Film photography

Most film photography comes with a lack of immediacy, which adds to the experience of finally viewing the images. Film isn’t dead and is even experiencing something of a revival with new cameras and film emulsions cropping up. It’s a medium ripe for experimentation.

Is film photography hard?

Good photography isn’t easy, whether you’re using a film or digital camera, but it can certainly feel like there is more of a learning curve with film photography. The delay between when you take a photo and view it with film photography can make the learning process feel slower, but it can also make you slow down and be more considered.

Is film photography dying?

While it might not be the heyday of film photography, it hasn’t died out and many photographers still prefer film to digital. A range of films are still widely available and specialist film processing companies can easily be found online.

Useful film articles:

Essential Guide to Shooting Film | Double exposure film tips | How to make film photography contact sheets | How to process film | How to set up your own darkroom | Essential Guide to Darkroom Printing

stereo camera

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They may date back to the earliest days of photography, but you can still create images with stereo cameras today, as John Wade explains

film

  • April 20, 2015

Fancy shooting things old-style? Film might surprise you with its creative possibilities. Andrew Sanderson explains the basics

  • March 12, 2015

Andrew Sanderson demonstrates how easy, beneficial and enjoyable it can be to process your own photographs in our essential guide to processing film

  • February 23, 2015

Darkroom printing isn’t as difficult as you may think and it can be done without a great deal of expense. Andrew Sanderson runs through the…

  • August 7, 2009

With many photographers switching exclusively to digital systems, there has never been a better time to do set up an inexpensive second-hand darkroom, as Gemma…