Tag: Vintage
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 #30
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 see how polar bears have taken over abandoned buildings and see some beautiful street photography from the Paris Metro. We see how one National Geographic photographer approaches his editing and we look at portraits of Bostonians from the 70s.
Shadow & Light Monthly #27
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 look at how the instant camera came to be and how one Syrian photographer is using photography to help at-risk children. We see the winners of the Siena International Photo Awards 2021 and take a closer look at what might just be the weirdest lens of all time.
Shadow & Light Monthly #26
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 look at the risk and rewards of photographing sharks and turn the clock back to 1991 and the best cameras available at the time. We look at the science behind aspherical lenses and learn that sometimes photos are never really ‘lost’.
Shadow & Light Monthly #25
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 a look inside Canon’s impressive Olympic pro camera service facility and go back to the world of 1990’s pro skaters. We get some top tips on going unnoticed as a street photographer and see some amazing images created only with a typewriter.
Shadow & Light Monthly #24
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 look back at American street life in the analogue age and learn how to get great shots in the most mundane of spaces. We visit a fading Arkansas town and spend a blissful 5 minutes listening to the delectable sound of a range of camera shutters.
Shadow & Light Monthly #23
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 a look at stunning long exposure photographs of fireflies captured in Japan and hear how one World War II soldier describes his photos of ‘the insanity of war’. We look at the importance of the photographic eye and step inside Mexico City’s historic danzòn ballrooms.
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.
The unpredictable nature of film photography
When I first fell in love with photography it was on film, processing images in my own darkroom. The analogue medium really makes you appreciate that photography is actual magic.
These days I very rarely shoot film, although I’d love to do it more often. There’s no doubt that in this digital world the cost of film and processing is a hard justification. So why would anyone shoot on film in this day and age?
About me
I'm Simon Wiffen, an award-winning photographer, husband, dog owner, record collector and dad of three.
For image usage enquiries or to discuss a photography brief please give me a call or drop me an email and I’d be happy to talk through some ideas.