Sunny 16 Podcast

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.

You know that moment when your kickstarter completes and all your experienced friends say "now's when the work really begins"? This week we have the honour of luxuriating in that feeling with Dave "Alfie" Faulkner of Alfie Cameras as his rollercoaster continues.

Holy Scones Batman, the Sunny 16 Podcast has only gone and hit episode 300! They said it couldn't be done, or at least they said it shouldn't be done, but then we did it anyway because that's just how we roll.   On this bumper episode Ade, Rach, Clare and Graeme are all here for a catch up, then Matthew Joseph joins us for a trip down memory lane, and as if that wasn't enough/too much we also have a special announcement about a very limited edition Sunny 16 Product!   So you know, a lot.    We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us through, listening, taking part, donating or just sending out positive vibes over the years. It amazes us that we made it this far, and we could not have done it without you.   This show was a bit of a mare to put together, so if it's a little off in places don't yell at me. If I've really screwed the pooch please scream away.     The following music was used for this media project: Music: Honey Bee by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/38

More conversations from our trip to the Photography Show, but this time from the (relative) comfort of a bar patio!  Featured on this episode:   Rachel Brewster-Wright: https://www.instagram.com/littlevintagephotography/ Steve Lloyd: https://www.instagram.com/chromacamera/ Michelle Parr: https://www.instagram.com/shelby2003.mp/ Hannah Gross: https://www.instagram.com/hannahjuliettephotography/ Emma Lloyd: https://www.instagram.com/emmajlloyd_/ Karen Freer: https://www.instagram.com/karenshootsfilm/ Clare Williams: https://www.instagram.com/thegladsatsuma_onfilm/ Peggy: https://www.instagram.com/cameragocamera/ Amanda Izquierdo: https://www.instagram.com/mandyleft/ Henry: https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthemagicboxpodcast/   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Acid Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3340-acid-trumpet License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com    

Ade and Graeme hit the floor of the 2022 UK Photography Show and get chatting to...   Matt Parry from Ilford Photo https://www.instagram.com/ilfordphoto/ Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras https://www.instagram.com/alfiecameras/ Juho Lepannen from Camera Rescue https://www.instagram.com/camerarescue/ Henry from Tales from the Magic Box podcast https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthemagicboxpodcast/ Naomi Davison from Intrepid https://www.instagram.com/intrepidcamera/ Stephen Dowling from Kosmo Foto https://www.instagram.com/kosmofoto/ Brian from Capix  http://www.capix.com/about.html James Lane from Zone Imagine Lab https://www.instagram.com/zoneimaginglab/ Sam Cornwell from Solarcan  https://www.instagram.com/thesolarcan/ Hamish Gill from Pixl-latr etc etc https://www.instagram.com/pixllatr/ Holly Gilman from Analogue Spotlight https://www.instagram.com/analogue.holly/ Steve Lloyd from Chroma Cameras https://www.instagram.com/chromacamera/ Joshua Cole from Flints Auctions https://www.instagram.com/flints.auctio

This week we're joined by friend of the show Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland to talk about preparations for the upcoming Photography show, what's going on at Analogue Wonderland and how film supplies are looking at the moment, all this AND nose grease talk!   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/briangriffindada/gary-0/description https://www.photographyshow.com/talks-demos-masterclasses?gclid=Cj0KCQjw94WZBhDtARIsAKxWG-_Z0rfyH29F_ukB0jUb5an78tmvYZkXb9GsOMIoBpfI5oUj7Wvg_rQaAkdbEALw_wcB   https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/     This is Sparta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYZRskNV3w&ab_channel=lelefonda  

What a treat (for us at least) this week as we drag the boys from I Dream of Cameras back into the Sunny 16 office for a free range catchup and their Every-40-Episodes mandatory staff appraisal.   On top of that, Rachel has some awesome news - she's launching a new Photography Workbook, and not just any Photography workbook, the ULTIMATE Film and Darkroom Workbook! If you want to do engage in more hands on darkroom stuff, or just do what you already enjoy doing, but in a more structured, thoughtful, and ultimately productive way then you need to check this out.  Sign up for the Waitlist and bag a pre-order discount here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f31706d307c1600261e2852   Rachel's website: www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk    

It was a real treat this week to welcome acclaimed photographer Brian Griffin back to the podcast to discuss art and  knicker elastic, but even  more importantly his new book Gary, which is on Kickstarter NOW! Brian is a genuine legend, if you missed his first appearance on show 223 then go listen to that, then hurry on back for this one!   Gary Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/briangriffindada/gary-0  Brian Griffin website: https://www.briangriffin.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brian_griffin_photographer/?hl=en   Photography show: https://www.photographyshow.com/  

On this weeks show we're joined by Dave Faulkner of Alfie Cameras to talk about the companies first camera, the soon to be Kickstarted Alfie Tych, a half frame camera for the modern era!  Sign up for the newsletter here to get all the latest news and updates on the Kickstarter here: https://www.alfiecameras.com/ Check out the cameras ongoing development on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/alfiecameras/   https://www.instagram.com/3hands_studio/  

On this weeks show our hosts gather once again to catch up, enjoy some great pictures sent in by listeners and discuss their own attempts at creating work using song lyrics as inspirations, all to the backdrop of a scanner running in the background because someone left everything to the last minute...   John-Michael Mendizza on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jmmendizza/?hl=en Billy Sanford: https://www.instagram.com/bsanfordjr/?hl=en Analogue Wonderbox: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/collections/film-subscriptions   Photo Print day:  https://mobile.twitter.com/photoprintday    

On this weeks show Ade chats with the rest of the gang about his new endeavors in photo journaling, why he started and what benefits the practice is bringing him.

On this weeks episode, friend of the show Ruth Folkard returns to the podcast to chat with Ade, Rach and Clare about the upcoming Photography Show at the NEC, and more importantly the Analogue Showcase, which promises to be an even more film fun packed space than last year, hope we'll see you all there!   Show info and tickets here: https://www.photographyshow.com/ https://www.photographyshow.com/talks-demos-masterclasses?&filters.STREAM=analogue-showcase Use offer code SUNTPS22 to get a 20% discount on advanced entry adult tickets

It's Jeff week here at Sunny 16 Towers (which is coincidentally Jeff's nickname) after the I Dream Of Cameras star (co-star) made a flash trip to the UK to buy a fancy camera, drink some fancy beer in the sun with Ade, make prints and drink pints with Rachel, visit burial grounds and television sets and probably drink who knows what with Clare, and drink Lemonade and get shown the way out by Graeme - what a week! Is Jeff as nice as he comes across in his podcast? Is the Xpan the answer to all of life's questions? Does Gabe just not like us enough to travel half way around the world? Some of these questions will be answered, some you can figure out for yourselves, only on Jeff Week here at Sunny 16!   Title for this show provided by Ade. Alternative titles included "Jeffs-on-an Airplane". "Four Welcomes and a Fuji-clone" and "The Perils of Poor Impulse Control"    

Almost every year there comes that special episode where it's just too darned hot for human beings brains to function well, and that's when we like to record. On this years Hot Mess special we're also joined by Emma Lloyd and Alex Heron, CEO's of the new Grainsplaining podcast, coming to Sunny 16 Presents any day now...    https://www.instagram.com/grainsplaining/ https://www.instagram.com/emmajlloyd_/ https://www.instagram.com/her.on.shoots/     Rachel Brewster-Wright: For people who aren't sure where I am: on Instagram: @littlevintagephotography on Twitter: @VintagePhotoCo  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-liverpool-pride-analogue-photography-exhibition-pop-up-darkroom-tickets-379327598057    

On this weeks show, Ade chats to Clare about the how he went about putting together his first ever Zine "Smithereens", with a brief interruption from Graeme and Billy Sanford to tell everyone to make stuff for Sunny 16 Presents, AND some awesome new music from Schnauser. It's like a weird open top sandwich of a show, enjoy!   Hit Ade up for a zine here: https://twitter.com/Ade968 Hit us up with your Sunny 16 Presents ideas or intro recordings here: sunny16presents@gmail.com And go listen to the new album from Schnauser, Altra Seccatura here: https://schnauser.bandcamp.com/album/altra-seccatura

On this weeks show the team are all here, along with fabulous guests Alecia Barnes and Dan Giannopoulos from LensFayre!   https://www.lensfayre.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lensfayre/  

On this weeks show Clare and Graeme are joined by the fabulous Willow Dunn, whose beautiful wet plate portraits were a huge hit at the Analogue Spotlight, about how and why they got into this process, and how they ended up at the event a mere two months after making their first Tintype!   Find Willow here: https://www.instagram.com/wetplatewillow/

Its a full house of hosts this week, most of which are either ill or knackered, but you know, here! Fortunately sickness has not yet been shown to be transmissible via podcast and we've all been up to fun things to report back on. Well, Rach and Clare have.  If you want find out more about the Revela't Festival go here: https://revela-t.cat/2022/en/  The new Agent Shadow film sneaking out here: https://kosmofoto.com/product/kosmo-foto-agent-shadow-film/ The Chroma 612: https://chroma.camera/product-category/cameras/six12/ What Graeme's iffy zoom-burst pictures look like: https://graeme-jago.smugmug.com/Galleries/Thisandthat/Abstract/

At the end of a fun but long day at the Analogue Spotlight we sat down with some of the people behind it to hear how it all went.  Audio quality isn't great, but as always the people we chatted to were.

On this weeks show we're joined by the wonderful Solarcan Man himself, Mr Sam Cornwell, to hear all about the Solarcan Puck which is up on Kickstarter now. This is a really properly cool little creation that is absolutely worth your time to investigate, so go have a look before the Kickstarter ends.   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samcornwell/the-solarcan-puck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxgfHJ8WEYg https://solarcan.co.uk/matrix https://www.instagram.com/thesolarcan/ https://twitter.com/thesolarcan