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Learn to Shoot Film: Tips & Tutorials

Film photography image of a landscape - Guide to Picking a Camera Lens with the Perfect Focal Length by Drew Evans

Guide to Picking the Perfect Lens for Your Camera Kit by Drew Evans

So you’ve picked up your first (or second or tenth) camera. What lens will you use? After I ordered my first film camera, I so adeptly realized...

Multiple exposure Holga-rounda experiment by Alec Pain on Shoot It With Film

Creating Holga-Roundas: A Multiple Exposure Holga Experiment by Alec Pain

Holgas are the perfect tool for experimentation. Double exposures, intentional camera movement, Holgaramas, using the color flash...

35mm street photography image of a dog by Neil Milton on Shoot It With Film

Street Photography Tips: How to Photograph Dogs by Neil Milton

The dog's name was Haggis. For an enormous Scottish Alsatian, it was a pretty good name to be fair. The family lived in the small private cottage...

Polaroid image from the Polaroid I-2 instant film camera - Polaroid I-2 Camera Review on Shoot It With Film

Polaroid I-2 Review: Polaroid’s New Top-of-the-Line Instant Camera

As an avid Polaroid and instant film shooter, I am always looking for that dream instant camera: manual controls, a great lens, and a viewfinder...

Pentax Auto 110 film camera - Pentax Auto 110 Review by Katya Rowny on Shoot It With Film

Pentax Auto 110 Review: A Nostalgic and Unique Pocket Film Camera by Katya Rowny

I recently inherited a Pentax Auto 110 camera from a family friend. They bought this camera over 30 years ago and recently found it sitting in a closet...

Polaroid image with multiple exposures an creative filter on the Polaroid I-2 by Julia Beyer on Shoot It With Film

The New Polaroid I-2 Camera: Getting Creative with Filters and Multi-Exposures by Julia Beyer

Some of you might still remember the quirky first iteration of the iType instant camera, the I-1 – back then released by The Impossible...

The Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera - Polaroid SX-70 Review by Sara Johansen on Shoot It With Film

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Review & How to Use This Iconic Camera by Sara Johansen

Let me get this off my chest right from the start - I freaking love the Polaroid SX-70. I am so thoroughly in love with mine it hurts...

How to create wet cyanotypes on Shoot It With Film

Wet Cyanotypes: What Are They and How do You Make Them? by Astrid Remue

Four years ago, I discovered experimental film photography thanks to Shoot It With Film. I love(d) the surprising effects of light leaks...

Film image from a photography workshop - Reasons to Attend Photography Workshops by Jen Golay on Shoot It With Film

3 Reasons to Try a Photography Workshop by Jen Golay

Outside of two community college darkroom classes three years into my photography journey, I am nearly a completely self-taught photographer. Or am I...

A woman holding a darkroom print - Setting Up a Darkroom at Home by Taylor Blanchard on Shoot It With Film

Guide to Setting Up a Darkroom at Home by Taylor Blanchard

In a world where our lives are dominated by screens and we’re accustomed to instant gratification, film photography forces me to slow down, think, and enjoy the process...