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Yvonne works in Vancouver (Canada) and internationally, making portraits and producing event coverage — a good part of it is shot on film. Daren and I sat down with Yvonne at her studio to listen to her travel stories (like that time with the bomb-detection alarm), learn why she — and her clients — prefer film, her favourite camera tattoo, and how she plans photoshoots.Find Yvonne’s work at:- Website: https://www.yhansonphotography.ca- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YvonneHansonPhotography- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yhanson_photography- Inprint (prints): https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/yhansonphotographyPresented by your hosts Daren https://www.youtube.com/@LearnFilmPhotography) and Dmitri (⁠https://www.analog.cafe/@dmitri)⁠.Soft Grain Books is Daren’s book publishing company: https://softgrainbooks.com.Yvonne’s favourite film camera: Nikon F-801 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F-801). Yvonne’s favourite film: Film Washi S (https://filmwashi.com).Show links:- Lomochrome Purple review https://www.analog.cafe/r/lomography-lomochrome-purple-xr-film-review-hw0y- Fujifilm Velvia review https://www.analog.cafe/r/fujifilm-fujichrome-velvia-50-film-review-iv04- CineStill 800T review https://www.analog.cafe/r/cinestill-800t-film-review-dske- On editing film scans https://www.analog.cafe/r/can-you-scan-film-without-changing-its-look-m16d- Kodak Charmera review https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-charmera-y2k-review-yy7t- How to travel with film https://www.analog.cafe/r/air-travel-with-photographic-film-6jav- Film photography is now recognized as a cultural heritage in Germany and is on the path to UNESCO listing https://www.analog.cafe/comments/8x49- Plastic canisters suck https://www.analog.cafe/comments/d0ur- Lomography Belair https://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Lomography_Belair_X_6-12- Flic Film Double-Shot (Yvonne’s review) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D1ItpALaKI- How to fake CineStill 800T https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-fake-cinestill-800t-q69c- What is a halation? https://www.analog.cafe/r/halation-in-film-photography-i3q4- Comparing ISO 800 films https://www.analog.cafe/r/all-the-iso-800-colour-films-compared-b5eu- Kodak Gold review https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-gold-film-review-chsw- Kodak Ultramax review https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-ultramax-400-film-review-a3vy- Annie Leibovitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_LeibovitzSun Tzu quote: “Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.”This is season 2, episode 7 of the Analog.Cafe Podcast. You can find previous episodes and links to more places to listen here: ⁠analog.cafe/podcast⁠.

Analog.Cafe Podcast `s2/e6` “How to Talk About Addiction Through Art: Mia Glanz on ‘Becky’s Purse’”.Mia is an artist and photographer with deep roots in Vancouver. She recently published a unique, thought-provoking book about Becky, a painter and an old friend who had succumbed to addiction. In today’s podcast episode, we sit down with her on my warm, flowery balcony to chat about how she approached her project and the story behind it.Your podcast host, Daren, is Mia’s publisher with his company, Soft Grain Books (https://softgrainbooks.com) — you can find Becky’s Purse on sale there.Show links:- Get the book: https://softgrainbooks.com/shop/beckys-purse.- Follow Mia on Substack: https://milkpunch.substack.com.- Find Mia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miaaglanz.This is season 2, episode 6 of the Analog.Cafe Podcast. You can find previous episodes and links to more places to listen here: ⁠https://www.analog.cafe/podcast⁠.A portion of the proceeds from ‘Becky’s Purse’ are donated to the WISH Drop-In Centre Society in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.

Analog.Cafe Podcast takes a trip to C41 Coffee in Kitsilano to chat about coffee and cameras with its owner, Andy.Andy talks about his business, his relationship with photography, specifically film photography, and his life before Vancouver in Kenya, where he found his love of cameras and the brew.Interviewed by your hosts Daren (https://www.youtube.com/@LearnFilmPhotography) and Dmitri (⁠https://www.analog.cafe/@dmitri)⁠.Show links:- C41 Coffee shop website https://www.c41coffee.com/- Electro 35 camera review https://www.analog.cafe/r/electro-35-gox3- Film prices https://www.analog.cafe/app/film-price-watch- Developing slide film with Rodinal https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-make-slide-film-positives-with-rodinal-and-c-41-quew- The rise of popularity of film https://www.analog.cafe/r/a-beginners-guide-to-film-photography-12hn#film-photography-renaissance-2010-2026- Between Blocks book https://softgrainbooks.com/shop/between-blocks/- Soft Grain Books https://softgrainbooks.com/- Cherry blossoms in Vancouver https://www.analog.cafe/r/26-spring-blossoms-on-film-5i1w- How to develop colour-negative film in C-41 https://www.analog.cafe/r/developing-colour-film-as-an-absolute-beginner-n3q4- Beau Photo Supplies https://www.beauphoto.com/- Developing black-and-white film in coffee https://www.analog.cafe/r/developing-kodak-t-max-p3200-in-coffeenol-aqbe- Kodak Charmera https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-charmera-y2k-review-yy7t- Out of Africa (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089755/) was shot on the emulsion similar to the ORWO NC500, reviewed here https://www.analog.cafe/r/orwo-wolfen-nc-500-film-review-and-exposure-guide-7y1k- West End Darkroom with community access in Vancouver https://westenddarkroom.ca/- Disproving Rule of Thirds (scientific research overview) https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-make-better-photos-according-to-science-5xp4#myth-busting-rule-of-thirdsFind Andy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c41coffeeshop/This is season 2, episode 5 of the Analog.Cafe Podcast. You can find previous episodes and links to more places to listen here: ⁠https://www.analog.cafe/podcast⁠

Adam James is the creator of the Shitty Camera Challenge — an informal, welcoming community and an annual event for photographers who like to use subpar cameras.In today's episode of the Analog.Cafe Podcast (a first on video!), we play "Shitty or Not," where Adam rates Dmitri's cameras, including one made entirely out of gingerbrad.We also discuss creative problem-solving, inclusion, and community building with a veteran (in Internet terms) who found his people on the old Twitter within the film photography communities, like the #believeinfilm.Shitty Camera Challenge runs from July 1st til September 30th this year. You are invited to post your photos made with shitty cameras to BlueSky using the #ShittyCameraChallenge hashtag. You may or may not win a couple of new friends, but you will certainly find inspiration:https://bsky.app/hashtag/Shittycamerachallenge Find Adam on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/papashittycams.bsky.social Interviewed by your hosts Daren (https://www.youtube.com/@LearnFilmPhotography) and Dmitri (https://www.analog.cafe/@dmitri).This is season 2, episode 4 of the Analog.Cafe Podcast. You can find previous episodes and links to more places to listen here: https://www.analog.cafe/podcast.Show links: Shitty Camera Challenge merch: https://shittycamerachallenge.threadless.com/ Gingerbread camera: https://www.analog.cafe/r/building-the-worlds-first-gingerbread-camera-twpg

Daren and I get nerdy about film scanning and negative inversions. We talk about the current options (Silverfast, VueScan, NLP, and others) and why they didn’t work for me. Then, I did a live demo of an app that fixes those problems (film Q).But what is a live demo without a moment of embarrassing technical difficulties? The app, which was still in development, broke during the podcast, so I had to fix it on air while sweating bullets. 😅You get to witness a bit of that drama, as well as Daren’s genuine reaction, as we tested this big update to film Q.Because film Q is so different from the rest of the film inversion tools out there, I explain why it’s basically a web page, how it can process large high-quality TIFF and RAW scans in batches, and why it has only one button (which I think is all you need).Please note that I misspoke when I said that film Q works with Windows 95. What I meant is that it works on Windows XP — still a very old, unsupported OS released in 2001.---This episode was published on July 30, 2026. 43 min.

Daren and I are back after a short hiatus. We discuss the new films and cameras, examining their histories, origins, prices, and whether they are worth it.We also chat about the business side of film production and Kodak’s new products (not all of which are film).I’m attaching sample photos of Harman Azure film boxes to the show notes on Analog.Cafe (here, https://www.analog.cafe/comments/tag/podcast) that illustrates some of the things we’re talking about.Check out Soft Grain Books, Daren’s creative print publishing company with a focus on art and film photography: https://softgrainbooks.com/---Show links & notes:- Harman Switch Azure film review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/harman-switch-azure-film-review-d49s- Harman Switch Azure vs. Lomography Lomochrome Purple: https://www.analog.cafe/r/harman-switch-azure-vs-lomochrome-turquoise-i0vp- Harman vs. Ilford: https://www.analog.cafe/r/ilford-hp5-film-review-ntu0#a-brief-and-very-confusing-history-of-the-ilford-film-brand- Bleach bypass (on colour-negative film): example photog attached (see https://www.analog.cafe/comments/tag/podcast)- Developing C-41 colour-negative film: https://www.analog.cafe/r/developing-colour-film-as-an-absolute-beginner-n3q4- Lomochrome Metropolis: https://www.analog.cafe/r/lomochrome-metropolis-ko2u- ORWO NC200 (KONO Color 200/OptiColour 200): https://www.analog.cafe/r/kono-color-200opticolour-200orwo-nc200-film-review-fltu- SantaColor 100 film: https://www.analog.cafe/r/santacolor-100-film-review-n4pm- Lucky colour film: https://www.analog.cafe/r/lucky-c200--film-review-p0zm- VZ-6617, a medium format camera that can change aspect ratios on the fly: https://www.analog.cafe/comments/xp2k- WideluxX camera backstory: https://www.analog.cafe/r/widelux-fake-cinestill-a-fix-and-colour-film-25-lwca- The Tsushima Cyanotypes book review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/the-tsushima-cyanotypes-19fl- Developing slide film with Rodinal: https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-make-slide-film-positives-with-rodinal-and-c-41-quew- Film inversion app: https://www.analog.cafe/app/film-q- Spring blossoms on film: https://www.analog.cafe/r/26-spring-blossoms-on-film-5i1w---This episode was published on April 28, 2026. 1 hr 17 min.

This is a two-part podcast. PART ONE) Daren and I kick off Season 2 with a few thoughts and predictions for 2026, followed by [29:15] PART TWO) a chat with Sissi Lu, a prominent New York photographer with a disarming approach to street portraiture on film.You can read more about the contents of this episode in the 82nd monthly Analog.Cafe Newsletter (https://www.analog.cafe/account/submission/film-photography-news-january-2026-recap-elsb#a-conversation-with-sissi-lu).Show links:---- Sissi Lu https://www.sissilu.com- Sissi Lu’s DO NOT X-RAY film pouch https://www.sissilu.com/store/p/do-not-x-ray- “A Studio Session With My Mom” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEc6civBEaY---- Lina Bessonova airport scanner test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRlReCTzDV8- Attic Darkroom Boiling Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyFh5-p_uJM- Kodak Alaris https://www.analog.cafe/comments/4lsz- Film prices: https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-find-deals-on-film-in-2026-z9xd- Polaroid Reclaimed Blue https://www.analog.cafe/r/polaroid-reclaimed-blue-600-film-review-hq74- In an Instant, Polaroid in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBGCB4Fni14- Snapic A1 Review https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-snapic-a1-film-camera-review-y373- Polaroid Go Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTZzqpTN84U- Film negative inversion apphttps://www.analog.cafe/app/film-q- How to invert film manually https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-invert-colour-film-negatives-in-photoshop-geea- Soft Grain Books Call for Submissions: https://softgrainbooks.com/call-for-submissions/- The Tsushima Cyanotypes Review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/the-tsushima-cyanotypes-19fl- How to Make Better Photos According to Science https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-make-better-photos-according-to-science-5xp4- Carmencita Film Lab in Belencia making recovered silver jewelry from fixer chemicals: https://carmencitafilmlab.com/agno-carmencita/This episode was published on January 27, 2027. 1 hr 41 min.

In this episode, you’ll hear me accidentally open my loaded film camera and ruin a few frames (gasp!). But more importantly, Daren and I shoot, develop, scan, and share our first impressions with the new RETO/Kodak film camera. We are impressed.Kodak Snapic A1 is a $100 film camera with a 𝒇9.5 25mm coated glass lens, motorized film transport, 2-zone focusing, 1/100s fixed shutter, built-in flash, a double-exposure switch, and shaped like Ricoh GR1. We used a selfie taken with Snapic on the day of taping for this episode's cover.During this episode, we’ve got to test this camera together just before taping. We then took a break after recording the first part of the show to develop and scan the film so we could share our first impressions of the image quality from this lens (shot indoors on Ilford FP4+).I will be putting a few more rolls through this camera on an upcoming trip and post a full review on Analog.Cafe shortly.Show links:- I wrote about Kodak Snapic A1 briefly in last month’s newsletter: https://www.analog.cafe/r/film-photography-news-november-2025-recap-41s8- For comparison, Ricoh GR1s (detailed review): https://www.analog.cafe/r/ricoh-gr1gr1s-film-camera-review-zzrd- RETO Pano camera review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/reto-pano-reusable-35mm-film-camera-review-j7eh- Ilford Sprite 35-II camera review: https://www.learnfilm.photography/1-month-with-the-ilford-sprite-35-ii- Yashica x I’m Back digital camera: https://petapixel.com/2024/03/27/the-micro-mirrorless-is-the-worlds-smallest-interchangeable-lens-camera- About Ilford, Harman, and Ilfocolor film: https://www.analog.cafe/r/harman-phoenix-200-vs-ilford-ilfocolor-400-md99- A brief history of the Polaroid brand: https://www.analog.cafe/r/a-brief-history-of-polaroid-s3ko- Kodak Retina IIIC review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-retina-iiic-foldable-film-camera-review-sttz- About zone focusing: https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-zone-focus-quickly-and-accurately-s9c0- Minolta TC-1 camera review: https://www.analog.cafe/r/minolta-tc-1-wvii- Master the Sunny 16 Rule: https://www.analog.cafe/r/master-the-sunny-16-rule-2mol- How to use flash with manual film cameras: https://www.analog.cafe/r/a-simple-guide-to-using-flash-cubes-srh8One thing that we forgot to mention in this episode is that longer focal lengths will require more focusing zones or risk blurry images due to a narrower depth of field: https://www.analog.cafe/r/what-is-aperture-and-how-does-it-work-x7n6#how-apertures-affect-depth-of-field. On the other hand, Snapic A1’s ultra-wide lens ensures that most of the scene is in focus with just a simple switch for near/far.

In this episode, Daren and I sit down (remotely¹) with Blaž Semprimožnik — a Slovenian engineer who invented a new way to shoot movies on regular 35mm film — the kind we buy for our still cameras!¹ — Please note that this is our first podcast interview — expect some echoes and a few hops around the topic 😅. We’re still learning. That said, the episode delves deep into the inner workings of the camera and Blaž’s ideas behind it. As we warm up, the conversation gets more interesting!You may find reading this article beforehand helpful to get a better idea of what OKTO35 looks like and what it’s capable of: https://www.analog.cafe/r/okto35-a-genius-invention-making-movies-on-135-film-10zq.Show links:- Blaž’s website with tons of information about the OKTO35 project https://blazsemprimoznik.com- Blaž’s Instagram https://www.youtube.com/@BlazSemprimoznik- Blaž’s YouTube — watch it for more sample videos, the story of the camera creation, and footage of the whole thing coming together — https://www.youtube.com/@BlazSemprimoznik- PayPal — Blaž accepts donations for the project, mostly to get more film for testing the camera — https://www.paypal.me/BlazSemprimoznik

In this episode, Daren reviews Kodak’s financial statements, explains why its stock price recently tanked, and discusses how the business is doing. We chat about money, a factory explosion, toxic chemicals, the future of film photography, and film prices.Kodak’s recent decisions, including the upcoming liquidation of its pension plan interests to pay off a maturing loan (a move that has sparked a flurry of negative news about the company). Though likely a necessary move, this also puts Kodak in a tough position, as its sales of print technology, a major part of its business, are under threat from competition.On the bright side, the part of Kodak that makes and sells film is growing fast. Its brand is incredibly recognizable — and, as we’ve learned recently, Kodak is not afraid to leverage it for gain. Though we haven’t discussed Kodacolor in this podcast, it is an example of the Eastman company going around Alaris to sell more film (see https://www.analog.cafe/r/kodak-colorplus-vs-kodacolor-200-vs-kodak-gold-200-my93).Show links:- Kodak financial report https://www.analog.cafe/r/film-photography-news-august-2025-recap-0ovn#is-kodak-in-trouble- Polaroid’s fading qualities https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-make-polaroid-sol-pints-e098- How to dispose of film chemicals https://www.learnfilm.photography/how-to-dispose-of-film-developing-chemicals/- Silver in the human body https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria (gross picture)- Kodak AHU https://www.analog.cafe/comments/6lnk- Film prices https://www.analog.cafe/app/film-price-trends- Preferences for black-and-white film- Gingerbread camera https://www.analog.cafe/r/building-the-worlds-first-gingerbread-camera-twpg- Analog aF-1 https://www.analog.cafe/r/film-photography-news-september-2025-recap-7lux#analogue-af-1- Film inversion https://www.analog.cafe/r/how-to-invert-colour-film-negatives-in-photoshop-geea- Lucky film https://www.analog.cafe/r/film-photography-news-july-2025-recap-kxhx#new-colour-film-from-china-lucky-c200This episode was published on October 16, 2025. 56 min.