Rick on Film

Pinholing is fun, and some fantastic results can be had with a colorful film like Ektar. Get it processed professionally and order some opti...

I started developing Ilford hp5+ in Ilfotec DD-x, and wasn't getting very good results. In fact, they appeared muddy and somewhat overde...

I'm normally an Ilford guy, but I do have a few boxes of Tri-x in 120 format in my freezer. It had been forever since I last shot it, an...

Although it might have looked like it, I haven't completely abandoned this blog. In fact, I plan on doing some catch up before the end o...

One of my favorite unique and idiosyncratic film emulsions to shoot is Lomography Purple. This is a 100-400 speed film type with a unique co...

I started off the new year - Jan 2, to be precise - with a trip to a few cemeteries in SE Washington that I hadn't been to before. One o...

Once again, it's hard to believe that we're at the start of a new year. My film habits were tempered somewhat in 2018 with the acqui...

Hard to believe, but it's that time of the year again to reflect on the previous year and start looking forward to the next one. I set o...

I came into contact recently with a Canon AE-1 Program 35mm camera. This is essentially the exposure-priority version of the Canon A-Series ...

I don't normally like to get behind on my film developing, but I found myself with a sandwich bag full of unprocessed film last we...

You've probably heard it before, but this year I made a commitment to it. The very first item from my 2018 Directions post was to print...

This is a quick post without any accompanying photographs. I had recently announced that I was retiring my Canon A1 35mm camera  (see bottom...