by John Crane | Jun 22, 2018 | Black and White, Film Emulsions, Film Processing, Inspiration
Not long ago I decided to spend some focused time shooting Ilford’s PanF 50 Plus. In an effort to minimize variables the decision was made to focus on 35mm using the trusted and favored F6. The F6’s venerable meter virtually eliminates exposure error, and...
by John Crane | May 3, 2018 | Film Processing, Technical, Technical Features
One of the great joys of shooting and developing one’s own film is the ability to tweak and experiment. While it’s true one needs to be prepared to have experiments fail – it’s also true that when they succeed, it can introduce a new component...
by John Crane | Nov 16, 2017 | Color Photography, Film Emulsions, Film Processing, From the Past, Slide Film, Technical
This is pretty exciting… (rather then re-hashing the same information, this post was lifted from DPReview) Kodak first announced the rebirth of Ektachrome way back in January at CES. Along with Kodak Alaris—who will distribute the 35mm Kodak Professional...
by John Crane | May 12, 2017 | Black and White, Film Emulsions, Film Processing, Push/Pull, Technical
Over Christmas we had the opportunity to visit Chicago again. Growing up in the suburbs I’d never had occasion to overnight in the city, with home being only 30 miles away. This trip we decided it was time we changed that. One of the wonderful things about...
by John Crane | Apr 24, 2017 | Film Processing, Hybrid Workflow, Technical
Those who’ve followed the F6 Project know I started developing my black and white film again in early 2016. I’d developed film many years ago but it had been a while. Fortunately it’s just like riding a bike and once I got around all the...
by John Crane | Oct 29, 2016 | Black and White, Film Processing, Inspiration, Road Trippin'
~ Desert Rat ~ (lyrics by Michael Martin Murphy) She sits on the front porch (Of) the old house that stands scorched Under the sun stroke of a desert day that choked Her old man who fell in the sun. With rattle snakes and keep sakes Old boxes of Corn Flakes Grammar...