Central Park & Brooklyn Bridge on Film | Snowy Winter in New York City
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Central Park & Brooklyn Bridge on Film | Snowy Winter in New York City

The fluffy white snow had begun crusting into ice, rain fell from the sky, and our fingertips were frozen, but with a classic Hasselblad 501C in hand, it was all tolerable. Beautiful, even. I can think of no better way to commemorate a snowy New York City than with these lovely film– yes, analog film…

Melanie Gabrielle | Snowy Winter in New York City
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Melanie Gabrielle | Snowy Winter in New York City

I am so excited to introduce my new personal project for 2014: Art for Art. Once a month, I will find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I’ll photograph them; they’ll photograph me. We’ll get to see each other work; we’ll explore how different or similar our styles might be; and we can challenge ourselves…

Best of 2011: Shooting Film
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Best of 2011: Shooting Film

2011 was the year I really delved back in to film. Yes. Real, tangible, old-school film. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done for my photography. I rented the beautiful Contax 645, purchased my own Canon EOS3, and blogged all my adventures and experiments along the way, from comparing film vs. digital to comparing photo labs. My…

Jenny & Kevin | Little Tokyo | Los Angeles Anniversary Shoot
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Jenny & Kevin | Little Tokyo | Los Angeles Anniversary Shoot

This is an anniversary shoot. It’s also a story of love and family and Thanksgiving. It was just over a year ago that we were all gathered in Southern California for Jenny and Kevin’s beautiful wedding. I was their official photographer, and we were also there with our brand new videography company Seaglass Cinema, which…

VSCO Film Review | Digital Mimicking Film | Shooting Film
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VSCO Film Review | Digital Mimicking Film | Shooting Film

I had been thinking for a while that someone should just create a set of actions that would make digital files mimic film. Well today it showed up: VSCO Film. In short, VSCO Film is a set of digital actions/presets for Lightroom and Photoshop that take digital raw files and make them look like different…

Oscars Photo Lab vs. Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 4 of 5
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Oscars Photo Lab vs. Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 4 of 5

After I shot my first few rolls of film, I did a little experiment. I sent one roll to my local lab, Oscar’s Photo Lab, in San Francisco, and I sent the rest to Richard Photo Lab in Los Angeles. Richard Photo Lab is easily the most well-known film processing lab in the country today,…

Film vs. Digital | A Modern Day Comparison | Shooting Film, Part 3 of 5
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Film vs. Digital | A Modern Day Comparison | Shooting Film, Part 3 of 5

Film vs. Digital. It’s become clear that it’s no longer a matter of technical quality or megapixels. Digital is the norm of the industry. In many ways, it has “won.” But there are still a select few photographers who shoot 100% film even today, in 2011, and they are standouts in the industry. Jose Villa,…

And Now We Wait | Contax 645 | Shooting Film,  Part 1 of 5
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And Now We Wait | Contax 645 | Shooting Film, Part 1 of 5

And now we wait. Yes, I shot film. Real, tangible, old school film. I’ve been seduced by film photography. I love everything about its look, the buttery softness of the highlights, the beautiful colors, porcelain skin tones… everything. So after attending Jonathan Canlas’ Film is Not Dead platform class at WPPI, I had a new…