Sunny 16 Podcast

It’s news week on Sunny16 - lots of stuff to talk about:   Dunkbot Kickstarter  Christian’s new mandolin Clare's magazine cover  Polaroid Blue Reclaimed Edition  Fujifilm suspends domestic supplies in Japan  Apple, Chair, Hat Update from Alfie Tych  New Mamiyamigos podcast   Enjoy the conversation and then join in on the Sunny16 Discord

In this episode we chat with delightful Ariela Badenas who's a photographer from Vancouver, Canada. She tells us why she loves film, how important community darkrooms are and why she would rather wear all her clothes on top of each other than not have enough space in her bag for cameras when travelling.   https://www.arielab.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/arielaaaaaaaa/   Enjoy the conversation and then join in on the Sunny16 Discord

Time to round up the conversation on photography style. What have we learned? What surprised us? What will we do differently in the future?   Big shout out to the Discord community - loads of great discussion on this topic there. Please do join us and join in on the Sunny16 Discord

It’s show and tell week on Sunny 16. As part of our mini-series on style, we have talk about our own work and our personal style evolutions. As luck would have it, we have an enormously insightful special guest join us to help navigate - Anil Mistry. Friend of the show and waaayyy too long since he last joined us, Anil applies his 30 years experience as a creative across many media and genres to help us find our way!   Find Anil’s work at… https://www.anilmistry.com https://www.anilmistryphoto.com   Find Sunbeams at… Rach: Little Vintage Photography  Christian: Instagram  Clare: Website, Instagram Ade: Website (new this week!)   Enjoy the conversation and then join in on the Sunny16 Discord

Welcome to our mini-series on photographic style! We’ve been wanting to discuss style for ages but didn’t feel we could do it justice in a single show so it was a great topic for our first foray into longer conversations. (Yeah, ok some of the earlier Sunny 16s did go on for hours

The reality of making this show has been a much richer discussion than any of us expected. We talk about Outsider Artists - their work, the impact they have had on the art world when finally recognised, exploitation of unintended legacies - the list is long and we have only scratched the surface!   Photographers mentioned in the show Lee Godie Miroslav Tichy Vivan Maier   Help us continue the conversation, join the Sunny16 Discord

Tune in for the long-awaited (sorry about that folks) conclusion and results of the Cheapshots Challenge. Our theme is harvest and our show is replete with metaphorical and abstract interpretations of the theme - with a few actually-on-brief submissions as well

Artist, educator and hybrid photographer Danny Bittencourt joins us for an exploration of the art, the emotion and the process of photography-based art beyond the print.   Danny on the web: Website Instagram YouTube   And while you’re at it, join the Sunny16 Discord too

Ant and Craig from the Pretence Collective join us to talk about their zine Pretence, how they met, got inspired, put out an open call and made an amazing book for us all to enjoy! Check them out at:   Pretence website Pretence Instagram Ant Instagram Craig Instagram   And while you’re at it, join the Sunny16 Discord too

Ilford Master Printer, professional print colourist, tutor and artistic experimenter Andrew Sanderson joins us to discuss his work, passions and not-projects!   Andrew on Instagram   Andrew’s blog Get Andrew’s books on Abe Books   And while you’re at it, join the Sunny16 Discord too

Happy New Year everyone! Just a few weeks ago, Dave and Benny set up NorthWestFilmPhoto - a group dedicated to film photography in the north west of England. They are just starting out and have already built a great Discord community and hosted a big photowalk. Our conversation with the NWFP guys has loads of interesting stories and real excitement for something new that is kicking off in glorious (we hope) 2023!!!   NWFP links here! (Instagram, Facebook, Discord)   And while you’re at it, join the Sunny16 Discord too

The Sunnies Awards 2022 yaayyyyyy! Back by dope demand after a two year break, we have an amazing breadth and depth of work and stuff to celebrate and to share. Our 7 categories for the Sunnies are:   1. What is your favourite Sunny 16 Presents show? 2. What is the best new film launched in 2022? 3. What is the best new camera launched in 2022? 4. Who is your favourite vendor of refurbished cameras? 5. Who is the most influential newcomer in the analogue community? 6. What is your favourite body of work published this year? 7. What is your favourite innovative widget of the year?   Clearly we won’t spoil the show by listing all the outmodes here

Back once again (like the proverbial renegade master) we are honoured to talk to Duncan Gammon of SilverPan Film Lab who regales us with tales of community spirit, bespoke development and printing and single-handedly getting Hasselblad to do a production run of motherboards.   (I might have exaggerated that last one.)   Artists mentioned by Duncan during the show: Greg Turner Rosie Sherwood Wendy Chapman Jodi Rogers Alex Grove Justine   Vote for the Sunnies Awards by Sunday 18th December please   Send us your last, late Harvest photos for the cheapshots challenge to sunny16podcast@gmail.com

Continuing our occasional series on analogue entrepreneurs we are hugely pleased that Jame Burris of Dorset Vintage Camera Hire joined us to talk about his side business renting out medium format cameras. This is a great story of turning something you love into something bigger.   Vote for the Sunnies Awards   Send us your Harvest photos for the cheapshots challenge to sunny16podcast@gmail.com by 11th December

B-b-b-b-b-b-breaking News! We sent out the Sunny16 News Hound to get us a scoop this week. Listen up for something properly exciting!   Vote for the Sunnies Awards   Send us your Harvest photos for the cheapshots challenge to sunny16podcast@gmail.com by 11th December

Rach has some very exciting news to share - including what is probably the coolest darkroom location ever!  Sign up to the waitlist for The Ultimate Film & Darkroom Workbook - Pre-orders opening soon!!! You’ll be able to buy it for Christmas and will be shipping out in January. Visit Emma’s new Etsy shop for photographer Christmas gifts and more Vote for the Sunnies Awards Send us your Harvest photos for the cheapshots challenge to sunny16podcast@gmail.com by 11th December Listen to Digital Film Photography on the Sunny 16 Presents podcast channel

The return of the Sunnies Awards

Our guest this week is Ellen Rogers - fashion and fine art photographer, lecturer, PhD student and self-confessed photo nerd. Ellen’s clients include Vogue, Vice and plenty of other publications. An immensely enjoyable and far ranging conversation on photography (of course), learning, teaching, mechanical sympathy and much more!   Ellen didn’t mention the Iranian uprising in the podcast but she asks that people keep an eye on the #MahsaAmini hashtag, for ongoing news and to raise awareness of what is happening to the people of Iran as it’s a struggle close to her heart.   Ellen Rogers Instagram: @ellenjanerogers Web: ellenrogers.com   She Hearts Film photowalk coming soon:      

This week we are starting an occasional themed show called Analogue Entrepreneur where we get to talk to people about the business side of their creative work. Who better to start us off than our very own Rachel! Little Vintage Photography

What energises you about photography? Is it people, books, exhibitions, heated discussions about your favourite film stocks? Whatever it is, it’s a glorious thing to get positive energy from a creative endeavour - and that’s what we talk about this week!   Also, we launch the new round of the cheap shots challenge with the theme - Harvest.