Sunny 16 Podcast

On this weeks show Clare, John and Graeme are joined by Toby Van De Velde to hear about his newly released film Red Eye Redscale. We also catch up with the weeks activity, most of which was post based, and check out some fab Cheap Shots Challenge entries. This show is also going up on Youtube in two parts owing to its's prodigious length  YouTube : Part A -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yo09fk...

On this show we catch up with Matt Bechberger from Reveni Labs to hear all about the new spot meter he's Kickstarting, and his highly successful light meter Kickstarter from last year.   Find the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbechberger/reveni-labs-spot-meter-tiny-spot-meter-for-your-film-camera Website: https://www.reveni-labs.com/   Instagram: https://www.reveni-labs...

On weeks show Ade, Clare and Graeme catch up for a hostful lite, and chat about a recent inspirational viewing of the film Manhunter, preparation of a new podcast all about using lighting in photography, and falling down an ebay hole, amongst many other things   We also have some listener emails to read, a new plastic fantastic camera from Harman Technology to talk about, the decision that the pri...

On this weeks show we're joined by the fantastic Vladislav Kern and Mark Beadle to talk all things Soviet cameras   Find Vlad here: https://www.instagram.com/ussrphoto/?hl=en http://ussrphoto.com/ Mark: https://www.instagram.com/mark_beadle90/?hl=en http://www.sovietcams.com/index8ece.html?tmpl_into=middle&tmpl_id=428&_m_e_id=13&_menu_i_id=432 https://araxfoto.com/cameras/   Classic lenses podcast...

On this weeks show we're joined by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Greenstein, the two utterly delightful hosts of the camera collecting podcast "I dream of cameras", as well as being writers and producers of some of the most iconic shows in Hollywood, but really, who cares about that when there's cameras to talk about. The conversation goes all over the place, as you might expect, but it was a real good time...

John and Graeme return with another sack of listener emails, cheap shot challenge entries and general chatter

On this weeks show it feels like we've gone full Cher and and turned back time, because it's Ade and Graeme talking to our old friend, Simon Riddell! Simon joins us to talk about his struggles over the last 12 months, and how wet plate photography not only gave him a means of coping with these difficult times, but ended up being far more important as a tool for mental wellbeing both for himself an...

On this weeks episode Clare and Graeme are joined by Nikki Culley, a fantastic photographer and printer from Manchester to talk about the work she's been creating over the last year, experimenting with Ortho film and a rough developing process, and then taking these unique, marked and  negatives and making painstakingly crafted beautiful, moody prints from them.   You can find Nikki's work here: h...

John and Graeme are back for another Sunny 16 Extra, this time catching up with two of our favorite people Michelle Parr and Matt Parry from Harman Technology - the company who make all the Ilford Photo things we know and love.    We talk about the last 12 months and how it affected the supply of Ilford stock, how the recently released Ortho film is doing, and of course the new Ilford Multigrade R...

On this weeks show we've got a gaggle of hosts in one virtual room for a new years catch up, which we recorded on video as well - YouTube link below if you want to watch along! Clare, Ade, John and Graeme talk about recent activities including printing, photobook reading, zine preparations and Gerbil videos - what a week!   We also talk briefly about the Fuji film discontinuation, and the new pape...

For this podcast extra Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland, primarily to tell us all about the UK Film Photography Community Fund initiative that they've just started and are now taking applications for, but also to bring us up to speed with where film supplies are at the moment. Find all the relevant information on the UKFPCF here: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/pages/film-photography-community...

This week we are joined by the pinnacle of 80s pop bands, The Bangles! errr...nope that's not right, but it is the equally inspirational, Dan Bassini. Talking about his lockdown project that led him to producing 'Cruel Summer', an exploration of his local area and a solo road trip around New England. Using the same compact cameras and his vast experience that he usually applies to creating 'No Inv...

Backing Paper returns for the New Year with a splendid selection of interesting listener emails and nonsense talk from John and Graeme.   If you want to get in touch with us, drop us a line at sunny16podcast@gmail.com Music is Remortgaging the the nest of hairs by Schnauser, used with permission   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome_(film) https://127film.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_18.html    

This week we're delighted to welcome back to the show Kilian Idsinga, joining us to talk about the launch of an new Let's Explore magazine, and the call for submissions.   All the links to Let's Explore and Kilian: https://www.letsexploremagazine.com/ https://www.letsexploremagazine.com/magazine/themes/empowerment/   https://www.letsexploremagazine.com/shop/ https://www.letsexploremagazine.com/my-...

Hey folks, in the hole left by the Sunny 16 festive break we've got the perfect thing to plug it - another fabulous episode of I dream of cameras from Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs. On this show they discuss something many of us have experienced - the hunt for that camera the has just become a must have, whatever it might be!   Music for this show is "Freddie’s Back” by Fred Coury, used with perm...

In this year to forget, the Sunbeams annual Christmas get together is very much a Christmas stay apart, but nonetheless it's a delight to have Clare, Rachel, John, Graeme... and Ade all back together for an end of year chinwag and celebration that we've made it this far!   If you'd like to see our fabulous Christmas hats (and who wouldn't) then go to our Ko-Fi page and there should be a link to th...

On this weeks show we try to put our newly inspired good planning habits to practice and have a carefully prepared for 1 Hour Shoot!   Sadly, no amount of planning can keep away the lurgy, which struck down both Clare and Rachel, but luckily John and Graeme were joined by three awesome listeners; John-Micheal Mendizza, Billy Sanford and Nick Marshall, who all took part in the challenge as well. An...

On this weeks show, John Clare and Graeme are joined by professional photographer and artist Craig Fleming to talk about how his rekindled love of shooting film not only inspired his personal photography, but also helped him find more work, and helped keep his passion for photography alive when work threatened to drag it down.   Find Craig here: http://www.craigfleming.net/ https://www.vogue.it/ph...

On this weeks show, Rachel and Clare give the hapless Graeme an insight into the kind of planning and preparation that goes into a successful shoot, exhibition, event or whatever it may be - turns our it's a lot! Given how little time many of us have to actually take pictures, we hope a chat about how to get the most from that time will be useful. As part of this we've also decided that in two wee...

Ep. 225: Video Maimed The Podcast Star   It’s a first (and possibly last) for Sunny 16 this week as we attempt our first ever video recording in order to make more sense of the Cheap Shots Challenge judging, so if you want to watch Clare, Rachel, John and Graeme look uncomfortable and see the pictures we’re talking about, then go to  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMgxzMInRZCR9PG2j7LdgsQ/   Link...

In a break from our usual programming schedule, this week we have for you the first episode of I Dream of Cameras, a show created for us by Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs, two Hollywood producers who just happen to be avid camera enthusiasts and collectors, talking about their collections and cameras past, and what they mean to them.   Future episodes will be on the Sunny 16 Presents feed, so if y...

On this weeks show we're delighted to be joined by Shane Balkowitsch, a wet plate collodion photographer who, since making his first plate in 2012 with no prior photographic knowledge, has gone on to create an incredible body of work, taken world famous portraits, and is working on an amazing project to photograph 1000 native Americans. All this, and much more.   Find Shane's work here: http://sha...

Clare and Graeme are back with a great selection of listener emails, and also some great stuff that's arrived in the post this week. Fred Parker Exposure guide: http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm   Toni Skokovic Balopticon 25 zine @junctionrails www.junctionrails.ca   On a Hill Road book by Ian Wallace onahillroad.com   Holga week https://holgaweek.com/   johnwhitmorephotography.co.uk/support/...

Got a real treat for you this week, with multi award winning photographer Brian Griffin, one of the most respected and lauded photographers of the 70's and '80's, a photographer who not only managed to make photo's of business leaders into surrealist art, but also shot some of the biggest names in music in the 80's, and is responsible for some iconic record covers.   We had a great chat with Brian...

It's a full house this week with Clare, Rachel, John and Graeme all here to catch up with each other and you guys, with adventures such as a trip to Italy, videos for Ilford, an printing work for exhibitions and more to talk about. Not only that but we've also got some great listener emails to dip into as well.   John's Patron subscription: https://johnwhitmorephotography.co.uk/support/   Tide pre...