Learn to Shoot Film: Tips & Tutorials Archives

Tips for Buying Your First Film Camera by Jen Golay

August 9, 2022

You’ve mastered your digital camera, and now you’re looking for a new photography challenge. Or you’ve seen all of these...

August 3, 2022

The practice of street photography has experienced an enormous resurgence since the Covid-19 pandemic, and it can often seem...

July 28, 2022

I recently completed a shoot in New York where I didn’t know how the lighting would be until I arrived. As I made my way to the shoot location in...

July 20, 2022

I bought my first Nikon N80 35mm film camera (also known as the Nikon f80) in 2017 as a cheap, lightweight film camera to throw in my...

July 11, 2022

In the never ending pursuit to shoot film on a budget, I decided to give Arista EDU Ultra 400 black and white film a try...

July 1, 2022

Hey friends! Today, we're reviewing one of my favorite film cameras, the Canon EOS 1V. I've owned the Canon 1V for years, and it has...

June 30, 2022

There’s one question that pops into my inbox just about every week these days: “Should I shoot film?” I’ve been photographing for...

June 21, 2022

Simply shooting with a plastic camera is an experiment. But what if you want to take that experimentation to the next level...

June 17, 2022

The Contax 645 film camera has been called the “crown jewel” of medium format cameras by Kirk Mastin; a “Bond girl—they’re so beautiful...

June 7, 2022

It is April, 2021. The world is irreparably changed by global events far beyond your control. You’ve been stuck at home with your parents...