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Sunny 16 Podcast

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A weekly show exploring the wonderful world of analog photography from every angle

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Ep. 295: Musically lifted

August 21, 2022 22:21 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

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....

Ep. 294: The Secret Diary of Adrian Stock

August 14, 2022 23:20 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

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.

Ep. 293: Photography Show preview

August 04, 2022 21:11 - 35 minutes - 37.8 MB

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...

Ep. 292: I Dream of Jeff

July 29, 2022 22:06 - 1 hour - 79.7 MB

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 a...

Ep. 291: Hot Mess ’22 Grainsplaining vs. Graemesplaining

July 17, 2022 00:15 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

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...

Ep. 290: SmitherZines

July 07, 2022 22:28 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

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: [email protected] And go listen...

Ep. 289: Cameras, conscience and a massive cat

June 26, 2022 00:05 - 1 hour - 79.5 MB

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/  

Ep. 288: Wet Plate Willow

June 11, 2022 20:49 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB

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/

Ep. 287: Flat mates

June 04, 2022 19:54 - 1 hour - 74 MB

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.came...

Sunny 16 Extra: Analogue Spotlight Afterparty

May 23, 2022 21:23 - 38 minutes - 54.3 MB

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.

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

May 18, 2022 08:52 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB

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:/...

Ep. 285: A Fortunate Man

May 15, 2022 10:18 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

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 togethe...

Ep. 284: 4.30am Eternal (excuse)

May 05, 2022 21:39 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB

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: h...

Ep. 283: Bradford to Dewsbury

April 23, 2022 20:36 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

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/...

Ep. 282: Inertia Real

April 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MB

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://t...

Ep. 281: Spring Colour

April 01, 2022 21:05 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

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=4...

Ep. 280: Represent

March 23, 2022 21:58 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

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.instagr...

Ep. 279: Traffic Jam

March 13, 2022 10:28 - 1 hour - 91 MB

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/

Ep. 278: Chromatic Spectrum

March 05, 2022 22:23 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

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/

Ep. 277: Her Dark Materials

February 27, 2022 22:04 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

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: ht...

Ep. 276: Anil’s new book trimmed

February 19, 2022 22:28 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

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/

Backing Paper January 2022

February 09, 2022 22:46 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB

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/

Ep. 275: Twenty Twenty Do

February 06, 2022 20:26 - 1 hour - 70.4 MB

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 questionn...

Ep. 274: Fighting the inexorable gravity of your sofa

January 30, 2022 01:13 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

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!

Ep. 273: Legacy

January 22, 2022 23:46 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB

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!

Ep. 272: Blue Magic Tree

January 15, 2022 10:45 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

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

Ep. 271: 2021 - The good bits celebrated

December 24, 2021 19:01 - 1 hour - 94.7 MB

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...

Ep. 270: Look to the Stars

December 18, 2021 13:08 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

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. 

Ep. 269: Average to mediocre

December 10, 2021 18:36 - 1 hour - 98.8 MB

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!

Our friend John

November 26, 2021 10:14 - 1 hour - 78.7 MB

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, compas...

Tragic news

November 02, 2021 21:25 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MB

It is with infinite sadness that we have to share the tragic news that our dear friend John Whitmore died unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday night.   He leaves behind his wife Anne-Marie, and his young daughter Harriet. Our thoughts are with them at this awful time.   There are no words which can express our sadness at this loss, or how much we will miss him. He was a great photographer, and printer, but more than that he was a great person, and a wonderful friend.   If you would like to s...

Ep. 268: Pinsta rap

October 29, 2021 21:23 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

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/  

Ep. 267 : Relax, recline and unwind

October 21, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 191 MB

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-T6OZU...

Ep. 266: It‘s a Wonderlab Life

October 15, 2021 00:11 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB

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

Ep. 265: Full Spectrum Warrior

October 06, 2021 23:29 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB

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/  

Sunny 16 Extra: After Hours

September 27, 2021 21:42 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB

After a busy day at the Photography Show 2021 we headed, as good folks are sometimes want to do, to the nearest bar, and proceeded to collar a few friends for a chat.   Anil Mistry: https://twitter.com/anilmistry Paul McKay: https://twitter.com/AnalogueWLand Michelle Parr: https://twitter.com/ILFORDPhoto Steve Lloyd and Dave Gurney: https://twitter.com/ChromaCamera Hamish Gill: https://twitter.com/HamishGill Alex Purcell: https://twitter.com/GrainyBlur Stephen Dowling: https://twitte...

Ep. 264: The Photography Show 2021

September 22, 2021 22:58 - 56 minutes - 105 MB

It's the Sunbeams annual outing to the Photography Show!   YouTube https://youtu.be/abZohNBhTNM FEATURING -------------------   Chroma Camera https://chroma.camera/   Analogue Wonderland https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/   Pixl-latr https://www.pixl-latr.com/   Ilford Photo https://www.ilfordphoto.com/   Pinsta https://www.pinstacamera.com/   Kosmo Photo https://kosmofoto.com/   Zone Imaging Lab https://www.zoneimaginglab.co.uk/   M.S. Hobbies https://mshobbies.c...

Ep. 263 : Tickled pink / Pickled stink

September 15, 2021 09:44 - 57 minutes - 107 MB

Join us on a fun-filled journey as we prepare for the UK Photography show, planning a photo challenge with some wonderful and thought provoking suggestions from our Instagram followers... Strap in folks, it's a wild ride.   https://www.instagram.com/sunny16podcast/  

Ep. 262: Aquí, alláy ¿a dónde mas?

September 09, 2021 21:33 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

On this weeks show we're delighted to be joined by Roberto Martinez Jimenez to talk about being a young film shooter, finding communities, and his new photobook amongst many other things!   Find Rob at https://www.instagram.com/acrosstheroll/  

Ep. 261: Technical difficulties

September 03, 2021 21:56 - 37 minutes - 40.4 MB

Technology conspired against us this week - first off Ade and Clare's initial show just didn't record properly and then Graeme and Jasper's conversation was haunted by some digital goblins. Luckily, Ade and Clare managed to pull some of their recording from the ashes, and the audio goblins on the insert mostly just go away, so that's nice!   Find Jasper and his work here: https://www.instagram.com/jtheokauth/?hl=en

Ep. 260: Baby shows, Photography shows, Ghost no-shows

August 27, 2021 09:01 - 1 hour - 89.2 MB

It's a host catch up this week, with John visiting a haunted house and being too afraid to admit he saw a ghost, Clare making secret movies and Ade filming his family, hopefully not secretly. Oh, and did we mention that Rachel has kindly brought the newest Sunbeam into the world? Well she has! We haven't started her induction program just yet, but give it a few weeks and we'll have her shooting film and podding like a pro.   We also have a conversation with Ruth Folkard and Hamish Gill abo...

Ep. 259: Barcelona Special

August 18, 2021 21:51 - 39 minutes - 51.8 MB

Whilst the hosts are away on well earned holidays, making films and having babies (huge congratulations to Rachel on the birth of her daughter!) we thought we'd share with you the series of interviews Clare had when out at the Experimental Photography Festival.   Links: Experimental Photo Festival: https://en.experimentalphotofestival.com/ Gisle Nataas http://nataas.com/ Felicita Russo http://www.felicitarusso.it/en/ Cristina Fontsare https://www.cristinafontsare.com/

Ep. 258: Black Eyed Polaroids

August 05, 2021 21:27 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

On this weeks show it's a proper treat to have both Clare back from her trip to Spain to attend the Experimental Photography Festival, and Rachel back with us for probably her last pre-motherhood appearance! And John and Graeme are there as well, because someone has to press record and stop.   Lots of festival chat from Clare, photographic preparations before going into hospital with Rach,  John has been on an interesting workshop this week exploring new ways of getting art out in the worl...

Backing Paper July 2021

July 30, 2021 00:29 - 53 minutes - 55.3 MB

A long overdue delve into the mail bag, with some great suggestions for cameras for Ade and much more   Malcolm Myers camera reviews: https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2018/canon-eos-300-review/ https://www.35mmc.com/25/11/2017/rollei-35-cameras-review/   127 day gallery: https://127film.blogspot.com/2021/03/127-day-exhibition-january-27-2021.html https://www.photographyshow.com/whats-on

Ep. 257: Pyromancer

July 23, 2021 22:56 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

On this weeks show, James Lane from Zone Imaging Lab to talk about bespoke black and white printing services, making his own developers, 510 Pyro developer and his work to try and create a tablet form developer!   Find all of James' information and the things we talked about here: https://www.zoneimaginglab.co.uk/

Ep. 256: Holly and Hamish

July 16, 2021 23:02 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

On this weeks show we're joined by not one but two delightful people, Holly Gilman and  Hamish Gill! They join us to talk about the awesome book that Holly has put together with the help of 49 photographers from around the world (and Hamish) titled Photography through the Pandemic.   35mmc article on the book: https://www.35mmc.com/26/04/2021/photography-through-the-pandemic-35mmcs-first-book-by-holly-gilman/   Insta - @analogue.holly Website - www.analogueholly.com YouTube - https://yo...

Ep. 255: Photosynthesis

July 07, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 99 MB

On this weeks show we're joined by the wonderful Benoit Felten to hear about his stunning collection of double exposure work, Photosynthesis.   Find Bens work here: https://www.instagram.com/benfelten/?hl=en https://vimeo.com/534020782 http://benoitfelten.com/  

Ep. 254: Mike Check

July 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 69 MB

On this weeks show the hosts are joined by the man, nay the legend that is Mike Gutterman, host of the Negative Positives Podcast, to look back on the changes in the film photography landscape in the last 5 eventful years of podcasting.   Find the podcast here: https://anchor.fm/mikegutterman Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guttermanphoto/?hl=en Mike on Bandcamp: https://mikegutterman.bandcamp.com/      

Ep. 253: It's harder to shoot film without a camera

June 24, 2021 22:16 - 1 hour - 81.9 MB

On this weeks show we address the issue that despite backing the Agent Shadow kickstarter to get his hands on a load of 35mm film, Ade doesn't own a 35mm camera, having sold them all last year.  His co-hosts offer a variety of suggestions for what he should buy to rectify this issue, none of which he seems convinced by, hopefully you guys can do better!   Also on this show we launch the next round of the Cheap Shots Challenge!   Send in your suggestions for Ade and your Cheap Shots pict...

Ep. 252: Human contact: What it is and how to deal with it

June 20, 2021 00:21 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

On this weeks show we ramble broadly on about what it's been like to start interacting with other people photographically in the wake of the first photo walk since January 2020.    A huge shout out to everyone we met on the day, especially all the people who we failed to mention on the show - it was lovely getting to see you all/watch many of you slowly turn bright pink!

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