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Sunny 16 Podcast

Ade, Rachel, Clare, John and Graemesunny16.podbean.com
A weekly show exploring the wonderful world of analog photography from every angle
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Ep. 376 Boxx Clever

Another episode, another new camera to talk about - the good times are indeed rolling for us analogue photography lovers! Joining us this week to talk about the Alfie Boxx is Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras. They've just launched a Kickstarter for the Boxx camera and you should check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davefaulkner/alfie-boxx-camera https://www.35mmc.com/19/05/2026/alfie-boxx-mini-review-a-wonderful-and-truly-analogue-experience-launched-today-on-kickstarter/...

May 19, 20261 hr 16 minEp. 583

Ep. 375 The All New Widelux

Rachel and Clare talk to Charys & Marwan from SilverBridges, the newly formed company (along with Jeff & Susan Bridges) who are bringing the brand new WideluxX film camera to market. The first run of 350 cameras drops right now over at wideluxx.com - so if you want to get your hands on one, hop on over there now, and come back to hear more from the team. You can find out more: wideluxx.com silvergrainclassics.com littlevintagephotography.co.uk claremariebailey.com Or follow on Instagram:...

Apr 28, 202651 minEp. 582

Ep. 374 Structure is overrated

On this weeks show Clare and Graeme cover many and varied topics as they pop into their brains, including (but not limited too) upcoming exhibitions, Jeff and Gabe's 100th Birthday, Worldwide Pinhole day, new film from Kono and perhaps too much more! https://konomanufaktur.com/shopnow/cinis400 https://pinholeday.org/ https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/photographer-makes-pinhole-camera-out-of-chinese-roast-duck/...

Apr 12, 202650 minEp. 581

Ep.373 Photography Show 2026 - See you at the pub!

Yes, It's that most wonderful time of the year once again, the Analogue showcase at the Photography show in Birmingham! Ably assisted, encouraged and informed by the delightful Billy Sanford we spoke to (in no correct order) https://www.vintagecamerahut.com https://alfiecameras.com/ https://www.dragonfilm.co.uk/ https://valoi.co/en-gb https://thisishowirollfilm.co.uk https://www.photowalk.me/ https://www.ag-photolab.co.uk/ https://www.ilfordphoto.com/ https://www.zone-imaging.co.uk/ https://www....

Mar 22, 20261 hr 44 minEp. 580

Ep. 372 Switch Please

Happy New Film Day everyone! Yes, Matt and Michelle join Rachel and Graeme to catch us up on the ongoing colour film journey at Harman, and in particular the newest addition to the family Switch Azure, their first colour switching film. Listen to everything about it here, go look at pictures and learn more here: @harmanphoto and #harmanazure harmanphoto.co.uk And go pick some up here: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/

Mar 05, 202653 minEp. 579

Ep. 371 What're ya buyin'?

This week we're joined by the ever delightful Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland for our not quite as regular as it should be dive into what's what in the film selling world in 2026 - what are people buying, perhaps more importantly what are people selling and what can we look forwards to over the next year, at least from Analogue Wonderland! Go here for all the film: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/ And here to keep up with there antics: https://www.instagram.com/analoguewonderland/?hl=en...

Feb 27, 20261 hr 20 minEp. 578

Ep. 370 A Cheap Shot in the Dark

Hurrah and Huzzah it's Cheap Shot's Judging time! Joined by the delightful Yant Martin-Keyte to hear about the in progress upcoming zine from the Photozine collective and get some quality judging action See all the fabulous photo's right here: https://sunny16podcast.com/cheap-shots-challenge/cheap-shots-embrace-the-darkness/ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/JHwyC46w5 Photozine Collective: https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/ Support the podcast on Ko-fi here! : http://ko-fi.com/sunny...

Feb 15, 20261 hr 44 minEp. 577

Ep. 369 The Number of the Goose

In this show we follow up on our previous conversation and talk about some of the services we've used over the years to both store and share our photos, and their various pros and cons. We also talk about various and diverse other subjects as we range far and wide, and also have a couple of great listener emails! LINKS! littlevintagephotography.co.uk/workbook Email: photozinecollective@gmail.com Website: https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/?p=313 Andrew Long links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/pr...

Feb 02, 20261 hr 43 minEp. 576

Ep. 368 Rearranging your Clouds

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a busy Christmas but we're back to talk archiving practises (both good and bad), dealing with storing darkroom chemicals, Pseudo Solargraphy and more! Helplines Awareness Day: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTLHwwFjfNI/?igsh=MW9jYjFia2EzaXJvcw== Here's The Hardman's House from National Trust if people want to take a look: The Hardmans' House | Liverpool | National Trust https://share.google/QWyEXRXP7z6oqMGgP littlevintagephotography.co.uk/workbook And for joining ...

Jan 09, 20261 hr 18 minEp. 575

Ep. 367 Little China Woman

Clare, Rachel and Graeme return to talk about Clare's experiences exhibiting and giving demonstrations on photography in China as well as giving talks AND performing as her musical alter ego Mirror Gaze, Rachel has been out getting inspired by the work of Lee Miller, and Graeme got wet on a hill in Wales - business as usual all round. We also talk about the recent Holga week which we were lucky enough to be involved in the judging of, and we discuss ways of still shooting even when the weather s...

Nov 30, 20251 hr 22 minEp. 574

Ep. 366 Embrace the Darkness

Hello! After an unplanned absence we're back with a wee shortie. Rachel and Graeme, faced as many of us in the Northern hemisphere are with the dark and gloomy months go through their favourite methods of keeping the photography going over even the greyest of days Sunny 16 Discord: https://discord.gg/sYfpRcj79

Nov 08, 202537 minEp. 573

Ep. 365 A Rambling with Hamish

Easing ourselves back into the podcasting chairs this week after a brief break we thought who better to bring on for a slightly rambling chat about the state of film photography in 2025 than the one an only Hamish Gill of 35mmc, Analogue Spotlight, Pixelatr, Omnar lenses and more fame! No one, that's who. https://www.35mmc.com/ https://omnarlenses.com/

Sep 28, 20251 hr 44 minEp. 572

Ep. 364 The dark horse darkroom must have

This episode we're joined by the wonderful and only slightly mad genius behind all things Cameradactyl, Ethan Moses! We talk about how he's designed a complete system to allow us to shoot large format images on rolls of paper, including a full processing system to allow for easy development, even if you want to shoot colour reversal. He also explains why a 3D printer may be an increasingly valuable piece of kit for any photographer. You can find all of Ethan's fantastic work here: https://www.ca...

Aug 18, 20251 hr 53 minEp. 571

Ep. 363 Not the Wedding Photographers

In this weeks episode Clare and Graeme catch up to chat about post Phoenix 2 thoughts, Clare's upcoming participation in a Photography exhibition in China, and then get into it on the subject of taking photo's at weddings when you aren't the wedding photographer, discuss camera choices and what to do and what not to do. Details on Half Frame Photography day here: https://halfframeday.wordpress.com/ Utopia by Gwenno with video by Clare Marie Bailey https://youtu.be/tcj3z6Z2FHY?si=UXDyDCCJYMEi0sHd...

Aug 03, 202556 minEp. 570

Ep. 362 Guess Who's Back?

Today marks another big step in arguably one of the most important ongoing projects in the analogue photography world, Harman Technologies work to develop a high quality new colour film. The launch of Phoenix 2 is, whilst by no means the end of this journey still an exciting look at the incredible process they are making, and a fun and highly useable film itself. Joining Rachel and Graeme to talk all about it, what exactly it is (and isn't), the improvements and changes over the original Phoenix...

Jul 16, 20251 hr 8 minEp. 569

Ep. 361 Summer in the Cities

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme talk about the recent Big film Photowalk where they both took to the streets in their respective cities, and discuss the cameras they shot, people they met and adventures they had. Rachel is also in Liverpool at the annual Makefest, and Graeme hasn't given up on building his camera. Yet. https://liverpoolmakefest.org/ https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership/...

Jul 05, 202552 minEp. 568

Ep. 360 360 Degrees of Camera Goodness

On this episode we're joined by Steve Lloyd of Chroma Cameras, designer and builder of the broadest, most interesting and most diverse collection of analogue cameras you can buy new today to talk about some of the latest projects he's been working on, from a 35mm Point and shoot to the most compact 4x5 camera you can get! Check out Chroma Cameras here: https://chroma.camera/

Jun 17, 20251 hr 38 minEp. 567

Ep. 359 Creative solutions for Creativity problems

In this episode Clare and Graeme catch back up to talk about Clare's recent exhibitions and her new video's for Gwenno, as well as a bit of a dive into some of the elements involved in producing them using Super 8 film. They also have a chat about some of their own favourite and most used photo gear hacks/bodges for when you don't have or don't want to buy the new fancy camera gear but do want to try out a technique. If you have any good camera gear hacks, let us know at sunny16podcast@gmail.com...

Jun 07, 202559 minEp. 566

Ep. 358 Soft Backed Photobook

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme are joined by an absolute power team of returning guests, all here to talk about the new collaborative photobook titled Opaque, from the Photozine Collective who previously produced the Lucid and Ambiguous zines. We we're lucky enough to be joined by Yant Martin-Keyte who produced and edited the book, the fabulous J M Golding of fantastic Holga photography and 127 day fame and glory, and the one and only John-Michael Mendizza of making beautiful portraits, th...

May 16, 20251 hr 17 minEp. 565

Ep. 357 A Panoply of Pans

Happy New Film Day everyone! It's a real treat as always to be joined this week by Harman Technology/ Ilford Photo's finest Michelle Parr to talk about YET ANOTHER new film they're releasing into the wild TODAY! Kentmere Pan 200 is available now from all good retailers and you know that you'll find scads of videos and images out right now on the socials and Youtube, but if you want to hear why they decided to make it and what's makes it a great addition to the film lineup, then you've come to th...

May 08, 202549 minEp. 564

Ep. 356 Flowers For Bea with Brendan Barry

In this episode we're joined by the spectacular Brendan Barry to talk all about his work making photographic art with everything from a cardboard darkroom and camera obscura to a large area of skyscraper real estate, and in particular his most recent personal project Flowers For Bea, a beautiful collection of images which feature in the book of the same name currently on Kickstarter. Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gblimitededitions/flowers-for-bea-a-photo-bo...

Apr 29, 20251 hr 19 minEp. 563

Ep. 355 Clare in The City

On this weeks show Rachel, Clare and Graeme get together to talk about Clare's recent visit to New York and Las Vegas, shooting a new album cover and video for Gwenno and failing to find the Brooklyn bridge among other adventures. Rachel has been helping people connect with their history and family through photography, and Graeme has been making the most of the sun to shoot. https://www.gwenno.info/ https://www.instagram.com/claremariebailey/?hl=en https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/ htt...

Apr 13, 20251 hr 9 minEp. 562

Ep. 354 (No, for real this time) Photowalk dot me, dot you, dot Everybody!

Hello listeners, sincere apologies for the mess up where an older episode was posted by mistake, the people responsible have been fired. From a Canon obviously. For realsies this time, Rachel and Graeme return after an unplanned Winter hiatus, along with the delightful Martin Smith, the man behind one of the quietly most useful photography related services about, Photowalk.me. We talk about why he set up the website, the new iteration of it coming soon, and why everyone should be going on photow...

Mar 31, 20251 hr 5 minEp. 561

Ep. 353 The Photography Show is coming to London!

Rachel and Clare catch up with Ruth from The Photography Show to get all the hot info on the upcoming show, taking place in the quaint little town of London for the first time! https://www.photographyshow.com/ http://littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership SUN25 - gives 20% off standard entry, expires 5th March

Feb 14, 202557 minEp. 560

Ep. 352 New Year, Old People

Holy Cow it's 2025! Never has a year been more futurey than this one, and we're back from our break to see where all the flying cars are. In this episode it's truly a delight to be joined by the one and only (unless he's been cloned because future) Simon Forster of Large Format Photography Podcast and Classic lenses fame! He joins us to judge the long overdue cheap shots challenge, and it's a lot of fun - thank you so much to everyone who took part. You can see all the pictures here: https://sun...

Jan 19, 20251 hr 47 minEp. 559

Ep. 351 The Collaboration Station

In this episode Rach, Clare and Graeme talk about using the power of using (in a good way) Other People to help inspire, motivate and move our own creativity forwards.

Dec 14, 202459 minEp. 558

Ep. 350 Gimme Gimme Gimme

On this weeks show the fabulous Rachel returns, and we're joined by the almost equally fabulous Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland for a good old chat about stuff, the acquisition of which is a constant cure/temporary balm for reality. Reflection on the new stuff that's come out this year, the recent availability of much loved stuff, the ever increasing cost of stuff, and of course the stuff we'd like for Christmas. It's officially stuffing time. Where to find great Stuff: https://analoguewonde...

Nov 22, 20241 hr 27 minEp. 557

Ep. 349 Silvergrain and the Widelux

In this episode Clare and Graeme are joined by the delightful Marwan El Mozayen and Charys Schuler of Silvergrain Classics magazine to talk about their superb publication, and the exciting project they embarked upon with Jeff and Susan Bridges to bring the iconic Widelux camera back into production! Discount code for SIlvergrain Classics Magazine: SUNNY1610 https://silvergrainclassics.com/en/ https://wideluxx.com...

Nov 08, 20241 hr 19 minEp. 556

Ep. 348 Ambiguous

On this weeks show Graeme is joined by some of the fantastic contributors, Ian Wallace, Dave Wenham and Yant Martin Keyte to the recently published zine Ambiguous to talk about the process of producing the zine, working as part of a collective and of course the work in the zine itself. Photozine collective https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com @photozinecollective The Photozine Discord https://discord.gg/ynE9mwkh Where you can Buy Ambigious (Profits to Asthma and Lung UK) https://richardhall...

Oct 24, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 555

Ep. 347 Links possibly in the Show Notes

Rachel, Clare and Graeme return to discuss the recent crop of new product releases and Kickstarters, catch up on Photography adventures/misadventures, and read some thoughtful emails from some fabulous listeners. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaggle/jaggle-berlinova-enlarger https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intrepidcamera/the-intrepid-lens-and-shutter-project https://www.harmanphoto.co.uk/harman-phoenix-200-120 https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/ https://richardhall.online/new...

Oct 17, 20241 hr 39 minEp. 554
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