Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast

Mike goes where no film photography podcaster has dared to go and has his wife, Manette (IG justmanette) on the podcast!  Manette thanks the community for birthday wishes and answers questions from the Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast Facebook group about Gutterman life!  You have to give credit for allowing that crazy group to ask questions of the host's better half.... right?  Next, we have a call in camera review from Jeremy Zorns about the Nikon FG.  Finally, a call in from John Rogers (IG fakejohnrogers) about the longevity of E6 home processing kits!

Mike and Andre welcome on to the show Ethan Moses from the Homemade Camera Podcast (IG cameradactyl, IG buttergrip, IG grahamhomemadecamera. www.homemadecamera.com, youtube cameradactyl cameras, www.cameradactyl.com)!  We talk about how Ethan got into photography and building cameras, Andre talks of his holiday plans in Miami, and Mike receives some cool stuff in the mail from Bob Matter (IG bobmatter).  We also discuss 3D printing and what it we can expect from it in film photography going forward, designing cameras, and a lot of nerdy talk!  Finally, Ethan talks of his Brancopan Kickstarter project:   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/416154634/the-cameradactyl-brancopan?ref=discovery&term=cameradactyl

Mike gives shout outs for some AWESOME things he received in the mail recently from Karl Bailey (IG karlbailey, www.karlbailey.co.uk), Toni Skokovic (IG junctionrails, www.junctionrails.ca), Penne Ferris (Flickr: Pixel Geek), and Kevin Lane from the Uncle Jonesy's Cameras Podcast (IG kevinlane, IG ujcpodcast, www.unclejonesyscameras.blogspot.com).  Next, we have a special interview submitted by Matt Jones (IG mjones41) that he recorded in Egypt at the Cairo Darkroom.  Finally, a call in from Dan Tree (IG dantreephoto) about a film photography eff up!

Mike and Cocoa Captain Sherry Christensen from the Embrace the Grain Podcast (IG embrace_the_grain, IG ruralrouteonefilm, www.rr1photography.com) welcome on to the show, Jess Lantz (IG lantzjess, www.sojourninglight.com)!  Jess talks about learning photography from his dad, Russian cameras, striving for grain free sharp photos, whether our photography will be appreciated later, and thrift store finds.  Sherry talks about her Frugal Film Project, and Jr Wyatt sends Mike a Dad Joke Book!  Jess also talks about Tmax 100 in Lo-Fi cameras, dream road trips, influences, shooting in the Pacific Northwest, large format photography, and shooting in Ireland and New Zealand!

A Mike solo show with lots of listener interaction!  Mike reads emails from Simon Forster of the Classic Lenses Podcast and the Large Format Photography Podcast (IG simonforsterphotographic, IG classic.lenses.podcast) about Leica R series lens alternatives, Pierre-Alix Favillier (IG cloud_surfer14) about getting rid of gear for things you really want, and Ken Bertram (IG kenbertramphoto) about 3 Minolta cameras he is giving away for the upcoming 300th episode Prize-a-palooza giveaway!  Next, we have a call in camera review from Bill Smith from the Classic Camera Revival Podcast (IG wbsmith200, IG classiccamerarevival) about the Canon EF.  Finally, more emails including one from Ian Barnaby Nutt from the Viewfinder Vikings Podcast (IG barnabynutt, www.barnabynutt.com) about helping you create your first zine!  Check out the Viewfinder Vikings Podcast Episode 19 for step by step instructions on his zine making process.  Last, we have a message from Christiaan Hillen (IG analogwilderness) about using photography to capture memories and also declutter your life!

Mike and Andre welcome to the show, Lori Brooks (IG fashionistalori)!  Topics from Andre include zines he received from Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog) and Barry Hitterman (IG barryhitterman) and a Cinestill/Jobo collaboration.  Topics from Mike include his attempts at sports photography and his first time shooting Fuji Pro 400H.  We talk with Lori about a ton of topics including Olympus fandom, her recent trip to England only shooting the Olympus XA, how she came to the USA, Praktica, Polaroid Land Cameras, 3D Printing, motion picture stocks, ECN processing. red cameras, the IBM model M keyboard, and smartie watches in dark bags!

Mike talks about receiving Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog) new handmade zine and discusses the origin of "Facecasts" on the Facebook group that was coined by Stephen Rea.  Also, Stanley Phillips (IG stanleyphillips6) donates a prize to the 300th giveaway coming soon.  Next, we have a call in camera review from Tony Blatcher (IG spiralnightmares) for the Pentax Zoom 280P.  Finally, Mike talks about how everything we do in life is to create memories and the power of photography to preserve those memories.

Mike and Andre welcome to the show, Stanley Phillips (IG stanleyphillips6)!  We talk about his path to photography and his experience of pursuing a degree in photography.  Also, there is some talk about cheap beer!

Mike gets a black friday deal on the Impossible I-1 Camera, reads emails from Gregory Parker (IG greg.parker.photography) about getting good blacks on HP Instant Ink Printers, Toni Skokovic (IG junctionrails) about the podcast, Kevin Dillon (IG ricoh_shooter)  about prints through Winkflash, Daniel Novak (IG danielnovakphoto, www.danielnovakphoto.com) sends a donation from the profits of the 135mm Project Zine to the podcast, and Neil Piper of the Soot and Whitewash Podcast (IG neil_piper, IG sootandwhitewash) sends a call in about his new Facebook group "126 Shooters".  Next, we have a call in from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve) about the photographer, Don McCullin.  Finally, Mike talks about how documenting your life is important even if it is on a crappy camera!

Mike and Andre welcome Betsey Karl (IG the.bkp, Facebook Betsey Karl Photography) as our guest on the show!  We learn about why she started to shoot film, how she pushes herself to keep learning in photography, and her perspective of shooting sports photography on film!

Mike reads an email from Greg Parker (IG greg.parker.photography) about 4x6 lab prints and reads an email camera review from Jim Graves (IG _jimgraves) about the Nikon F801/8008.  Next is a call in camera review from Bill Smith from the Classic Camera Revival Podcast (IG wbsmith200, IG classiccamerarevival) about the Rollei 35.  Finally, Mike talks about the winner of the free lab prints he received and gets an awesome message from Ted Vieira from the Photography Matters Podcast (IG tav_photography, www.photographymatters.com)!

Our scheduled guest fell through tonight so Mike and Andre welcome Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog) to bail us out!  We use this opportunity to announce changes to the podcast coming in January!  Finally, we talk about new film coming soon from Fujifilm and Lomography!

Mike reads an email about episode length and talks about free prints he received from York Photo and Snapfish for his family photo album project.  Next up is a call in camera review from Alessandro Cornacchia (IG alessandro.cornacchia) for the Olympus Pen EE-3.  Also, Mike talks about how seeing old digital photos has opened his mind to adding a little digital photography into his process in the future.  Finally, an announcement about Daniel Novak (IG danielnovakphoto, www.danielnovakphoto.com) making the 135mm Project Zine available for purchase to the general public! Get the 135mm Project Zine here: www.danielnovakphoto.com/zines

Mike and Andre welcome Jake Rose (IG jakerosephoto) on the Podcast. We talk about Jake’s photography, some Leica and Rollei snobbery, Andre tries to sneak in watch talk, you know.. the usual. Nobody reads these show notes anyway, just check it out!

Mike talks about future round table episodes, future guests and episode length.  Next, a call in camera review from Bill Smith from the Classic Camera Revival Podcast (IG wbsmith200, IG classiccamerarevival, www.funwithcameras.blogspot.com) about the Leica M4-2.  Finally, Mike talks of recent troubles with his Epson V800 scanner!