Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast

A Mike solo show where he receives a zine called "C-Scapes" from the Pixels and Grain Collective (IG pixels.grain, twitter PixelsGrain, www.pixelsandgrain.photo.blog/), has an update on the dad joke competition, receives some focusing advice from Juan Alatorre (IG juan.alatorre.photo) and a call in review from Alex Morrison (IG alexmorrison35) for the Intrepid Enlarger.  Next, Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog, IG golannaxor) interviews Radka Smolikova (IG radka.smolikova, Lomo Home www.lomography.com/homes/smolda) with discussion of how she got into film, the Lomography community, why film?, print exchanges, getting into large format and favorite format, Lomo Purple, her USA trip zine with Lomo films, film swaps, favorite film-camera-location, and advice for new film photographers. Also, check out Roxanna's article with Radka at https://link.medium.com/jAKJU8KITdb .  Finally, we have a call in camera review from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve) about the Olympus 35 RC and a listener music track from Mike Caputo (IG aloha_bigmike, www.mikecaputo.bandcamp.com) with a song titled "All For Me Grog". Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

A round table episode with a Canadian Invasion with Bryan Caporicci (IG bcapphoto, www.sproutingphotographer.com, www.bcapphoto.com) and Angela Solis (IG thisisgela_s, www.derpinsel.com, twitter derpinsel, YouTube camerajin)!  Topics include Bryan's Rollei 35 camera repair, the Mint RF70 Instax camera, still life photography with a photographer suggestion from Angela to check out Jamie Beck (IG jamiebeck.co).  Other topics include:  are we teaching the technical side of film photography and is it important, why lo-fi photos get more interest on social media, the new Clubhouse app and its future in the film community, are older or more experienced film photographers not supporting the younger generation that is taking it up, the future of film camera repair, and what part of the film photography process is the most important for us! Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

A Mike solo show with emails from Robert Lainez (IG rlainez), Dave Clark (IG grumpy_old_man_with_a_camera), Ken Tuomi (IG kentuomi), Oliver Crites (IG crumbrush), Sean Welch (IG seanwelchfoto), Frank Kernan (IG spareoohsphotos), and Alan Ma (IG thefilmsweats) about the "C-Scapes" zine by the Pixels and Grain group/collective (buy the zine: https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/.19166556 , website: pixelsandgrain.photo.blog , IG pixels.grain , twitter PixelsGrain).  Next, is the last batch of Negative Positives Dad Joke Contest entries and how submissions have now been cut off!  The second segment is a Roxanna Angles interview with Danielle Wrobleski (IG girlwithtoomanycameras)!  Topics include how Danielle got into film photography, her hot pink first camera, why film?, favorite locations to shoot, sharing photography with her mother, film choices, a scary film shooting experience, advice for new film shooters, why she started her IG hashtag movement #womenwithfilmwednesday to highlight women photographers, and her camera collection.  Lastly, we have a call in review from Alan Ma (IG thefilmsweats) for the Doomo Light Meter, and a listener music track from Mark Welsford (IG mark_welsford) with a song titled "That's What I Thought 2".

This week we welcome Jack Allan (IG jack.w.allan, www.jack-allan.com).  We talk about how Jack got into film photography, the Clubhouse app and the film community, Andre shoots with Mike Kukavica (IG drunk_darkroom, www.kukavica.com), Jess gets excited about shooting again, Jack fixes his Leica shutter curtain, and Mike gets a cool Negative Positives 3D printed phone stand from Daniel Novak (IG danielnovakphoto, www.danielnovakphoto.com).  Next, Jack answers questions about the differences in shooting in the UK vs. the USA, what brought him to the USA, shooting in his new location of Sonoma, his coffee photography project, his caffenol recipe, will he ever return to the UK and why he left, point and shoot cameras, where he would like to travel to shoot, his Leica, and the importance of your partner supporting your passions.  Finally, we end with some talk about Sonoma, coffee and tea talk, and the best coffee for caffenol. Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

This episode Mike talks about a photo book from Sindri Skarph (IG sindriskarph, www.sindriskarph.com) titled "[My] Street Photography Journal", receives some rolls of the new FPP film Film Love BW 200 courtesy of Mike Raso of the Film Photography Project (IG filmphotographyproject, Youtube FilmPhotographyPodcast, www.filmphotographyproject.com).  Emails from Paul Friday (www.fupduckphoto.wordpress.com) about a cheap instant party camera, Kevin Dillon (IG ricoh_shooter) about metering for slide film, and nice emails about the show from Billy Sanford (IG bsanfordjr) and Ian Turpin (IG ian_ctee) from The Ordinary Photographer Podcast.  Next, we have a dad joke contest update followed by an interview from Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog, IG golannaxor) with Kylie Meyer (IG strangeexposures).  Roxanna talks to Kylie about creative outlets for mental health, first film camera, double exposures, home developing, inspirations, the music and photography connection, dream shooting locations, advice for new film photographers, her strangest photo shoot, and what she wants people to know about her art.  Finally, we have a call in from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve) about the Canon T70 and a listener music track from Lilly Schwartz (IG lilly.schwartz, YouTube Lilly Schwartz) from her music project Polarcoaster with a track titled "Return To Tomorrow". Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

This week we welcome Penne Ferris (IG fstops.forever, Flickr Pixel Geek)!  We talk about how she got into photography and the film community, tips for people that are new or returning to film photography, shooting lonely abandoned places and the stories they tell, choosing cameras, format, and film when going shooting, the Cadrage app, Andre falls asleep AGAIN, what makes a photo great, what is her favorite photo and why, where she wants to travel to for photography after retirement, stand developing, HC-110 and Rodinal, and spot metering! Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

A Mike solo show where he received a zine called "Unplugged" from Steve Ingram (IG printandtype, www.printandtype.com), a zine called "NOMFUP" from Ian Turpin (IG ian_ctee) from the "Ordinary Photographer Podcast", and a print from Pete Donovan (IG petedonovanphoto, Facebook Group:  Film & Letter Pen Pal Exchange).  Shout outs to a couple of YouTube channels, Angela Solis (YouTube camerajin, IG thisisgela_s) and Jamie Maldonado (YouTube Jamie Maldonado, IG jamiemphoto).  Emails from Mike Kukavica (IG drunk_darkroom, www.kukavica.com), Nigel Cliff (IG wordsleyboy), and Ken Bertram (IG kenbertramphoto) who is offering awesome prizes and an idea for a new NPP dad joke contest that is now accepting your best dad jokes!  Next, is an interview with Leonid Nikishin (IG 10rolls_of_film, YouTube 10 Rolls Of Film, Etsy 10 Rolls Of Film) from the "10 Rolls Of Film" Podcast where we discuss how he got into film photography, Lomography, Russian cameras, going away for university, prime lenses, going all in on medium format, his podcast and why he is moving to YouTube, darkroom printing in small spaces, slide film exposure/developing/scanning, and expired and cheap films.  Finally, a call in from Mike Kukavica about the Fujifilm Instax Square Printer, and a listener music track from Tim Allen (IG timbuk2017) from his band SpeedReader with a song titled "Little Precious". Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

Happy New Year!  We welcome Jessica Jones (IG yessyones) as our new Co-Captain during Roxanna Angles' absence.  We talk about our Emulsive Secret Santa gifts with Mike receiving a particularly nice gift from Baz Frens (IG bazfoto), Andre's Covid experience, pack film, and discuss our photography in 2020 and what we hope to accomplish in 2021.  This episode also includes a ton of call ins from the fine people of the film community with their thoughts on 2020-21!  Huge thanks to everyone that contributed:  Alessandro Cornacchia (IG alessandro.cornacchia), Bill Smith (IG wbsmith200), Bill Thoo (IG billthoo), Bob St Cyr (IG foto.bob), John Gleason (IG probusphotos), Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve), Mario Piper (IG mariopiper), Matt Jones (IG mjones41), Robert Lainez (IG rlainez), Sherry Christensen (IG ruralrouteonefilm), Alex Luyckx (IG alexluyckxphoto), Angela Solis (IG thisisgela_s), George Griffin (IG flaneurwithacamera), Timothy Ditzler (IG timothymakeups), Dave Mihaly (IG theoldcameraguy), Christine Bartolucci (IG chrisbphoto), Henry Scott (IG talesfromthemagicboxpodcast), Jim Graves (IG _jimgraves), Matt Murray (IG mattlovescameras), Casey Hall (IG thejunkbookjournal), Daniel Novak (IG danielnovakphoto), Jess Hobbs (IG jesshobbsphoto), Kevin Lane (IG kevinlane), Matt Melcher (IG box_of_cameras), Mike Padua (IG themikepadua), and Minsan Sauers (IG minsan_sauers). Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

A Mike solo show listener interaction episode!  We have a show intro from Santa Claus AKA Jack Allan (IG jack.w.allan), emails from Ken Tuomi (IG kentuomi), John-Michael Mendizza (IG jmmendizza), and Ian Turpin (IG ian_ctee) from the "Ordinary Photographer Podcast".  Also, shout outs to some recent podcast and Youtube episodes including Henry (IG talesfromthemagicboxpodcast) who released a film podcasters episode, Mat Marrash from the FPP (YouTube Mat Marrash) who used some Gutterman music in his videos, and Bill Manning (IG studio.c41, YouTube Studio C-41, www.studioc41.net) from the Studio C-41 One Hour Photo Podcast for putting together an awesome end of year film podcaster's round table.  Mike also receives awesome gifts in the mail from Chris O'Connell (www.chrisoconnell.co.uk), Alessandro Cornacchia (IG alessandro.cornacchia), Angela Solis (IG thisisgela_s, www.derpinsel.com), Bill Smith (IG wbsmith200, IG classiccamerarevival) from the "Classic Camera Revival" Podcast, Dan Novak (IG danielnovakphoto, www.danielnovakphoto.com), Toni Skokovic (IG junctionrails, www.junctionrails.ca), and Casey Hall (IG thejunkbookjournal, IG analogrescue).  Next, we have an interview from Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog, IG golannaxor) with her sister Vanessa (IG nessaandthesea).  Finally, a call in camera review from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve) for the Pentax ME Super and a listener Christmas music track from Minsan Sauers (IG minsan_sauers) titled "Hark The Joy"! Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com Instagram @negativepositives Facebook Group:  Negative Positives Film Photo Facebook Group

This week we welcome on Mike Padua (Twitter @mikepadua, IG @themikepadua, www.shootfilmco.com, YouTube Mike Padua) to help us judge and pick big wieners for the Negative Positives Podcast Ghost Challenge Photo Contest!  Also, a big bittersweet announcement about a change to the podcast.  We love you, Roxanna Angles!  (IG roxannalog, IG golannaxor) Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com

A listener interaction solo show with emails from Ken Tuomi (IG kentuomi) and Kevin Johnson (www.theironstudio.com).  Shout outs to Alex Morrison (IG alexmorrison35) for using Mike's music on his appearance on the Sunny 16 Presents On Location Episode 14, prints and a Gutterboy cassette from Jakob Eriksson (IG westeros_reactor), and a beautiful zine titled "Southport Pier" from Mark Boadey (www.markboadey.com).  Next, we have part two of Mike's interview with Alex Purcell (IG grainyblur, twitter grainyblur) from the Soot and Whitewash Podcast (IG sootandwhitewash) where we discuss working man's cameras, Russian cameras, 4x5, contact prints, paper negatives, making developers, and dyslexia and its influence on his photography and creative outlets.  Finally, a call in camera review from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve) for the Canon A1 and an original music track from Alex Purcell titled "Untitled 11".

A round table episode with guests Joey Ready (www.awesomecameras.com, IG awesomecameras, YouTube AwesomeCameras) and Jess Hobbs (IG jesshobbsphoto, YouTube Jess Hobbs).  We congratulate Andre Domingues on becoming an American citizen and discuss hot round table topics such as the endgame for the huge amount of work we create, choosing what format to shoot when suffering from option paralysis, how to choose film stocks when going to shoot, the irregularity of film prices in today's market and the influence of that on new potential film shooters, and how we approach projects and stay motivated to complete them.   Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com

A listener interaction solo show with an email from Chris O'Connell (www.chrisoconnellphotos.co.uk) about a photo book and how we share our photos,  a zine and Holga prints from Alex Morrison (IG alexmorrison35, Flickr alex_morrison), and darkroom prints from Mike Kukavica (IG drunk_darkroom, www. kukavica.com)!  Next, we have part 1 of a solo show interview with Alex Purcell (IG grainyblur, twitter grainyblur) from the Soot and Whitewash Podcast (IG sootandwhitewash) where we discuss his music, Iphone shots and how having to work harder for film shots makes us appreciate them more, social media posting, how he got into photography, the film community, his joining the Soot and Whitewash Podcast, his blue Holga, and being a working man!  Finally, a call in camera review for the Chroma Carbon Adventurer 4x5 from Bill Thoo (IG billthoo, IG bill.thoo), and a music track from Alex Purcell titled Sample Test 03! Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com

This week our guest is Toni Skokovic (IG junctionrails, www.junctionrails.ca, Etsy store juctionrails).  We discuss his journey from Bosnia to Canada, zines, film choices, favorite locations, coffee print toning, formats, Communist film stocks, lightroom vs darkroom, his possible Great Lakes project, shooting your local area, stories behind photographs, how living in a new country influenced his photography, and much more! Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com

A Mike solo show with an email from Malcolm Myers (IG photovalve), a shout out to Alex Luyckx (YouTube Alex Luyckx, IG alexluyckxphoto, IG classiccamerarevival, www.alexluyckx.com) from the Classic Camera Revival Podcast for his latest video on his newly rejuvenated YouTube channel, Mike's recent art show thoughts, Roxanna Angles (IG roxannalog, IG golannaxor, https://linktr.ee/roxannalog) sends Mike gifts which included her new book "An Introduction to Mindfulness Through Photography", also talk of Amazon's Pearl paper, metallic paper, and a call in lens review from Jim Graves (www.jimgravesphoto.blogspot.com) about the Meyer-Optik Goerlitz 30mm f 3.5 Lydith lens.  Next, we have part 2 of Andre Domingues talking large format photography with Chris Visser (IG _visstopher_, www.visserfoto.com) and Bryan Caporicci (IG bcapphoto, www.sproutingphotographer.com, www.bcapphoto.com).  Finally, an update about the end of our ghost photo challenge contest with prize packages from Mike Padua (IG themikepadua, IG shootfilmco, www.shootfilmco.com) and a listener music track from Mark Welsford (IG mark_welsford) called "See What She Says". Support the podcast: www.ko-fi.com/negativepositives Mike's free music for productions: www.mikegutterman.bandcamp.com get merch at: www.negativepositivespodcast.bigcartel.com email: negpositives@gmail.com