (with Tiffen Sinclair) | 16 Mar 2021 | 01:19:11 | |
On this episode we get to meet Tiffen Sinclair (@tiffen.sinclair on IG), host of the Fit with Film podcast, and our new on the spot correspondent! We’ll also be talking a whole hell of a lot about FSA photographer Marion Post Wolcott. There’s the answering machine, zine reviews, loads more fun… TIFFEN SINCLAIRWe interviewed Tiffen and learned a whole hell of a lot about how she got into film and her night shots. Here are a few of her photos: MARION POST WOLCOTT Our main feature was about Marion Post Wolcott (and Tiffen read the part of Marion!). You can access her FSA photos here: https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa=contributor:wolcott,+marion+post Here is a lovely sampling of Marion’s work: During the show, we mentioned Marion’s car getting stuck in Kentucky. Here are her shots from it: ZINE REVIEWSWe reviewed two zines: NSW West by Bill Thoo: https://pixelsandgrain.photo.blog/ Grid by Garon Kiesel: @grain_or_die on IG PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Tim Anderson! @dv_over_dt on Insta END CREDITS Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists | |||
| Dev Party #33 - Back to Basics | 09 Mar 2021 | 00:38:13 | |
On this episode, we’re taking it all back to the beginning and walking you through the very basics of black & white film developing. We also talk a bit about the science behind it. Dig it, won’t you? Here’s a list of the stuff we used with links to Freestyle Photo Rodinal: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/12054-Adox-Rodinal-Film-Developer-500-ml HC-110 (generic): https://www.freestylephoto.biz/10190-LegacyPro-L110-Liquid-Film-Developer-1-Pint-(Makes-2-Gallons) Graduated Pitcher: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/204256-Kaiser-Graduated-Beaker-1000-ml Developing Tank: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/5031-Arista-Classic-Double-Reel-Developing-Tank-with-Two-Reels (there are many others to choose from, as well). Fixer: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/6200-Arista-Premium-Odorless-Liquid-Fixer-32-oz.
Vania developed Ilford Delta 400 in HC-110B for 10 mins. Here are some of her results: Eric shot Shanghai GP3, developing it in Rodinal 1+25 for 7.5mins: END CREDITS
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
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| Episode 37: A Man With a Camera (and a Death Wish) | 02 Mar 2021 | 01:28:10 | |
This is an action packed episode full of teenage street gangs and bank robbers! We’re going to introduce you a late 50s TV show all about a freelance photographer played by a youngish Charles Bronson. We’ll be talking to Jaya Bhat (@jayabhat on IG) about Polacon SF. We’ve got a book review, an zine review, some potentially good advice on slumping and a whole bunch more. JAYA BHAT AND POLACON SFThis episode, we interviewed one of the kindest and most supportive film photographers you’ll ever meet. He’s put out a few zines, has dabbled in cyanotypes and is even running a demo at Polacon SF this year… let’s give it the hell up for Jaya Bhat! Jaya is @jayabhat on IG and can be found here: http://www.whatjayasees.com/ His zines can be found here: https://jayabhat.bigcartel.com/ And here are some of his photos: Information on Polacon SF 2021 can be found on @instantfilmsociety MAN WITH A CAMERA STARRING CHARLES BRONSON!By 1958, photography was evolving into a hobby accessible to nearly everyone. Companies like Kodak and Minolta were cranking out easy-to-use rangefinders for the beginners. Camera stores could hardly keep home developing kits and chemicals in stock. Everybody at least knew somebody who had a basement darkroom. And when things get popular, Hollywood takes note. They wanted to make a TV show about a photographer, but all that anybody wanted to watch was gritty noir like Naked City and Peter Gun. It was action shows that clogged the airwaves with The Rifleman and Bat Masterson. In a fictional world ruled by private eyes, gangers and action heroes, what was a show about photographers supposed to do? Simple! Rip them off! And that’s exactly what 1958’s Man with a Camera did! Man with a Camera was originally marketed as being “based on the exploits of famed New York photographer Weegee.” That copy soon changed, dropping the namedrop to settle upon calling it “a new adventure series based on the exploits of a freelance photographer!” We watched two episodes: Close Up on Violence (S1E5 – actually the pilot) You can watch this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17oFZvPH1D8 This introduces us to Charles Bronson’s Mike Kovac as he goes up against a youth gang to save a dame (basically). Here’s a few stills from it:
And the other episode was Profile of a Killer (S1E3). In this episode, Bronson’s Mike Kovak is kidnapped by a bank robber/murderer and eventually has to save a dame. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCxGVGg4_k Here are some stills: ZINE REVIEW (AND A BOOK REVIEW) Eric reviewed three amazing zines by M.M. Brady. Most of the zines we review were sent to us for that purpose. This one is different. I found the photographer from the Women with Film Wednesday hashtag. She goes by M.M. Brady and is @megonfilm on Instagram. She has three zines available in a bundle for $30, and that’s what I picked up. Her first is called Bubblegum. It’s an 8.5×11 newsprint paper that unfolds into a 23”x34” poster. It “explores the frequency and frivolity of the color pink in everyday life.” As far as design goes, Vania and I have talked about doing something like this for a long time now. But doing it on newsprint never crossed our minds. Honestly, I’m really thrilled with how well it turned out. Each page unfolded holds new photos until it’s all unfolded. The “poster,” as it were is a huge photo of hay bales wrapped in pink plastic. The second, a more traditional zine, is Diane – both her and her mother’s middle name. She grew up in Seattle (which is a really rare thing at this point), and her photos of the city help her feel grounded. These are scenes of a very lived in city. Ignoring the tourist spots, her work in Diane is of the residential. It’s 24 pages of color, and roughly a halfsize zine. Her most recent is Only Diamonds Now Remain. Dipping back into newsprint, this is of memories. With photos and text, she takes us on a tour of her time in Spokane during the summer of 2003. All three zines are lovingly designed and very different from what most of us are used to. The printing service Mixam sort of has the film photography community in its clutches (myself very much included). So it’s nice to see someone whose printing feels almost outsider. It’s refreshing, and we need much more of it. And Vania reviewed Two Rivers by Matt Williams Two Rivers is both a ghost and a road story—one that traverses decades and dimensions as much as it does waterways and highways, both real and imagined. The book project began in the spirit of documentary during the summer of 2018, as I set out to recreate my own dreams and memories as cinematically as they are rendered in my mind. It quickly transformed into something else altogether—an investigation into the nature of time, consciousness, and identity, and an exploration of the enduring significance and soul of geographies. The visual narrative flits between worlds, shot through with bliss, horror, longing, liberation, and intergenerational ecstasy and trauma, populated by phantoms. The photographs were made all over Canada, primarily on a 2019 road trip across the country from Halifax to Vancouver, using black and white, medium format and 35mm film. https://www.mattgwilliams.com/two-rivers-books PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Dan Tree! @dantreephoto on IG Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists | |||
| Bless Your Heart – Lee Miller and Man Ray (w/ Kat Swansey) – Episode 76 | 14 Feb 2023 | 01:34:30 | |
Full show notes and photos here: allthroughalens.com
We are back from our long winter’s nap with a wonderful show for you. We’ll be talking with the amazing Kat Swansey (@katswanseyphoto on IG) about her new book, and then sharing with you another story of collaboration and love gone wrong with Lee Miller and Man Ray. We’ve got the answering machine question, and a bit of housekeeping, so welcome the hell back to All Through a Lens! Kat SwanseyWe first talked to Kat Swansey all the way back in episode 18. We fell in love with her straight forward depictions of small town Texas. But now she’s back with a book called Texas Textures, and we we’re excited as hell to hear what she has to say… Her book: https://www.katswansey.com/book Web: https://www.katswansey.com/ IG: @katswanseyphoto And here are some of her photos: Lee Miller and Man Ray One of the topics we’ve been exploring lately is the idea of collaboration. We examined the love between Claud Calhoun and Marcel Moore; Talked with Taylor and Kate Miller-Wilson about their water-side photos; and most recently looked at the toxic dependency between Margrethe Mather and Edward Weston. Today, we’re entering into the intense and desperate four year relationship between Lee Miller and Man Ray. How might a self-centered, aristocratic Vogue model of 22 get along with a short, odd, working class, surrealist photographer pushing 40? As we’ll see, Lee Miller was not your average fashion icon, and Man Ray wasn’t your typical surrealist. In fact, Lee might have fit that definition far better than Man. Lee Miller and Man Ray shot hundreds of photos together. Some of them we can even share with you. We also referenced a few other photos by Lee and Man separately: PATREON Thank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! THE CREDITS OF ENDING | |||
| Dev Party #32 - DIY ECN-2: The Twoening | 23 Feb 2021 | 00:40:22 | |
Sure, we've talked about Eric's DIY ECN-2 kits before, but we'll walk you through it step-by-step to make sure you've got it down.
We'll also talk about an alarming amount of non-ECN-2-related things. We get all chittery chattery on this episode. So you don't want to miss it! And if you want to pick up the ECN-2 kit, you can do so here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/781436189/ecn-2-color-film-developing-kit Vania devved one sheet:
And Eric devved two:
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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Episode 36: Shirley You Can't Be Serious | 16 Feb 2021 | 01:03:59 | |
On episode 36, we talk to Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography on IG), whose zines basically put the rest of ours to sad, sad shame. We talk a bit about the Shirley Card and what it meant to not just color film, but to people of color. There’s also a zine review and the answering machine. Plus a new segment with a new host – Tiffen Sinclair (@tiffen.sinclair on IG)! LIZ POTTERThis past week, we both received two breath-taking zines in the mail, and both from Liz Potter. We had Liz on in September, but since that time, she’s been way busier than all of us put together. Here are her two new zines: These are available on her Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LizPotterPhotography During the interview, we talked about shooting square vs. shooting panoramas. Here are some comparisons: We discussed two panoramic photos in particular: And here are a few of her other photos: SHIRLEY CARDS AND KODAK’S RACIAL MISSTEPSKodak noticed early on that the skin tones of the models they were using were sometimes too blush or sometimes too pale, depending upon the lighting, the emulsion and the printing. Realizing that a standard was needed, they grabbed their favorite model, a woman by the name of Shirley Long, took a few photos of her and color matched the prints in the lab. What they produced was soon known as “The Shirley Card” – a rudimentary color print showing the brunette Shirley in a red cloak holding a blue folder. It was from this card that lab techs would calibrate their prints. Here are a few examples of Kodak’s Shirley Cards: And this is Kodak’s first multi-racial Shirley Card, used in 1995: Much of our information on this has come from the paper “Looking at Shirley, the Ultimate Norm” by Lorna Roth. We’ll have a link to the original in our shownotes. https://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/2196 UNSOLICITED ADVICE WITH TIFFEN SINCLAIR You might know her from her Fit With Film Podcast (available @tiffen.sinclair on IG), or you might not. Stay tuned for more and more. C-SCAPES ZINEVania reviewed C-Scapes, a zine that finds seven photographers exploring nature and isolation together in 2020 during Sydney’s covid lockdowns. Get it here: https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1916656?__r=2718185&s=w Follow it here on IG @c_scapes_zine. PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Kate Miller-Wilson (@katemillerwilson on IG)! https://katenearyphotography.zenfolio.com/ END CREDITSMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Dev Party #31- Party in the Tickle Tent | 09 Feb 2021 | 00:28:21 | |
While Vania developed some C-41, Eric took another crack at X-Ray film. This time he used a dark tent ("lovingly" dubbed "the tickle tent"). It's a weird tent with holes for your arms and room for four buckets of chemicals.
Here are a couple of Vania's shots:
And here are a few of Eric's:
And here are some behind-the-scenes shots from Eric's set up:
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Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists | |||
| Episode 35: Reciprocity Failure and the Lives It's Destroyed | 02 Feb 2021 | 01:06:33 | |
On this episode we’ll be calling up Or Sachs (@or_sachs on IG) all the way the hell over there in Israel! We’ll also be wading through the slow murky depths of reciprocity failure - what is it, why should you care, and do we? Apart from that we’ve got the answering machine, a letter from someone who doesn't listen to our show, and a new zine! Or Sachs
Or Sachs, a film photographer and a photography teacher. We gushed about his zine, “Summer Kingdom” a few episodes ago and just had to get him on. He came back to film photography about four years ago and is doing some amazing large format work.
In this interview, we talk about the film community in Israel as well as the fascinating community of agricultural workers he's photographed.
Here are a few of his photos:
And this is his zine, Summer Kingdom:
Buy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/858603228/summer-kingdom Reciprocity Failure
Let us try to explain this phenomenon to you.
During the piece, we referenced two of Eric's photos, one of which he didn't account for reciprocity failure.
New Zine!
Eric's got a new zine out, and Vania takes a look at it.
Buy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/929012834/in-this-land-vol-1-no-2-film-photography PATREON
Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!
Our featured Patron for this episode is Juliet Schwab. END CREDITS
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon, Spotify Playlists
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| Dev Party #30 - The Defensive Pessimism Party | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:30:41 | |
Listen to us develop some fresh out of the can Soviet-era film! Meanwhile, Vania talks about her commercial shoot she did on film. Eric mostly asks questions and mixes up some chemicals.
Here are some of Vania's shots...
And here are some of Eric's:
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon | |||
| Episode 34: Poets, Prophets, Painters, and Lovely Maidens | 19 Jan 2021 | 01:08:46 | |
On this episode we’re fluttering back to the 1860s to tell you all about Julia Margaret Cameron and her weird and ethereal photos . We’ll be talking to photographer and model Sarah Jean Achor (@sarahjeanachor on Insta). We’ve also got zine reviews and the answering machine. Sarah Jean Achor
On this episode, we’ll be giving a call to Sarah Jean Achor (@sarahjeanachor on Insta), a film and instant photographer from Columbus, Ohio. The photos she’s taken, as well as the photos taken of her play off each other in ghostly and dramatic ways.
Here are a few of her photos:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Camerion is remembered for her theatrical and soft focus portraits depicting emotions, allegories, and biblical myths. Her photographs, taken in the 1860s and 70s, were staged more like paintings done by Rembrant and Raphael. Her work was loved by the artists and poets, but ridiculed by most other photographers. Over the course of a dozen years, Mrs. Cameron produced more than 900 finished photographs.
Mrs. Cameron’s work was not only influenced by the Victorian era, steeped in legend and stories. But it was also a rebellion against the social norms and expectations put upon her.
Here are some of the photos we talked about during the episode:
We referenced Dorthea Lange's Migrant Mother photo looking very similar to Mrs. Cameron's Madonna Pensarosa.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/cameron-julia-margaret/artworks/. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1990/julia-margaret-cameron-british-born-india-1815-1879/ PDF of the Complete Works of Julia Margaret Cameron: https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/0892366818.html Zine Reviews
We essentially reviewed three zines this episode:
Twin Lens Challenge - https://www.danielnovakphoto.com/zines
The Bulldozed Future - https://longdistancerunner.org/
Initial Frames - https://www.mynameismwd.org/
PATREON
Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!
Our featured Patron for this episode is Michael Dales @mdales END CREDITS
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon
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| Dev Party #29 - Positively Marley | 12 Jan 2021 | 00:30:58 | |
Vania's daughter joins us for her second development ever - slide film processed in E-6 chemistry! Is this too much? Will her photos turn out? And most importantly, how pretty is the pre-wash?
All this an more will be answered! Tune in!
Here are some of her shots...
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon | |||
| Episode 33: Done With The Sugar Coating | 05 Jan 2021 | 01:19:41 | |
On our first show of the year, we’ve got the second part of our feature on the Zone System (remember that?), we are interviewing Danielle Wrobleski aka @girlwithtoomanycameras, there’s the answering machine and we’ll finally talk about our winter projects! Danielle!
You might know her as girlwithtoomanycameras on Instagram. You might also know her about the woman behind the hashtag #womenwithfilmwednesday. She’s shaken things up lately, and we’re going to dig into why this movement within the film community is necessary.
Here are a few of her photos:
Zone System 2: Zoner Patrol
Two episodes we took a look at the Zone System. We gave a basic overview to the best of our abilities. Since nobody lodged any formal complaints against us, we’re trudging forward!
While we talked about how to use the system to get a very average shot, that’s not all you can do with the Zone system.
In this segment, we’ll talk about how to get the photo you want - be it darker or lighter than average - using the same principles we used before.
Here's the shot that Eric talked about:
And here's Vania's:
Zine Reviews!
This episode we reviewed:
3 Hour Tour
You can get it here: https://www.shrkbait.co/product/3-hour-tour
And we took a look at City and Flowers: Trichromes, which you can find here: https://blog.dankspangle.com/buy-prints
PATREON
Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!
Our featured Patron for this episode is Jojonas! Check out his work on IG: @kollimatorn END CREDITS
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
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| Dev Party #28 - Old, Super and Supreme | 29 Dec 2020 | 00:29:35 | |
On this excited episode of Dev Party, Eric and Vania develop film that expired about 70 years ago!
Eric tried his hand at some Ansco Superpan Press from 1953ish, while Vania devved some Ansco Supreme from 1950.
Here are Eric's results:
And here are a few of Vania's:
We both developed in HC-110; 1+90; for 18mins.
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon | |||
| Episode 32: A Very Dumpsterish Fire | 22 Dec 2020 | 01:34:56 | |
Hey! We basically made it through 2020! And while the number of the year is essentially arbitrary and nothing will automatically change because we add a digit, we guess it’s something to celebrate, right?
Soooo anyway, on this, our very last show the year, we’ll be hearing from guests of episodes’ past, reviewing zines we’ve received as presents, and talking about talking about plans of photography future… get it? Guests of Episodes Past
On this episode, we heard from a slew of old friends who left voice messages to let us know how they're doing.
Zines!
We reviewed two zines one this episode:
Pinoramademic by Alex Morrison
PATREON
Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!
Our featured Patron for this episode is Robert Burton! Check out his work on IG: @elgatomagnifico END CREDITS
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
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| Dev Party - The Ansel Method Revisited | 07 Feb 2023 | 00:45:20 | |
On this episode we talk a bit about the Ansel Method – What is it? Why is it? Does it work? But more importantly, while we dev, Vania tells us all about her trip up north. Eric (@conspiracy.of.cartorgraphers on IG) shot Agfa APX25, which expired in 2003, in the greatest medium format camera ever made: the Mamiya RB67. Here are his: Vania (@surfmartian on IG) shot Fomapan 100 in a Pentax 67 (borrowed). And these are Vania’s taken on her recent trip! The Ansel Method!Apparently, Ansel Adams used one particular formula in the 80s for all “modern emulsions.” This formula was Kodak HC-110 in a ratio of 1+90 for 18mins. This means that you’d use 5.5ml of developer in 500ml of water. For agitation, do 30 seconds at first and then five seconds every three minutes. Stop and fix as normal. This should be able to develop any normal black & white emulsion PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! THE CREDITS OF ENDING | |||
| Dev Party #27 - Cool for Pyrocats | 15 Dec 2020 | 00:35:41 | |
It's about time we hit up a new (to us) developer! This time around it's Pyrocat-HD. This is a staining developer that was recommended to us. It's sort of like PMK Pyro, but not! The instructions are amorphous and vague. But did we get pics? Vania shot Ilford HP5+ at 200iso and devved at 1+1+100 for 9 minutes! Meanwhile, Eric devved Ilford FP4+ at box speed at 1+1+100 for 8 minutes! | |||
| Episode 31: A Very Zoney System | 08 Dec 2020 | 01:22:26 | |
On this week’s show we’re talking to the hardest working man in photography – Jamie Maldonado (@jamiemphoto on IG). Our feature this week is our first part of two about the Zone System – we’ll be doing our best to wade through that mess and tell you about how we’ve used it to take a few photos here and there. We’ve also got the answering machine and a couple of zine reviews. JAMIE MALDoNADO We called up photographer Jamie Maldonado for a chat about shooting “Distance Sessions” via FaceTime during the (ever-ongoing) pandemic. Here’s a selection of his work: And here’s where you can pick up his zines: BASICALLY THE ZONE SYSTEMWe are admittedly new to Zone System, but that doesn’t stop us from slogging through Ansel Adams’ prose in some sort of self-flagellation ritual.
We referenced a photo taken by Eric for most of this. Camera: Mamiya RB67Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mmFilm: Kodak Verichrome Pan; x-1/1996Process: HC-110; 1+90; 18minOctober 2020 ZINE REVIEWSWe reviewed: Monochrome Mania No. 3 by Mark O’Brien, which you can (and absolutely should) pick up here. We also reviewed Venetiae Deerratus by Federico Quaglino. PATREON Thank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Kikie Wilkins! Check out his work on IG: @kikiewilkins END CREDITSMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon
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| Dev Party#26 - The Best Party By a Dam Site | 01 Dec 2020 | 00:26:25 | |
On this little ol' episode, we're developing some oldish film. It's not the most elderly emulsions we've devved, but hey... Vania devved two rolls of color using the C-41 process: And here are a few photos Eric took:
About seven minutes into the episode, Eric and Vania talked about an ECN-2 kit mistake they've both made. Vania made hers about a year ago, and Eric did his just recently. Curiously enough, they both made the mistake on photos taken in the exact same place: The mistake was that they accidentally skipped the water stop and wash steps immediately following the development step. Thou shalt not do this. Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon
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| Episode 30: The Jovial Marigold | 24 Nov 2020 | 01:14:00 | |
On this week’s show we give a call to Megan Karson (@megankarson on IG), a tintype photographer. We’ll take another quick shot at the whole E-6 thing. We’ve got zine reviews and more fun. Plus we’ll tell you about Julia E. Tuell, a little-known photographer of Native Americans who was one of the few who were granted access to ceremonies typically barred to whites. Megan Karson
Our interview this week is with Megan Karson. We talk about how she got into photography and tintypes, traveling while shooting, the differences between shooting film vs. tintype portraits, and a whole lot more.
You can find her @megankarson on IG as well as www.megankarson.com.
Julia Tuell
Our feature is about Julia Tuell, a photographer who lived on several Indian Reservations in Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana in the early 1900s. She was so trusted by the tribes that they allowed her access to not only their daily lives, but to their ceremonies.
You can find a lovely selection of her work on our website.
Links
Three of Julia's photo albums.
Julia Tuell's photography on Facebook
Julia Tuell's (basically official) website. Zine Reviews
Functional Japan/ese by Robert Burton
This is a book more than anything. It’s about 100 pages long and perfect bound. Over 100 photos taken with a Pentax K1000. It’s got cats. I’ve complained about lack of cats before, and I think Robert has really delivered here. I mean, there could always be more, but this is great.
You can find Robert @elgatomagnifico on IG.
The zine can be bought on his Etsy page. Patreon
Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff!
Our featured Patron for this episode is Dave Walker! Check out his work on IG: @alanbeingalan End Credits
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits
All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon
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| Dev Party #25 - Waterhouse Party | 17 Nov 2020 | 00:34:03 | |
On this episode, Vania develops her first roll shot with the new waterhousing she had custom made for her Pentax 645N. Is she excited? What do you think?
Here are some of her photos:
She shot Ilford FP4+ and devved it in PMK Pyro; 1+2+100 for 10mins.
Eric also developed some stuff. It just so happened to be some shots of Vania surfing!
He shot HP5+ and devved in PMK Pyro 1+2+100 for 12 minutes.
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon | |||
| Episode 29: It's Brine Time! | 10 Nov 2020 | 01:28:54 | |
Yo-ho! We’re on this week’s show, we’re talking to Pete Halvorsen (@petehalvorsen on IG) about his seaside photography. Following that, we’ll plumb the depths of underwater photography from the first photo to Jacques Cousteau. We’ll also discuss some of our recent film failures and why we don’t shoot digital – the reasons might not be what you think. But first, Vania has a bit of an on-the-road report recorded while she was driving and photographing her way through the lower South West. With a bit of a time jump, she’s with us for the rest of the episode. ANSWERING THE MACHINEBefore diving in (haha) we listen to the answering machine. This episode’s question is: Why not digital? We received more answers for this than ever before, thank you! WATCH OUT FOR SNAKESWe’ve been having a few film failures of late, and we tell you about them because that’s what we do now. Here are a couple of Vania’s. She shot Fuji Neopan 1600 and accidentally developed it in C-41: And here are two of Eric’s, complete with the light leak provided by the watch:
If you go to Manhattan beach as much as Vania does, you’ll end up meeting Pete Halvorsen. Pete’s a regular at the pier. While he shoots mainy digital for his commercial and professional work, he’s never left film behind. Today we’re going to talk to him about why. We talk to Pete about his professional work and how it’s changed during these weird plague days. He tells us why he likes the RZ67 and why he still shoots film. Pete’s website: http://www.pchpro.com Pete on IG: @petehalvorsen Here are a few of his film photos: The first underwater photo was taken by William Thompson in 1856 and it was horrible: Fortunately things improved. The first underwater portrait was taken by Louis Boutan in 1893. It’s pretty rad:
Here are a few other photos concerning Boutan:
Louis Boutan’s book. In French, so good luck: https://archive.org/details/laphotographieso00bout/mode/2up J. E. Williamson and his Graflex going down into the tube.Though we question it, this is “officially” the first color photo taken underwater, 1923. We wrap up by talking about when underwater cameras went commercial. The first was the Mako Shark, a camera Vania owns and has shot with. Here are a couple of her photos: We’re finally back to reviewing zines! This one comes from Canada! It’s called Houses of the Holy by Markus Staley. And it is just what it says it is – a zine full of churches. I’m kind of a church fan myself. Like Marcus, I’m drawn to their architecture. This is an 8”x8” zine, perfect bound and comprised of both film (35mm and 120) and some digital shots. For me, the black& white photos are my favorites. Particularly, the ones with more close up details, like the one of the Berean Baptist Church. You can pick it up @markusstaleyphotography NEXT DEV PARTYOn our next Dev Party, Vania develops the first roll taken with her new water housing! PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Our featured Patron for this episode is Dave Walker! Check out his work on IG: @davethewalker80 END CREDITSMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Dev Party #24 - Dev Man's Party | 03 Nov 2020 | 00:29:44 | |
On this episode, we continue our X-Ray fun by developing X-Ray film of our own! Here are some of our results:
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| Episode 28: I Have Seen My Death | 27 Oct 2020 | 00:54:54 | |
On this week’s spookyish show… we’re talking about x-ray film and x-rays in general, really. What are they? How’d all that happen and what’s with x-ray film? We’ll talk about cameras stealing souls, and also talk to Montana photographer Leland Buck (@leland.buck on IG). After we field some messages concerning the emulsion our listeners would like to see brought back from the dead, we get into it. THE ‘STEALING YOUR SOUL’ MYTHWe were kicking around spooky ideas for a spooky Halloween episode. So what we came up with was this idea that some cultures are afraid of having their picture taken because they supposedly believe that the camera will steal their soul. It seems like so many stories told by photographers of their times among the Native Americans or indigenous Africans are capped off with the subjects refusing to be photographed. The reason, which most of us accepted as fact, was that these strange and superstitious people actually believed that the camera could steal their soul. But this got us wondering… did anyone actually believe this? We did some digging. HEY, LELAND!Leland Buck is a Montana photographer who shoots x-ray film. But we didn’t just talk to him about that. We covered Montana, various emulsions and shooting styles, as well as a ton of tips for shooting X-ray film. Here are a few of x-ray images Leland took: More can be seen here. THE HISTORY OF X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHYWe’ve always kicked around the idea of shooting on x-ray film, but after trying, we couldn’t resist learning more about it. 1895 found German physicist, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, in his laboratory experimenting with vacuum tubes. He didn’t exactly have a specific theory he was chasing. He was merely seeing what adding different variables to the already established science might produce. This brings us to the “first” x-ray photograph. According to biographer Otto Glasser, the event went like this: Röntgen “conceived another experiment for which one evening he persuaded Mrs. Rontgen to be the subject. At his instruction she placed her hand on a cassette loaded with a photographic plate, upon which he directed the rays from his tube for fifteen minutes. On the developed plate the bones of the hand appeared light within the darker shadow of the surrounding flesh, two rings on her finger had almost completely stopped the rays and were clearly visible. When he showed the picture to her, she could hardly believe that this bony hand was her own and shuddered at the thought that she was seeing her skeleton. To Mrs. Rontgen, as to many others later, this experience gave a vague premonition of death.” Legend has tacked on an ending where Mrs. Röntgen saw the image of her boney hand and exclaimed “I have seen my death!” and fled the lab never to enter it again. This little ending is probably apocryphal, but it makes for a good title, so we had to include it. Here are some early x-ray shots – some by Röntgen, most by others. There were poems and cartoons written and drawn about the dangers of x-ray photography – though these dangers weren’t what we know them to be now. Here are two shots on x-ray film by Vania: And here are two shots on x-ray film by Eric:
On our next Dev Party, we’ll be developing X-ray film! PATREON SHOUT OUTSThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! Jason Conklin Lori Brooks Jack Johnson Suzanne Lopez Toni Skokovic Anonymous Ben Webster Cliff Baldwin The Reverend Dwanye’ Michael Leland Buck Bob DeHoff Jesse Alan Mills Mike Crawford Matthew Stubbs Ken Bertram shades Janet Devereaux-Gaffney Ryan Barker LIz Potter Michelle Singletary Ralph Brandi Martín Ventura Colin Cameron Space_Critter Jaya Bhat Alex Purcell Omols Steve Tester Alex Morrison MillsMills Adam Roberts Tim Anderson Dan Tree Or sachs Kate Miller-Wilson Jonathan Feng Juliet Schwab Michael Dales kollimatorn Robert Burton Abel Silva Kikie Wilkins Alan Joseph Marx Dave Walker James Huffstutler Jamie Maldonado Nick GaylordThis episode, our featured patron is James Huffstutler! He’s @allingrain on Instagram. END CREDITSMusic by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Dev Party #23 – The Posi-Machine | 19 Oct 2020 | 00:32:05 | |
| Episode 27: The Opera of Photography | 13 Oct 2020 | 01:18:35 | |
We’re talking about Kodak Ektachrome – the history of the film and the various processes used to develop it. We’ll also give you some advice on shooting and developing expired film. We’ve got the answering machine question, some more trivia, AND we’ll give a call to Janet (@janet_built_a_wet_plate on IG), the woman who built her own wetplate camera. After a bit of small talk and trivia, we get down to it! First up is the answering machine question: Apart from photography, does other analog media play a role in your life? We got a bunch of wonderful responses – and two people who still use reel-to-reels – amazing! LET’S TALK ABOUT EXPIRED FILMOn our first segment, we both talk about our experiences with shooting and developing expired film. We get specific and continuously warn that there are no rules. That whole “one stop for every decade” thing isn’t exactly bunk, but it’s not something you can ever count on. First we go over how to shoot it – everything depends upon the original ISO and how the film was stored. You likely only know one of these things, so good luck! Then we go over processing. Basically, box speed always. Here are some of Eric’s oldest shots:
Suppose you wanted to shoot wetplate collodian, but you didn’t know much about cameras or photography. And then suppose that instead of buying an old ass camera to figure it out, you just built one yourself. That’s Janet. And we had a wonderful conversation with her about camera building, wetplate workshops, the opera (she said that “wetplate collodian is the opera of photography”) and so much more. It really was a delightful interview. THE HISTORY OF EKTACHROME Ektachrome and its process has been around for nearly 75 years. We delved into the subject, talking about each of the various E’s (E-1, E-2, E-6, etc). We used the research of Maurice Fisher and Michael Talburt (here) as the backbone, but fattened it up with various newspaper photography columns that were published as Kodak broke the news of Ektachrome (and the numerous iterations along the way). We even take you through the earliest Ektachrome Process, step by step! And this episode, our featured patron is Jamie Maldonado! You can (and should) find him at (@jamiemphoto on IG).
—– Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Dev Party - Abandon All Nope | 24 Jan 2023 | 00:53:07 | |
Full shownotes and photos here: allthroughalens.com
On this episode of Dev Party we’re developing film and talking about the ethics of photographing abandoned places (sort of, you’ll see). Eric shot some Kodak TMax 100, expired in 1991. And because of this, we talk a bit about what we were doing that year. We’ve forgotten a lot. Meanwhile, Vania shot some Portra 160, also through the Mamiya RB67. Vania lets slip her complete lack of memory when it comes to 90s game shows. Eric developed his film in 510Pyro 1+100 for 11.5mins. Here are a few of his: Vania went with C-41. And here are her shots: Right in the middle, we play a few minutes of an interview we did with Taylor (@taylarlar on IG) and Kate Miller-Wilson (@katemillerwilson on IG) about the “ethics” of moving stuff around for a better photo when visiting abandoned places. PATREONThank you to everyone who supports us! Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes, extended interviews, early drops. Tons of stuff! THE CREDITS OF ENDING
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| Dev Party #22: This Is Not a Bison Party | 06 Oct 2020 | 00:26:33 | |
On this episode, we talk about the Kansas town of Bison! We visited it this past summer and fell in love, shooting a LOT of photos there. Upon our return, we researched a bit about the town’s history and decided that it would be fun if we both developed Bison rolls while talking about the town of Bison! Both of us shot Rollei Retro 400S and we both developed it in HC-110H for 13 minutes (this seems like an odd thing to do, but we did it anyway). Here are some of Eric’s photos: And here are some of Vanias: In a curious twist of fate and bad organizational skills, neither of us ended up developing any Bison photos. Go figure.
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 26: From Russia with Photobooths | 29 Sep 2020 | 01:03:45 | |
On this week’s show we are laser-focused upon photobooths! Where did they come from and where have they gone? And what were they doing along the way? We’ll also be talking to Breanna Conley Saxon (@saybrebooth on IG) about … photobooths! She’s got a few and we get to talk to her about them! There’s the answering machine and zine reviews too. (We’ve even got some photobooth sound effects provided by Bre!) After a bit of chitty chattery (Vania’s been surfing, Eric’s been not), we push the button on the answering machine. This episode’s question is: Do you compose differently for color vs. black & white? After listening to you folks, we gave our answers too. Breanna Conley SaxonLET’S CALL BRE!This episode, we gave a call to Breanna Conley Saxon (@saybrebooth on IG). Unlike most of us, she collects photobooths. Her journey has taken her from one coast to the other. From a Alabama thrift store to a Russian in Pennsylvania. And another Russian in California. It’s a weird tale, so hold tight. We asked her everything we could think of about photobooths – from how she got her first one, how she learned to restore them and keep them running. Simple questions, but it’s quite a story. Here are a few of her strips: A QUICKISH HISTORY OF PHOTOBOOTHSIf you Google, “who invented the photo booth,” Google will tell you that it was Anatol Josepho in 1925. And that’s not exactly wrong. But it’s not exactly right, either. Josepho’s story is the most interesting and the most successful, but he wasn’t the first. But who can resist the tail of a poor young man fleeing Siberia and attaining the American Dream? We sure can’t, so we’re going to talk about this fellow soon enough. But first we’ll dig into the 1800s to figure out where this whole idea came from. Anatol Josepho sitting in one of his Photomaton photobooths, late 1920s.We cover the many attempts before Anatol Josepho’s breakthrough and subsequent sale of his Photomaton. Created with GIMPPHOTOBOOTH BOOKS AND RESOURCESWe recommended three books: American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin Photobooth; A Biography by Meags Fitzgerald Photobooth by Babbette HinesAll three are wonderful, and there are definitely more out there. We also mentioned two websites: https://photoboothjournal.com/ SURREALIST GALLERY ZINE REVIEWSWe also reviewed two zines this episode. Smash the Skatriachry – You can get it here or here. Caveland – by Jesse Knifley (@hauntedfilmco on IG)
Old photobooth photo recently picked up by Eric. Note the rare use of a prop.PATREON SHOUT OUTS We’ve had so much support from our Patrons! Our thanks go out to: Alan Mills Mike Crawford Matthew Stubbs Ken Bertram shades Janet Devereaux-Gaffney Ryan Barker LIz Potter Michelle Singletary Ralph Brandi Martín Ventura Colin Cameron Space_Critter Jaya Bhat Alex Purcell Omols Steve Tester Alex Morrison MillsMills Adam Roberts Tim Anderson Dan Tree Or sachs Kate Miller-Wilson Jonathan Feng Juliet Schwab Michael Dales kollimatorn Robert Burton Abel Silva Kikie Wilkins Alan Joseph Marx Dave Walker James Huffstutler Jamie Maldonado Nick Gaylord Featured PatronThis episode’s first featured patron is Nick Gaylord – @gravity_train on Instagram.
——— Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits We’ve got a new logo! | |||
| Dev Party #21: Questionable Anniversary Party | 22 Sep 2020 | 00:35:45 | |
To celebrate our one-year anniversary, we field a slew of questions from listeners. Some are about photography and developing, while others a bit more personalish.
Vania developed Ilford Delta 100 in Rodinal 1+25 for 9 minutes. She shot them in a Brownie Rainbow box camera from a billion year ago. Here are some of her results: Meanwhile, Eric developed Ultrafine Extreme 400 in PMK 1+2+100 for 13 minutes. He shot these in the Mamiya RB67. Here are some results: Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Patreon Bonus #2 - Snapshots: Gates of Lodore | 18 Sep 2020 | 00:48:42 | |
We just started a Patreon page and will be offering bonus episodes to those who support us at the $5 and $10 a month levels.
The $10 a month level will get to hear a new chitty-chatty podcast we're doing called Snapshots. These will be (mostly) casual conversations about photography, our lives, travel, and, of course photography. In our first episode of Snapshots, we talk about the day and night we spent at the Gates of Lodore in Dinosaur National Monument. We cover our expectations for shooting, what we actually shot, and how we just didn't like our work (that much). There's also talk of being on the road, Sour Patch Kids double-blind taste test, and a bit of history.
We hope you enjoy it and consider becoming a patron. Thank you! Enjoy the show!
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Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Patreon Bonus #1 - Full Interview with Graeme from Sunny 16 | 16 Sep 2020 | 01:04:20 | |
Hey! Eric here. Just a quick note letting you know what you’re about to hear. We just started a Patreon page and will be offering bonus episodes to those who support us at the $5 and $10 a month levels.
The $5 a month level will get to hear the full, unedited interviews that we do with our guests. These usually run around an hour or so.
The one you’re about to hear is free! It’s the long, unedited version of the interview we just did with Graeme from Sunny 16.
We hope you enjoy it and consider becoming a patron. Thank you! Enjoy the show!
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Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 25: When Things Get Old They Turn Black & White | 15 Sep 2020 | 01:21:40 | |
On this week’s show… it’s our one year anniversary! We’ll be taking a quick look back to our very very first episode, we’ll call up our podcast daddy Graeme from Sunny 16. We’re also going to be taking a well ordered look at composition: what is it and do we even care? Oh, and we sold our souls and have a Patreon thing! YAY! After the regular small talk, we get down to party business. Since it’s our one year anniversary, we’re playing and critiquing Episode Zero – a two minute promo we did before we started the podcast. We asked listeners to leave us a voice message (on Instagram), answering the question: What is the next new thing you want to attempt in photography? Following this and our own answers, we called up Graeme from the Sunny 16 podcast. We cover what’s new with them (a lot) and catching up in general with Graeme. With the giggles out of the way, we hunker down for a discussion on Composition in photography. Here are the photos we used: Leading LinesSince it’s our one year anniversary, we’re brimming with ideas. Lots of them, really. It’s also time to pay the annual hosting bills. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have listeners who are so willing to buy our zines and the film we sometimes sell. It’s a real blessing. We tell you that we love you each episode, and we really do mean it. But with the whole late-stage capitalism thing we’re rockin’, these big ideas, these dreams of expansion, and these hosting bills require a bit of extra scratch. Thus Pateron. Now, we’re not going to feed you some line about how if you don’t give us money the podcast will go away. Neither of us can imagine that. But we’d like for it to become a bit more self-sufficient. We’re not just asking for money. Since this is Patreon, we’ve got some really fun rewards for you. Patreon tiers: We’ve got three Pateron tiers: 35mm, 120 and 4×5 (get it? We’ve got room to shrink AND expand!) The first – 35mm – is $3 a month. With that you’ll get:
The second – 120 – is $5 a month. You’ll get everything from the 35mm tier plus: Monthly “Snapshots” episodes where we’ll talk about a lot more than just film photography. Get to know us a bit better. While we love film photography, we aren’t JUST film photographers. We’ll talk about the music we like, the movies, our weird ass childhoods, basically whatever. But since we ARE film photographers, we’ll probably end up talking about gear too. Imagine that. (It’s weird, when we talk on the phone, we are pretty much constantly talking about gear.) And for our most grand tier – the 4×5 level – $10 a month, you’ll get everything thus far mentioned, plus: Full (often 60 min) interviews with our guests. These will include bonus questions and extra fun! Have you ever wished we talked to our guests for longer than we do? Well, we actually do! For the sake of brevity (and we use that term VERY loosely here), we edit down the interviews to around 15 to 20 minutes. We actually talk to them for a lot longer. Sometimes three fucking hours – (Brandy!) And that’s that. It’s pretty simple. Basically what most podcasts are doing. We’ll have the link to the Patreon in the show notes – or just go to patreon.com/allthroughalens to find us.
Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits All Through a Lens: IG, Website, Patreon
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| Dev Party #20: Three Times Dev | 08 Sep 2020 | 00:31:20 | |
There are a few different ways to develop 4×5 sheets without a darkroom. We talk about three of the most popular and pick our favorite. We look at the Steerman Press tank, the 20th Century Camera Reel, and the Mod 54 Reel. While the latter two use Paterson Tanks, the Steerman Press Tank is it’s own thing. Which will we like better? Who will attain the lofty goal of being good enough for the likes of us? Listen ad find out!
Here are the photos that Vania developed with the Steerman Press Tank:
Here are the photos that Eric developed with the 20th Century Camera Reel:
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 24: What‘s With the Fancy F? (with Liz Potter) | 01 Sep 2020 | 01:16:39 | |
On this episode, we delve into the weird history of f/stops! We also talk to Liz Potter (@lizpotterphotography) about pinhole photography, double exposures and making custom, handmade books. There’s a brief issue with E-6 silliness, zine reviews, and the answering machine question. After a bit of chin-wagging, we wonder a bit about “gatekeeping” when it comes to certain photographers and their insistence that things be done a certain way – or else. Specifically, we’re talking about E-6 Processing vs. Cross-processing. With that garbage taken to the curb, we asked listeners to call in to answer: Is there a place that you’ve never visited that you’d like to photograph? Let’s Call Liz! This episode, we called up Liz Potter to talk about handmade books, pinhole cameras, double exposures and shooting in general. Here are a few of her photos: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/115822059_614670432775813_3573342509187519595_n.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/116404647_333142388081047_6794550675689174777_n.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/116909529_304413357651322_5929428540898937506_n.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/117249056_194399075370753_7577192728614885995_n.jpg
f/Stops: What the f Are They Stopping? F-stops! we all use them, and some of us even know why. But what *are* they? What’s an f? What’s a stop? What’s the difference between an aperture and diaphragm? What’s up with all the weirdly specific numbers? And what’s the deal with the funny looking f? We answer a few of these questions to the best of our abilities. Plus, an indepth-ish look at the history of aperture settings! Evelyn Cameron Correction In the last episode, we said that there wasn’t really an online archive of Evelyn Cameron’s work. This wasn’t exactly true. Follow these links: Zine Reviews Eric reviewed Filling the Time in Catalunya by Karen Freer. Vania reviewed Now You See Me #1 by Alan Joseph Marx. — Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing! Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Dev Party #19: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Madness Dev Party | 25 Aug 2020 | 00:28:29 | |
Tonight, on a very (retro) special episode of Dev Party, we’re trying yet another new developer! This time it’s Foma’s Retro Special (get it?). This is a really simple developer that you can use over and over. It’ll do 25 rolls of 35mm and 100 freaking sheets of 4×5! Stop and fix as normal. The only downside is that the times can be a bit fast for some folks (Eric). Oh, and there are only times for Fomapan / Arista film. But totally worth it. We developed Fomapan 400 in it, which was 6mins. Eric was okay with this. Here are a few of Vania’s results: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-21.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-21-1.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-21-2.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-21-4.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-21-5.jpg
And here are Eric’s: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200711-mamiayrb67-fomapan400-01.jpeg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200711-mamiayrb67-fomapan400-07.jpeg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200722-mamiya645-fomapan400-05.jpeg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200722-mamiya645-fomapan400-12.jpeg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200722-mamiya645-fomapan400-13.jpeg
— Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 23: Great Business to Exclude All the Light (with Kim ”Kimchi” Giannone) | 18 Aug 2020 | 01:08:07 | |
On today’s episode, we’ve got a heady answering machine question, an interview with Kim “Kimchi” Giannone, zine reviews, and a feature on Montana photographer (and patron saint of All Through a Lens) Evelyn Cameron. After a bit of chit chat (Vania’s waves have been bad and Eric’s got two zines coming out), we get right to the answering machine question: Do you have a camera that you don’t shoot with anymore, but that you just can’t part with? The answers ran from the practical to the literal tear-jerking. Thank you to everyone who called in. Let’s Call Kim! Our interview this week is with Kim Giannone. Kim has been shooting film since forever, but find herself sliding towards digital. We talk about Montana, the old days, more Montana, current and future projects, and about maybe quitting photography altogether (no, thank you). You can find Kim’s work on Instagram – @kgphotoface. She is also trying to raise the money to buy a mercantile in Montana so she can run a general store as well as her photo studio. She’s selling her prints to fund it here. And is some of Kim’s work: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/24a_0008.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/coney-island.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/denali.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/dryce.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/el.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/grandpa.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/indina-rail.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/kids.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/old-city.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/pool.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/sterling.jpg
Evelyn Cameron We have been wanting to tell the story of Montana photographer Evelyn Cameron since before we even had a podcast. The story of an unknown photographer who died leaving her incredibly important work to basically disappear into obscurity only to be re-discovered decades later might sound a little familiar, but we’re betting you’ve not heard this one before. She was a (mostly) self-taught large format photographer from the late 1800s/early 1900s. After leaving her wealthy upbringing and moving to Montana with her new (and controversial) husband, she took to photography to make ends meet. Nearly forgotten, her work was rediscovered in the 1970s. We dig into her life, her career, and how best to view her photos. We also talk about a project we’d like to do, but pulling it off might prove a bit difficult. Here are a few of Evelyn Cameron’s photos: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/47fae7a0f0f7b9aa3d61d88670ea2e48-1.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/5769c210d7c66.image_.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/evelyn_cameron.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_080118501.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_080432345.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_080600925.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_080703726_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_080821448_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081006054_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081124006.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081234231.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081333916_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081443629_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081523011.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081641816.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081846988_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_081939564_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082022961_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082216874_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082406231_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082546055.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082825356_hdr.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_082957601.jpg https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/img_20200816_083113954.jpg
Zine Reviews We also reviewed two zines: Car Distancing by Ben Yount (@benyountdds) and Film & Foreigner Vol. 2 by Robert Burton (@elgatomagnifico) — Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing! Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| A Casual Check-In (What’s Up with Kodak’s Price Increase?) | 17 Jan 2023 | 00:41:55 | |
While we don't have a regular episode for you because we're on a much-earned winter break, Vania and Eric are doing a bit of a check in. Mostly we're discussing Kodak's price increases? Is it just in line with inflation or is Kodak realizing they have a monopoly? We give advice to those wondering what to do now they Kodak has out-priced them. And we also give some advice to the advice-givers (check your privilege, okay?). We also catch you up on stuff going on in our lives (like Eric has a new zine coming out in a few short days!). This is a very scaled back, low key show with zero edits. We'll see what you think about that! PATREON
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THE CREDITS OF ENDING
Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kit
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| Dev Party #18: Hungry Like the Dev Party | 11 Aug 2020 | 00:31:17 | |
For our first Dev Party back from the field, we’re easing back into things. Eric’s devving some old Plus-X from 1988. He used HC-110B for 5mins. Vania is all in on Tmax 400. She used Rodinal 1+25 for 6mins. They banter about developing tips, shooting, Kansas and, obviously, Duran Duran. Here are some of Vania’s shots: https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=677 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=678 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=679 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=680
And here are some of Eric’s: https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=681 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=682 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=683 https://allthroughalens.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=684
And also of note, Eric was mistaken about 1988. He apologizes. —- Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Episode 22: Terrifying Deathtraps of Awesome Fun | 04 Aug 2020 | 01:37:48 | |
It’s been a minute, but we are back and wow are we chatty!
After a bit of catching up, we dive right into our answering machine question. This was an easy one: Tell us about your summer photography.
It was last minute, but we got some great answers. Also, Eric rues the loss of his five-minute Bronica. We answer this ourselves as well.
We don’t normally do a lot of on-mic gear talking – except when we do. And we do. We took a slew-ish of cameras with us on this little photo excursion, and we will tell you all the hell about them.
Tired of that, we give a call to Anne Hollond (@annehollond). While in Kansas, we palled around with her for a few days (in a socially distant sort of way). It was amazing as we talk a lot about.
Here are a couple of our photos from Bison, Kansas: https://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-08-03-1.jpg Camera: Hasselblad 500C Film: Ektar 100 Taken by Vaniahttps://allthroughalens.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/200709-browniebox-tmax400-06s.jpeg Camera: Kodak Brownie No 2, Model D (1914) Film: Kodak Tmax 400; x-08/2004 Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 12min July 2020For the “back half” of the episode, we go over the ins and outs, ups and downs of a long ass photo trip. We get sassy.
We wrap up the episode with a couple of zine reviews. First up was Haxes by 𝐉.𝐌 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐪𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭 (haexes). You can pick it up at Haexes.com.
Second, we looked at Wa/onderer #1 by Jaso Biehner (@jasonbiehner). And finally, we announced the release of our zine: 6×7 – 6×7 is a zine celebrating the Mamiya RB67, perhaps the most perfect camera ever made (mileage may vary). We each selected 30ish of our favorite photos and created a zine around them. This issue reflects the love and chaos, messiness and beauty that is film photography.
But this is not a mere photozine. The photos, still the central feature, are placed within two-page spreads made up of various related and unrelated bits and bobs.
It is available here.
— Be sure to check out our Dev Party episodes. They’re about to get even more pee-inducing! Music by Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||
| Dev Party #17: This is What It Sounds Like When Devs Cry | 21 Jul 2020 | 00:29:50 | |
On this episode of Dev Party, we’re mixing and trying out D-23! It’s got two whole ingredients! D-23 was originally formulated to look like D-76. So how does it do? Find out! Here’s the recipe: 750ml of water at 125F/52C 7.5g of Metol 100g of Sodium Sulfite (mix and then add enough water to bring it up to a full liter) Here are Vania’s photos (Ilford HP5+): And here are Eric’s (Ilford HP5+): —- Vania: IG, Flickr, Zines Eric: IG, Flickr, Zines, ECN-2 Kits | |||