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October 16, 2012
TV3 News story | Vintage technology on the comeback
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- in Film Soup, Inspiration
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- by Reatha
A little bit of fun news to share with you all. A couple of days ago I got a call from TV3 news reporter Adrien Taylor. It seems he's a bit of a filmie too and he was putting together a story on the resurgence of analogue. He asked me to be a part of his story as one of the few if not the only professional photographer in the country using entire...
October 5, 2012
Whats the difference in film processing between labs?
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- in Film Soup
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- by Reatha
A couple of days ago I got an email from a photography student asking me a couple of really big questions about development and film quality. I've decided to answer it here so that you can all get the "answer".
She writes:
I'm ne...August 11, 2012
A trip to the zoo on Portra 400
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- in Film Soup, Inspiration
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- by Reatha
I was in Auckland last week to give a talk about film at APIX photographic supplies. The talk went really well and was a lot of fun, I talked quite a bit about Portra which is one of my favourite films. So when after the talk I took a trip to Auckland zoo, I used Portra 400 to...
July 22, 2012
Film Tales for Auckland Soupies
Film Soup now has a drop off point in Auckland!
That's right, exciting news for Auckland soupies. Now instead of posting your film direct to me you can drop off and pick up from APIX photographic supplies in Eden Terrace.
May 1, 2012
Keeping your film ALIVE!!!
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- in Film Soup
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- by Reatha
Whether you shoot a lot or a little film if you want the best out of it you need to look after it. Here are some tips for how to look after your precious film and keep it alive happy and healthy!
Number One.
Keep your film in the fridge
I feel like at this point I should take a photo of the film in my fridge to show you...April 27, 2012
Cross Processing Film
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- by Reatha - Vintage Reflections
I don't use a lot of slide film, it's finickity and fussy and I am not a finickity shooter. I'd rather be thinking about the shots I'm taking than worrying about whether my exposure is exactly spot on. There is however one exception and that's cross processing. I LOVE to cross process film, the vibrant bleeding colours just give me goose-bumps. Co...
February 7, 2012
Holga Double Exposure
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- by Reatha - Vintage Reflections
The simplicity of the Holga means that you can play with it in ways that you can't with other cameras. Unlike more complicated film cameras the Holga's shutter system is independent of the winding mechanism. This means that the Holga does not require the film to be wound on in order to take the next frame. You can click the shutter as many t...
January 19, 2012
Wake up and smell the caffenol
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- by Reatha - Vintage Reflections
Coffee based film development is a relatively new and interesting idea. It started with with a class of photographic chemistry students in 1995 who were asked to identify household agents that could be used to develop film. The class identified coffee as a good base and the...
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