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A Beginner’s Guide to Film Photography

Beginner 101 — Start Here

2021 Edition

Internet’s most complete film photography guide with all the basics you need to get started. Includes a free PDF.

Using Flash with Manual Film Cameras

Beginner — Flash Photography

Achieve Greater Control Over Your Artificially-Lit Photographs

No light meter, no exposure guesstimates — just zone focus, look up your 𝒇-value, and click. Operating flashguns with no sync at all, like in the photograph above, can be done with any camera that has a Bulb setting and provides control over the aperture.

A Simple Guide to Using Flash on Manual Film Cameras

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Costs & Samples — Average Film Prices

Everyone — Average Film Prices

Searcheable film price charts, samples, and mini-reviews. Use this web app to save money and discover new film to shoot that’s right for your budget.

Film Prices

8 Technical Reasons to Shoot Black and White Film

Everyone — Choosing Film

Grain, accessibility, archival properties, creative developers, film speed, scanning, formats, and specialty films.

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Everyone — Choosing Your First Film Camera

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Find your next/first affordable 35mm Rangefinder or SLR system in this 50-page printable PDF guide: The Unsung Heroes of 35mm Photography.

Affordable Analogue SLRs and Rangefinders

Listings & Reviews — Vancouver, Canada

Print & Film Development Labs

Vancouver

Everyone — City Lab Guide (Canada)

Accessible, Fast, and Speciality Film Labs in Coastal B.C.

Five+ labs for C-41 (colour), black and white, and E-6 (slide) film development and printing in Vancouver, Canada.

Where to Develop Film in Vancouver

Listings & Reviews — Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai

Everyone — City Lab Guide (Thailand)

Seven Labs, Five Reviews, One Personal Favourite

For a small city of a hundred thousand, Chiang Mai is remarkably well-equipped for film photographers. Should you need your lab to handle slide film, medium format, darkroom printing; or develop and scan within an hour; this article will help you find a place to go.

Where to Develop Film in Chiang Mai

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Know in Advance Your Approximate Expenditures on 35mm, Medium, and Large Format Film, Tools, and Cameras

Everyone — How Much Does It Cost to Shoot Film?

Development, Scanning and Printing; From 35mm to Large Format

Understand the true cost of shooting film and how you can save or splurge on it. 35mm, instant, and large format.

Film Photography Costs and Prices

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Everyone — How to Get Featured on Analog.Cafe

Get Featured on Analog.Cafe

An open call for stories, essays, articles, and reviews. Inclusive editorial process and the best look on the web!

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Advice & Technique

Everyone — Making Candid Portraits on Film

On Film

This guide will help you choose the right gear and improve your technique for better candid portraiture on film.

How to Make Candid Portraits

Film, cameras, and chemistry. Techniques, tips, guides, and references. This list includes material for creative individuals and photographers of all levels, with a fitting mix of modern and age-old advice.

Photography Guides

Film camera reviews and guides. Sorted by date then country they were designed in.

Film Cameras

Film, developer, and all photochemistry reviews, samples, guides, and tools.

Film and Chemistry

Film, photography, and art-themed printed book and magazine reviews, overviews, how-to’s and recommendations.

Books and Magazines

Photo essays, written about travel, a place, or a destination. Sorted by continent then country. This collection does not include gear-centric articles — just the stories about being or going somewhere.

Travel Essays

A collection of all the portrait photography on Analog.Cafe. Includes photo essays with human focus and/or prominent stories about the subjects. Street or event photography isn’t generally a part of this collection, unless the person(s) are at the heart of the narrative.

Portraits

Essays and stories on the topics of social and environmental justice around the world.

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