Sunny 16 Presents

OnlyFilms: Update from Japan with Alex Bridge

Back in November 2023, Mandy (@mandyleft) and Alex (@disorganised_film) chatted about Alex's upcoming trip to Japan. On this episode, they catch up to talk about how the trip - Alex's experiences with street portraits, lab development and camera shops. Be sure to follow along with Alex's Instagram and also YouTube for an exciting upcoming giveaway!

OnlyFilms: Recollections Exhibition with Ali, Charlotte and Susie

In this episode, Mandy (@mandyleft) sits down with Ali (@stiffpigeons), Charlotte (@char.lottefilm) and Susie (@susiejonesband) to talk about their upcoming exhibition (@recollections.exhibition). The exhibition will be at SHOP in Preston for 3 weekends in February 2024 starting on the 10th. They talk about how the exhibition came about and some of the things anyone might want to consider if exhibiting their own work.

 

Recommendations:

Obscura Darkroom - @obscuradarkroom

Airestreet Darkroom - @airestreetdarkroom

Negative Development - @negative.dev

Come Through Lab - @comethroughlab

Peggy - @cameragocamera

Ben Walden - @_ben_walden

OnlyFilms Collective - @onlyfilmsproject

OnlyFilms: Paris Photo with Ray and Alex

In this episode Mandy chats with Ray Liu and Alex Bridge about the OnlyFilms collective's recent experience attending Paris Photo Fair and the Instant Art Exhibition that coincides with the fair. Ray shares some of the story of his journey with Polaroid. Mandy talks about her recent experience attending a printing workshop with Rachel Brewster-Wright in Liverpool which prompts Alex to discuss making some prints from his work on Japan.

 

OnlyFilms - @onlyfilmsproject

Mandy - @mandyleft

Ray - @rliu

Alex - @disorganised_film

Paris Photo - @parisphotofair

Instant Art Exhibition - @instantart_exhibition

Rachel - @littlevintagephotography

Music and Photography #40 Graeme Jago

Thank you to everyone who has chatted with me during the music and photography podcast series. And thank you to everyone who has listened along.

 

Theme song “Timeless” courtesy of Mike Gutterman at mikegutterman.bandcamp.com

 

Get in touch with Sunny 16 at sunny16presents@gmail.com

 

Ilford’s “In Focus” interview with John Whitmore - https://www.ilfordphoto.com/in-focus-john-whitmore/

 

Music and Photography The Penultimate Episode with Graeme Jago

On this, the penultimate episode, Graeme and Billy chat about some of the themes that emerged over the course of the series, how the series came about and reflect a bit on John Whitmore.

 

Here are a few of the references that came up in the conversation -

 

The Backing Paper episode (Backing Paper September 2020) where Graeme reviewed Billy's music-themed Cheap Shot's Challenge and first mentioned the idea of how many photographers have an interest in music. - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vtvk8-ebec0a

 

The documentary Graeme watched with Johnny Marr on That Pedal Show: https://youtu.be/NjY2O92ByNw?si=qMvHfIjDqw0TtsjQ

 

The song Graeme was listening to when he crashed his car - “The Race” by Yello - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Race_(Yello_song)

 

The first music that Billy bought with his own money - “Thriller” by Michael Jackson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album)

 

The first music that Graeme bought with own money - “Doin’ the Do” by Betty Boo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doin%27_the_Do

 

John's advent calendar YouTube live I was watching whilst in the drive-thru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTT0Q4GnEdg

 

The Sunny 16 Podcast YouTube video for the "Unwind" Cheap Shot's Challenge - https://youtu.be/7-T6OZUU_cw?si=Qo46sMQK-Hr8yiY3

 

Theme song "Timeless" from Mike Gutterman via mikegutterman.bandcamp.com

 

Get in touch with Sunny 16 at sunny16presents@gmail.com

 

The show on IG: @musicandphotographypodcast

The show on Twitter: @musicnphotopod

OnlyFilms: Episode 2 with Alex Bridge - Street Photography in Japan

In this episode, Mandy (@mandyleft) sits down for a chat with Alex Bridge (@disorganised_film) about his ongoing project and experiences with photography in Japan.

 

Here are some of the camera shops mentioned:

Okawa Camera - Dev shop kyoto

https://maps.app.goo.gl/P5Yb2Sy4qH6Rp6gv6

 

Yellow Jacket - Dev shop Tokyo

https://maps.google.com/?cid=2771179310933855091&entry=gps

 

Camera Land Yaotomi - Camera and Dev shop Osaka

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rwiAkcs4bFtKNPiYA

 

Mitsuba-do - Camera shop Tokyo

https://maps.app.goo.gl/juyEF7vbuzjvfRgV8

 

Akihabara Nisshin Camera shop - best for photography merch - Tokyo

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CBPUfq8SD58bwmvd9

 

Komiyama Tokyo - photobookshop

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ed9JFc6Tk42EnwnAA

 

Yaotomishashinkiten Honten - Toy Camera shop Osaka

https://maps.app.goo.gl/91srM1tPZMzXzrVq8

 

They also talked about Matsuri Festivals -

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2063.html

 

Aside from Japan, Mandy and Alex discussed 4x5 cameras by @chromacamera and @intrepidcamera, SFX and Ortho films from @ilfordphoto and also their recent presentation at @analoguespotlight.

 

 

Alex recommended the exhibition of Daido Moriyama's work at The Photographer's Gallery -

https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/daido-moriyama-retrospective

 

The OnlyFilms group will be traveling to Paris soon to attend Photo Paris -

https://www.parisphoto.com/en-gb.html

 

OnlyFilms on Instagram - @onlyfilmsproject

Alex’s website - www.alexbridgeartist.com

 

You can get in touch with Sunny 16 at sunny16presents@gmail.com

 

Tips, Tricks and Traps Ep. 3 - ”Minutiae”

Welcome to Tips, Tricks and Traps. A podcast series to help others learn from my own misguided and wayward journey through the wonders of film photography. What's special about me? Nothing, I'm just an average sort of amatuer photographer - looking to share experiences and thoughts about our fantastic shared passion, learn from and snigger at failures, salute success and hopefully stick with me. Links to my photography:  S K | Flickr and Sam Knight (@samsphotographiclife) • Instagram photos and videos

 

This episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/rDk9bOr9SIg?si=HsrmRA19St1klZPQ

 

You can join the conversation and see the image Sam discusses over on the Sunny 16 Discord. 

 

Get in touch at sunny16presents@gmail.com

 

Music used is:
Positive Fat Bass Intro Loop by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6093-positive-fat-bass-intro-loop

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

OnlyFilms: All About ECN-2 with Nelson and Peter

In this episode, Mandy talks with Nelson and Peter about ECN-2 film - shooting, printing and developing it. They discuss the cinematic qualities of the film, halation, remjet, filters, how to rate it in different situations and opportunities to shoot it in 120. They talk about recent projects like Oppenheimer and Euphoria that used Kodak cinema films and how Vision 3 films have helped offer colour film alternatives for photographers.

 

There will be an OnlyFilms event for Day of the Dead in London on the 28th of October. Everyone is welcome! Plan to meet outside the Hoxton station at 11:00 am.

 

Shoutouts:

Gulabi (@gulabiphoto) film lab based in Glasgow.

The Film Safe (@thefilmsafe) film lab based in Southampton

 

Links:

OnlyFilms - @onlyfilmsproject

Nelson - @autefault - You can watch his video of Steven Bamidele (@stevenbamidele) here - https://youtu.be/dhG3VXEMxug?si=lgRyiLeyuLYeB44t

Peter - @thisis_howiroll

Mandy - @mandyleft

On Location: Peter and Sammie - Frames of Mind

Peter Langman returns with a conversation with Sammie who was the subject of his recent exhibition “Frames of Mind” which focused on mental health.

Peter on IG: @cameraandcoffeecabin
Website: https://www.cameraandcoffeecabin.click
Peter on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraandcoffeecabin/

Get in touch at sunny16presents@gmail.com

Music used is:
Positive Fat Bass Intro Loop by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6093-positive-fat-bass-intro-loop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Music and Photography #39 Leonard Watkins

Leonard can be found playing solo or with Three Dollar Voodoo in Central Alabama.

 

Outro - "Mississippi Cypress Tree" by Leonard Watkins

 

Theme song "Timeless" courtesy of Mike Gutterman at mikegutterman.bandcamp.com

 

Get in touch with Sunny 16 at sunny16presents@gmail.com

 

The show on IG: @musicandphotographypodcast

The show on Twitter: @musicnphotopod