Studio C-41: 1 Hour Photo Podcast

Brandon and Brian Wright, founders of CineStill Film, spent more than a year and a half reformulating the E-6 recipe after Kodak EKTACHROME E100 was released. Now, CineStill Film has brought 3 developers drastically different E-6 developers to a hungry film photography market

Bill, Jordana, Steven, & Emre meet virtually for a podcast episode. We discuss how we've been doing the quarantine and what we have been doing to stay creative. We discuss the latest photo news and provide some updates on projects Studio C-41 has been working on! Join the Studio C-41 Facebook Group for our virtual hangouts. We plan to hold a weekly Zoom hangout.

There's been a gap with the episodes. Bill gives an update on the status of Studio C-41 during the pandemic. We're focusing on social interactions and have introduced social hangouts in our communities as the primary focus. This is not to say the podcast is not happening anymore. This is just an adjustment to address our needs to interact with other people.

Steven, Bill, and I guess Emre too... join up for an in-studio recording to discuss the latest maker news.  Negative Supply  Film Carrier 120 Reveni Labs Light Meter Escura Hasselback A friendly reminder, regardless of price, makers are pushing the film photography industry forward.

We interview with Emmy-nominated journalist, Carlos Beltran. Carlos is the creator behind the piece “Why We Still Love Film” for NBC’s Left Field which included interviewing photographers Willem Verbeeck, Matt Day, and Nick Carver. In this interview, we’ll learn a little bit him and understand his inspirations for creating this piece and what he learned from it

Steven, Jordana, and Bill travel to Nashville, Tennessee for Imaging USA. During their stay, Third Man Records opens their door for an interview of a lifetime. Studio C-41 also invites AJ Holmes, co-founder of Negative Supply, to discuss what they've been up to since the last successful Kickstarter of the MK-1, designing the Film Carrier 120!

Merry Christmas Everybody! We record the last episode of the year (and the decade)! Bill gives Jordana and Steven some Christmas gifts. They briefly go over the photo news. Lastly, they discuss where they were 10 years ago and what their goals are for 2020. Thank you, listeners, for making 2019 a fantastic year and we can't wait to get started in 2020.

After five grueling years and 50 updates to Kickstarter Backers, FILM Ferrania releases P30 and a series of videos updating backers on its progress in restoring an Iconic Italian film factory and resurrecting a color reversal film for the film community. Co-host, Steven Wallace a backer on the project, has the opportunity to speak to Dave Bias, the marketing manager for FILM Ferrania to learn more about its difficulties in resurrecting an iconic brand.

Bill recently travelled to a small town in Illinois for work and took his camera and film for the trip. In a solo show, he shares his experience requesting a handcheck for his film at a major airport and a smaller airport for the return trip. During this trip, he shot some CineStill Film 800T and pushed it 2-stop to EI 3200. He shares his tips on how to be successful at push developing color negative film at home.

After going out with the new Ilford Ortho Plus 80 and never shot orthochromatic film before, I invite photographer and camera tinkerer Brian DuBois. We discuss the characteristics of orthochromatic film and how it is different to the panchromatic film we're so used to.

Taylar Stauss is at the center of some incredible photography coming out Nashville's music industry. Taylar currently photographs the Nashville DIY music scene conveying the energy of the musicians and loyal fanbase of up-and-coming bands. In addition to her work, she is working on a project that will give people an affordable film camera through various kits available for sale on her website.

We meet around the blanket fort for an update on what's going on! Steven and Jordana give Bill a hard time for trying to be organized and do the show with an agenda. We discuss the latest news: Acros 100 II, Film Ferrania, Lomography Metropolis, Reflex Setbacks and more!

I don't know why it took us this long to get Mike Padua on to the show. I have to admit, I am a bit embarrassed that we didn't have him on the show sooner. Mike tells us a little bit about himself and new updates with ShootFilmCo.

In a change of format, Bill Manning invites EM of Emulsive and Paul McKay, CEO of Analogue Wonderland, to discuss the recent grim new for digital camera manufacturers for Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, and Olympus. While the digital camera market questions its future, film photography has show significant growth as Kodak reports its film division experience 21% growth year-over-year.

We have Boutique Film Lab owner and CEO, Ryan Tolbert, join us for a one-on-one interview to discuss what happens behind the counter at a commercial film lab. We discuss the challenges of old technology, process bottlenecks, and what happens when labs receive film with 'graphic' content. The Studio C-41 Film Photography Group to submits their questions for Ryan about commercial film labs.