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People from Rosaline Shahnavaz
"I loved the intimacy of the shots I was getting." Tell us about yourself. I'm 24 years old, from London and I'm a photographer. When and how did the film journey begin for you? My father's photographs of my mother have always been a big inspiration for me. He beautifully documented their relationship and when they first met. He gave me the camera he had shot these photos on and this was my first 'real' camera. I then began photographing my friends and my boyfriend obsessively. I loved
Film is timeless, by Tom Sebastiano
"Digital is great, but film is beautiful" Tell us about yourself. Hi, my name is Tom and I’m a 48 year old salesman living in London. When and how did the film journey begin for you? In 1982, I bought my first camera a Fujica STX1. As a kid I loved to draw and paint, but as I got older I gradually realised that to be any good required a lot of time and practice neither of which I had the patience for. So I thought maybe I could experiment with photography as a creative outlet, I guess
Meet Darren Greaves from FilmDev.org
"Before I knew it I had bought a small collection of old 35mm cameras and I was totally hooked" Tell us about yourself. Hello. My name is Darren Greaves, I'm 46 years old and I live in London. For my day job I'm a Computer Programmer. Some info on FilmDev FilmDev is a website that I created for sharing and comparing film developing “recipes” (combinations of film and developer). I created FilmDev in 2008 when I was looking to get into developing my own film. It occurred to me that
Take a ride with Brian Bell
"Whether it's a crispness of detail, or a dreamy blur I just think so much more of a mood can be conveyed and implied in monochrome" Tell us about yourself. I am a self employed photographer working throughout Kent on the South East Coast of England. I shoot commercial and event commissions as well to supplement sales of my portfolio of more artistic personal work. When and how did the film journey begin for you? I have had a keen love of photography from a young age but only took it u
Shoot gold! by Jordan Ciacci
"Canon AE-1. I get excited every time I use this magnificent camera as I just can’t wait to get the film developed" Tell us about yourself. I am 19 years of age. I was born in Cambridge before I moved around England, ending up in a town called Northampton. I then moved further down country to Somerset for a brief year. But now, I find myself living in Falmouth, Cornwall. I am currently looking working in catering, however I am looking to start a career in media where I can be creative,
Disposable shots by Jon Sparkman
"You just have to hope that something comes out the other end, who knows!" Tell us about yourself. Hi! I’m 26, from Cheltenham in the UK, and taking photos is fortunately my full time job. When and how did you start using disposable cameras? My last retail job was to work in a printing lab, where you develop films all day long. We had giant sacks of disposable cameras lying around, and I routed through and thought “Hey, some of these you can load films back in and use again!”. This s