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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. 291: Hot Mess ’22 Grainsplaining vs. Graemesplaining

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...

Jul 17, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 493

Ep. 290: SmitherZines

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 ne...

Jul 07, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 492

Ep. 289: Cameras, conscience and a massive cat

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/

Jun 26, 20221 hr 20 minEp. 491

Ep. 288: Wet Plate Willow

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/

Jun 11, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 490

Ep. 287: Flat mates

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/produc...

Jun 04, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 489

Sunny 16 Extra: Analogue Spotlight Afterparty

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.

May 23, 202238 minEp. 488

Ep. 286: *Insert your own pun title here*

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...

May 18, 20221 hr 16 minEp. 487

Ep. 285: A Fortunate Man

On this weeks show we're delighted to be joined by the mighty Steve Starr (better known by many as @stig_ofthedump) To talk about the book a Fortunate man from the 60's a work produced by writer John Berger and documentary photographer Jean Mohr detailing the life and practice of a local GP in a small village in the Forest of Dean, and how Steve used this as an inspiration to create his own book, not only for the subject matter, but also for the way the writing and pictures were used together to...

May 15, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 486

Ep. 284: 4.30am Eternal (excuse)

On this weeks show the whole gang is here, and not only that, we're joined by one of our favourite humans Hamish Gill to get all the info on the upcoming Analogue Spotlight event! Well, okay, maybe not all the information, but definitely some. Of varying quality. Did we mention that Hamish had been up since 4.30am? Check out this for a perhaps more coherent understanding of what will be there: https://analoguespotlight.com/launch-event/ Find Rachel's new pop-up darkroom hire here: https://www.li...

May 05, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 485

Ep. 283: Bradford to Dewsbury

Ade, Clare and Graeme get together once more to discuss Ade's shiny new camera, Clare's adventures putting on an interactive performance art piece in Norway and some awesome work from listeners on the them of "Blue". We're also getting excited about the upcoming Analogue Spotlight - check out all the stuff happening and get yourself a ticket here: https://analoguespotlight.com/launch-event/ Check out the new Solarcan Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samcornwell/the-solarcan...

Apr 23, 20221 hr 26 minEp. 484

Ep. 282: Inertia Real

This week we're delighted to be joined by documentary photographer Jim Mortram, creator of the Small Town Inertia blog and subsequent book in which Jim documents the lives and stories of the often forgotten people of his own small town with an intimacy and sensitivity rarely found in this kind of work. Find Jim's blog here: https://smalltowninertia.co.uk/ http://jamortram.co.uk/ https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j-a-mortram-small-town-inertia-diary-entries-1-2 On twitter: https://twitter.com/J...

Apr 10, 20221 hr 43 minEp. 483

Ep. 281: Spring Colour

Old school times at Sunny 16 with Ade and Graeme minding the fort this week, and basking in an absolute deluge of new film announcements from the last couple of weeks! Kodak Gold in 120: https://emulsive.org/articles/news/25-cheaper-than-both-portra-and-ektar-the-return-of-kodak-gold-200-film-in-120-format Cinestill 400D: https://kosmofoto.com/2022/03/cinestill-announces-new-400d-colour-negative-film/ https://cinestillfilm.com/products/making-a-new-color-film-400dynamic?variant=41344269222060 Fu...

Apr 01, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 482

Ep. 280: Represent

On this weeks show we have a round table discussion on the subject of diversity (or lack thereof) of representation within the film photography world, especially by some of the bigger players. Joining us for this chat are three fabulous guests: Izzie Farr : https://www.instagram.com/izzie_farr/ and https://bekindshootfilm.com/ Tonicha (T): https://www.instagram.com/iso_latedfilm/ , https://www.instagram.com/graingurls/ and https://www.graingurls.com/ Michelle Parr: https://www.instagram.com/shel...

Mar 23, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 481

Ep. 279: Traffic Jam

On this weeks show we've a full house of hosts gathered to catch up on what we've all been up to, and to chat about the theme of Traffic we had running in February. Find the album Tresor which Clare shot the cover of here: https://heavenlyrecordings.com/new-music-and-album-gwenno-announce-her-new-record-tresor-with-the-first-single-an-stevel-nowydh/

Mar 13, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 480

Ep. 278: Chromatic Spectrum

On this weeks show it's the welcome return of Steve Lloyd of Chroma cameras, back to tell us all about the ever expanding range of cameras being made up in his Liverpool workshop, from the tiny Cube, to the new Chroma 6x12 and beyond! Find (and buy) Chroma cameras here: https://chroma.camera/

Mar 05, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 479

Ep. 277: Her Dark Materials

On this weeks podcast it is an honour and a delight to welcome to the show Anjella Roessler, a fantastically talented fine art and portrait photographer and artist who has been creating powerful, moving work representing a range of difficult subject matters, both historical and contemporary. We talk about her series "Land of blood" and "Without Consent", how continued education in photography has helped her achieve new heights with her work and much more. Find Anjella's website here: https://www...

Feb 27, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 478

Ep. 276: Anil’s new book trimmed

On this weeks show Ade is joined by our old friend Anil Mistry to hear all about his new book Hometown. Order a copy of Anil's book here: https://fistfulofbooks.com/product/hometown/

Feb 19, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 477

Backing Paper January 2022

Yes, it's February now, but the thought was definitely there. Matthew and Graeme are here to bask in the joy that is thoughtful listener emails Flic Film C41 heater: https://flicfilm.ca/accessories/

Feb 09, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 476

Ep. 275: Twenty Twenty Do

On this weeks show we look back on a month of exploring our desires, or at least trying to explore the idea of desire in our Photography, and launch our official rebranding of 2022 as Twenty Twenty Do. Ade, Billy and Graeme's pictures of Desire: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RmPQJAAlxZUKRj2_WaaGzSDEU6ElbiBP?usp=sharing Orwo new films article on Kosmo foto: https://kosmofoto.com/2022/02/orwo-confirms-two-new-films-are-being-released-in-2022/ Analogue Spotlight questionnaire: https://www...

Feb 06, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 475

Ep. 274: Fighting the inexorable gravity of your sofa

On this weeks show we chat about our various efforts to actually get off our collective arses over the last week and engage with our hobby in many and diverse ways, with a surprising amount of success!

Jan 30, 20221 hr 13 minEp. 474

Ep. 273: Legacy

On this weeks show we talk about what we'd be leaving behind for others if we suddenly weren't here. This included topics like the way we all handle our image storage, both digital and physical, how our pictures could be accessed and used by others in the future, and how someone who isn't into photography could make any sense out of our mountains of gear!

Jan 22, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 473

Ep. 272: Blue Magic Tree

It's a post festive period catchup this week, and a look ahead to a year of hopefully photographic fun. Our impromptu list of monthly subject/inspiration topics: January: Desires February: Traffic March: Blue April: Magic May: Tree June: Song Lyric July: Electric Dreams August: Motivated light September: Forced perspective October: Event November: Into the night December: Faces

Jan 15, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 472

Ep. 271: 2021 - The good bits celebrated

Seasons Greetings everyone, we're here with an alcohol fueled mini Sunny Awards show so pull the good stuff out of 2021 before we cast the generally wretched year into the fiery abyss forever. Some of the awesome stuff and people from this year: Ethan Moses 20x24 Instant Pictures Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cameradactylmongoose/20x24-instant-pictures-in-los-angeles Reveni Spot meter: https://www.reveni-labs.com/spotmeter Pinsta camera: https://www.pinstacamera.com/ Photogra...

Dec 24, 20211 hr 35 minEp. 471

Ep. 270: Look to the Stars

On this weeks show, after a suitably rambling start, we get into a discussion about some of Ade and Clare's favourite photographers (the very different William Eggleston, Dianne Arbus, Corinne Day and Helmut Newton) why their work has been important to them over the years, and why it stands out amongst the sea of photography out there. We also have a couple of cracking follow up emails from last weeks show.

Dec 18, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 470

Ep. 269: Average to mediocre

Ade, Clare and Graeme ease themselves back into the podcast mindset with a rambling conversation about our recent adventures, what inspires us to shoot, how we feel about what we shoot and a host of digressions. Like we said, we're easing our rusty pod-brains back into gear this week, so bear with!

Dec 10, 20211 hr 39 minEp. 469

Our friend John

The podcast returns this week as Ade, Clare, Hamish and Graeme get together to remember our dear friend John in the way that he affected all of our lives - positively. No tears, some laughs, and at the end just a whole load of John We don't dwell on what his loss means to us personally, because if you listened to the last podcast then you deserve a break and a medal, and if you've listened to this podcast over the last couple of years then you already know. He brought joy, wisdom, compassion, su...

Nov 26, 20211 hr 18 minEp. 468

Ep. 268: Pinsta rap

On this weeks show Ade and Clare are joined by Oliver New, the man behind the Pinsta Camera, a highly innovative new product currently on Kickstarter which manages to combine a Pinhole camera, developing tank and micro dark room all in one small, exceedingly well built box. Find the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1221830697/pinsta-instant-camera-micro-darkroom-and-negative-enlarger?ref=project_build And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinsta_camera/...

Oct 29, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 467

Ep. 267 : Relax, recline and unwind

It's the Cheap Shots Challenge, back again helping you relaxing with the theme UNWIND. We are joined by the fabulous Tina Rowe who gives us a little update of what she has been up to as well as providing some valuable commentary on the submissions on the way to selecting a winner. Who knows what they will physically win, but a winner in the eyes of Tina is the greatest prize anyone could hope for. Also available on YouTube so you can actually see the photos: https://youtu.be/7-T6OZUU_cw Tina's v...

Oct 21, 20211 hr 42 minEp. 466

Ep. 266: It‘s a Wonderlab Life

On this weeks show we're joined by Marina Llopis and Paul McKay to hear all about the newest addition to the Analogue Wonderland Empire, the Analogue Wonderlab, which Marina has brought into existence over the last few months and which opened for business this week! Marina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifwefilm_/?hl=en Analogue Wonderlab: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/collections/film-developing

Oct 15, 20211 hr 18 minEp. 465

Ep. 265: Full Spectrum Warrior

On this weeks show we're delighted to be joined by the fabulous Alexandra Heron, photographer and now public speaker, to talk about her long term project "Breadth", a collection of beautiful portraits of people on the Autistic spectrum, as is Alex, and their own individual stories, with the aim of shattering the many stereotypes associated with autism. https://www.alexandraheron.com/breadth https://www.instagram.com/her.on.shoots/...

Oct 06, 20211 hr 17 minEp. 464
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