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Floral macro film photography with a close-up filter - Floral Macro Photography on a Budget by Jen Golay on Shoot It With Film

Floral Macro Photography on a Budget – No Macro Lens Needed! by Jen Golay

It’s finally spring! That means the birds are building nests, the sun is shining, and the flowers are beginning to bloom. One of my favorite things to photograph has always been the flowers in my garden...

Art and Fear Film Photography Series by Maya Gorman on Shoot It With Film

Art & Fear Fine Art Series by Maya Gorman

This week, we're featuring a moving fine art series from Maya Gorman. Maya is a film student based in L.A., and her work focuses on representation and expression through the fine arts. In her series Art & Fear, Maya utilizes...

Film Photography Inspiration from Shoot It With Film's Instagram Feed

Instagram Roundup: A New Season

The Shoot It With Film Instagram feed and hashtag have been filled with such stunning film photography over the last couple of weeks. We saw film photographers push their creativity by using movement, focus, and framing to convey emotion...

Ocean Silhouette on Film - Developing Film FAQs by Amy Berge on Shoot It With Film

FAQs: Developing Your Own Film!

At the time I’m writing this article, we, and much of the world, are quartered in our homes. Some of us are looking for things to do with our time (like developing your own film!) and some of us are...

Rome Travel Story by Juliet Schwab on Shoot It With Film

Rome Travel Story by Juliet Schwab

My husband and I met in Rome as study abroad students seventeen years ago, and we recently returned to the Eternal City the week after Christmas. We had never been there in the winter and didn't know what to expect...

Beginners Guide to Wet Plate Photography by Lyssa Merritt on Shoot It With Film

Beginner’s Guide to Wet Plate Photography

Wet plate collodion photography is basically the genesis of portrait photography. It is the process of coating a tin plate or a glass plate in a light sensitive material, and then exposing it in order to create a photograph. It...

Corfu Island - Greek Island of Corfu Travel Story by Boris Kirov on Shoot It With Film

Greek Island of Corfu Travel Story by Boris Kirov

This week, we're featuring a series of travel images that will definitely help scratch the itch if you're feeling a little tired of staying at home. Film photographer Boris Kirov is sharing images of Corfu, a beautiful island off the...

35mm Film Photography and Medium Format Photography Inspiration from Shoot It With Film's Instagram Feed

Instagram Roundup: Stay Safe

We saw so many beautiful images under the #shootitwithfilm hashtag last week. I can't tell you how encouraging it is to see you all creating such inspiring images and revisiting your old film work during this time...

Polaroid OneStep 2 vs Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 by Samantha Stortecky on Shoot It With Film

Polaroid OneStep 2 vs Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 by Samantha Stortecky

One of the best parts of shooting film, in my opinion, is the use of instant cameras. There is something awesome and magical about taking a photo with a camera and, within minutes, having a hard copy in your hands...

Long Exposure Film Photography on the British Coast by Joel Biddle on Shoot It With Film

Long Exposure Film Photography on the British Coastline by Joel Biddle

My latest work is about attempting to create something sacred. The romantic ideal, something unobtainable and timeless, is something I find difficult to avoid in my photography but is something I have found only when I avoid any color in...