Film photography for Beginners: Why & How

A conversation with Jake Gale

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In this episode of Get the Picture, Brad Sigal talks with Jake Gale about why and how you can get started with analog (film) photography! If you’ve been curious to try it out, this episode just might inspire you and give you some pointers to take the plunge! 

Jake talks about his analog photography journey and the beauty of creating analog images without any contact with a computer or the internet. He talks about working with 35mm and large format cameras, and walks through how to shoot on film, develop negatives, print your images in a darkroom, and then scan them you want to share them online.

See Jake’s work:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jake.gale/

Website https://jakegale.art/ 

Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jakegale.bsky.social 

Some things mentioned in this episode:

John Steitz on his 2020 portrait project at George Floyd Square https://youtu.be/q4UHOwWbmbA 

Get the Picture episode: 100 Strangers Project https://youtu.be/PddWU7_xUJY 

Pentax 17 film camera https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1834281-REG/pentax_17_film_camera.html 

Holga 120N “toy” medium format film camera https://photothinking.com/2020-04-01-holga-120n-the-serious-toy-camera/ 

Lomography film cameras https://shop.lomography.com/us/ 

Intrepid large format cameras https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/collections/camera 

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Music: Fresh Flow Fiesta by Oleksii Holubiev: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-fresh-flow-fiesta-160920/