Tag: Kodak
Shadow & Light Monthly #78
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this first edition of 2026 we explore the abstract beauty of fireworks reimagined and reflect on the importance of trust in portrait photography through rare images of Sophia Loren. We revisit a lesser-known chapter of Ansel Adams’ work, and indulge in Fujifilm’s beautifully nostalgic take on instant photography.
Shadow & Light Monthly #49
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we examine the work of W. Eugene Smith and take a look inside the lives of the Elite. We learn about how Anton Corbijn approaches his emotive celebrity portraits and learn what lies inside a mystery abandoned cabinet full of Kodachrome slides.
Shadow & Light Monthly #36
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we visit a 1980s Brooklyn roller disco and look at Kodak’s brand new half frame camera. We discover the story behind the secret photographers of the Holocaust and look at Godox’s quirky new retro flashes.
Shadow & Light Monthly #32
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we take an intimate look at New York’s Ballroom scene and use CT scans to peer inside instant cameras. We visit the Kodak plant to see how their film is made and look back at 12 bizarre cameras of the past.
Shadow & Light Monthly #31
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we find out what it’s like to photograph the Olympics and look at the work of Linda McCartney. We look at stunning film-like images of Los Angeles and see what happens when you mount a 1916 lens onto a modern camera.
Shadow & Light Monthly #20
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at a beautiful series of portraits capturing motherhood during the pandemic and shoot with a 145 year old lens. We see how the Kodak Brownie made photography accessible and delve into the stunning cinematic photography of photographer Liam Wong.
Shadow & Light Monthly #6
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we take a look at why the Leica M10 Monochrom is more than a gimmick and see the long-term effects of Instagram’s compression algorithm. We take a look at ‘Bertha’, the camera that will shoot the largest slide ever made and look back at a rather fun advert for Kodak’s Instamatic Flashcubes from the sixties.
Metadata circa 1915. How Kodak’s Autographic Cameras allowed you to ‘sign’ your negatives
In the digital age we take metadata for granted. In the fraction of a second that we press the shutter the camera doesn’t just capture the image but a whole host of additional information – the camera being used, the lens, the focal length, the ISO, shutter, aperture, the date, time and in some cases the GPS co-ordinates of the location where the image was captured.
We can add to these quickly and easily, permanently marking our images with keywords and descriptions that help us to organise a growing library. In the modern world data really is king.
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