Sunny 16 Podcast

Holy Cow where did the time go? This month marks 10 years since two naïve youngish men thought it would be a fine idea to put out a podcast about film photography. Somehow 10 years later that's still the case (apart from the youngish bit). Join us as we celebrate in the best way by getting the gang back together for a good old ramble. Foremost thing to know is that Rachel is suffering from a condi...

Another episode, another new camera to talk about - the good times are indeed rolling for us analogue photography lovers!   Joining us this week to talk about the Alfie Boxx is Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras. They've just launched a Kickstarter for the Boxx camera and you should check it out!   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davefaulkner/alfie-boxx-camera https://www.35mmc.com/19/05/2026/a...

Rachel and Clare talk to Charys & Marwan from SilverBridges, the newly formed company (along with Jeff & Susan Bridges) who are bringing the brand new WideluxX film camera to market.  The first run of 350 cameras drops right now over at wideluxx.com - so if you want to get your hands on one, hop on over there now, and come back to hear more from the team.  You can find out more: wideluxx.c...

On this weeks show Clare and Graeme cover many and varied topics as they pop into their brains, including (but not limited too) upcoming exhibitions, Jeff and Gabe's 100th Birthday, Worldwide Pinhole day, new film from Kono and perhaps too much more!   https://konomanufaktur.com/shopnow/cinis400 https://pinholeday.org/ https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/photographer-makes-pinhole-camera-out-of-chine...

Yes, It's that most wonderful time of the year once again, the Analogue showcase at the Photography show in Birmingham! Ably assisted, encouraged and informed by the delightful Billy Sanford we spoke to (in no correct order)   https://www.vintagecamerahut.com https://alfiecameras.com/ https://www.dragonfilm.co.uk/ https://valoi.co/en-gb https://thisishowirollfilm.co.uk https://www.photowalk.me/ ht...

Happy New Film Day everyone! Yes, Matt and Michelle join Rachel and Graeme to catch us up on the ongoing colour film journey at Harman, and in particular the newest addition to the family Switch Azure, their first colour switching film. Listen to everything about it here, go look at pictures and learn more here: @harmanphoto and #harmanazure harmanphoto.co.uk And go pick some up here: https://anal...

This week we're joined by the ever delightful Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland for our not quite as regular as it should be dive into what's what in the film selling world in 2026 - what are people buying, perhaps more importantly what are people selling and what can we look forwards to over the next year, at least from  Analogue Wonderland!    Go here for all the film: https://analoguewonderla...

Hurrah and Huzzah it's Cheap Shot's Judging time! Joined by the delightful Yant Martin-Keyte to hear about the in progress upcoming zine from the Photozine collective and get some quality judging action   See all the fabulous photo's right here: https://sunny16podcast.com/cheap-shots-challenge/cheap-shots-embrace-the-darkness/ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/JHwyC46w5 Photozine Collective:...

In this show we follow up on our previous conversation and talk about some of the services we've used over the years to both store and share our photos, and their various pros and cons. We also talk about various and diverse other subjects as we range far and wide, and also have a couple of great listener emails!   LINKS! littlevintagephotography.co.uk/workbook   Email: photozinecollective@gmail.c...

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a busy Christmas but we're back to talk archiving practises (both good and bad), dealing with storing darkroom chemicals, Pseudo Solargraphy and more!   Helplines Awareness Day: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTLHwwFjfNI/?igsh=MW9jYjFia2EzaXJvcw== Here's The Hardman's House from National Trust if people want to take a look: The Hardmans' House | Liverpool | National...

Clare, Rachel and Graeme return to talk about Clare's experiences exhibiting and giving demonstrations on photography in China as well as giving talks AND performing as her musical alter ego Mirror Gaze, Rachel has been out getting inspired by the work of Lee Miller, and Graeme got wet on a hill in Wales - business as usual all round. We also talk about the recent Holga week which we were lucky en...

Hello! After an unplanned absence we're back with a wee shortie. Rachel and Graeme, faced as many of us in the Northern hemisphere are with the dark and gloomy months go through their favourite methods of keeping the photography going over even the greyest of days   Sunny 16 Discord: https://discord.gg/sYfpRcj79

Easing ourselves back into the podcasting chairs this week after a brief break we thought who better to bring on for a slightly rambling chat about the state of film photography in 2025 than the one an only Hamish Gill of 35mmc, Analogue Spotlight, Pixelatr, Omnar lenses and more fame! No one, that's who.   https://www.35mmc.com/ https://omnarlenses.com/

This episode we're joined by the wonderful and only slightly mad genius behind all things Cameradactyl, Ethan Moses! We talk about how he's designed a complete system to allow us to shoot large format images on rolls of paper, including a full processing system to allow for easy development, even if you want to shoot colour reversal. He also explains why a 3D printer may be an increasingly valuabl...

In this weeks episode Clare and Graeme catch up to chat about post Phoenix 2 thoughts, Clare's upcoming participation in a Photography exhibition in China, and then get into it on the subject of taking photo's at weddings when you aren't the wedding photographer, discuss camera choices and what to do and what not to do.   Details on Half Frame Photography day here: https://halfframeday.wordpress.c...

Today marks another big step in arguably one of the most important ongoing projects in the analogue photography world, Harman Technologies work to develop a high quality new colour film. The launch of Phoenix 2 is, whilst by no means the end of this journey still an exciting look at the incredible process they are making, and a fun and highly useable film itself.   Joining Rachel and Graeme to tal...

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme talk about the recent Big film Photowalk where they both took to the streets in their respective cities, and discuss the cameras they shot, people they met and adventures they had. Rachel is also in Liverpool at the annual Makefest, and Graeme hasn't given up on building his camera. Yet.   https://liverpoolmakefest.org/ https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.u...

On this episode we're joined by Steve Lloyd of Chroma Cameras, designer and builder of the broadest, most interesting and most diverse collection of analogue cameras you can buy new today to talk about some of the latest projects he's been working on, from a 35mm Point and shoot to the most compact 4x5 camera you can get!   Check out Chroma Cameras here: https://chroma.camera/

In this episode Clare and Graeme catch back up to talk about Clare's recent exhibitions and her new video's for Gwenno, as well as a bit of a dive into some of the elements involved in producing them using Super 8 film.   They also have a chat about some of their own favourite and most used photo gear hacks/bodges for when you don't have or don't want to buy the new fancy camera gear but do want t...

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme are joined by an absolute power team of returning guests, all here to talk about the new collaborative photobook titled Opaque, from the Photozine Collective who previously produced the Lucid and Ambiguous zines. We we're lucky enough to be joined by Yant Martin-Keyte who produced and edited the book, the fabulous J M Golding of fantastic Holga photography and...

Happy New Film Day everyone! It's a real treat as always to be joined this week by Harman Technology/ Ilford Photo's finest Michelle Parr to talk about YET ANOTHER new film they're releasing into the wild TODAY! Kentmere Pan 200 is available now from all good retailers and you know that you'll find scads of videos and images out right now on the socials and Youtube, but if you want to hear why the...

In this episode we're joined by the spectacular Brendan Barry to talk all about his work making photographic art with everything from a cardboard darkroom and camera obscura to a large area of skyscraper real estate, and in particular his most recent personal project Flowers For Bea, a beautiful collection of images which feature in the book of the same name currently on Kickstarter.   Check out t...

On this weeks show Rachel, Clare and Graeme get together to talk about Clare's recent visit to New York and Las Vegas, shooting a new album cover and video for Gwenno and failing to find the Brooklyn bridge among other adventures. Rachel has been helping people connect with their history and family through photography, and Graeme has been making the most of the sun to shoot.    https://www.gwenno....

Hello listeners, sincere apologies for the mess up where an older episode was posted by mistake, the people responsible have been fired. From a Canon obviously. For realsies this time, Rachel and Graeme return after an unplanned Winter hiatus, along with the delightful Martin Smith, the man behind one of the quietly most useful photography related services about, Photowalk.me.  We talk about why h...

Rachel and Clare catch up with Ruth from The Photography Show to get all the hot info on the upcoming show, taking place in the quaint little town of London for the first time!   https://www.photographyshow.com/ http://littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership SUN25 - gives 20% off standard entry, expires 5th March