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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. 304: Ellen Rogers

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...

Nov 10, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 508

Ep. 303: Rach the Analogue Entrepreneur

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

Nov 03, 202257 minEp. 507

Ep. 302: Energizer Bunny Beams

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.

Oct 27, 20221 hrEp. 506

Ep. 301: Alfie

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.

Oct 20, 202239 minEp. 505

Ep. 300: Also episode 200

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 ...

Oct 11, 20222 hr 39 minEp. 504

Photography Show 2022: The Afterparty

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/...

Sep 26, 202251 minEp. 503

Sunny 16 Podcast Extra: Photography Show 2022

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 h...

Sep 20, 202246 minEp. 502

Ep. 299: This is (nearly) Sparta!

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://...

Sep 15, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 501

Ep. 298: I Dream of Photo Workbooks (and staff appraisals)

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, thoughtfu...

Sep 11, 20221 hr 47 minEp. 500

Ep. 297: Brian Griffin and the art of Gary

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.inst...

Sep 01, 20221 hr 30 minEp. 499

Ep. 296: The Alfie Tych - an all new Half-a-Cookie Camera!

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/...

Aug 26, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 498

Ep. 295: Musically lifted

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/coll...

Aug 21, 20221 hr 2 minEp. 497

Ep. 294: The Secret Diary of Adrian Stock

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.

Aug 14, 20221 hr 8 minEp. 496

Ep. 293: Photography Show preview

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% d...

Aug 04, 202235 minEp. 495

Ep. 292: I Dream of Jeff

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...

Jul 29, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 494

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
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