what i've learned about film photography

This is a collection of all the random bits of knowledge I've latched onto while learning how to do analog photography. This is the parking spot for my brain dumping out that knowledge for me to reference later.

• 07 Jul, 2025 expired film notes
• 23 Jun, 2025 long and short of lenses
• 14 Feb, 2025 Liberation of Limitations: B&W Photos
• 06 Jan, 2025 on untouched photos and editing taboo
• 27 Dec, 2024 getting started with 35mm film photography
• 28 Aug, 2024 the zone system for light metering black and white film
• 01 Aug, 2024 how to scan LomoPurple negative film

Future Topics

• push processing film
• why don't you grow the wheat too
• sprocket holes and overscanning
• borders and matting
• printing a book
• dynamic range of stocks
• slide film aka color positive
• neg scanning quick reference
• negative storage
• printing matte or glossy

Photographers I like

I dont know how I stumbled across most of these, but their work has been bookmarked for a while. This feels like a better placeholder for me to find their work.

Rory Gardiner

Joe Colson

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/47096

Steve Gledhill

Michael Strickland

Nick Carver

Alex Burke

Mathieu Stern