Vintage Lenses | Film Cameras | Street Photography
JCH Street Pan 400 is a film brought to the market by Bellamy Hunt, who runs the Japan Camera Hunter website. As a resurrected surveillance film, it’s certainly got an interesting backstory.
It’s also not been immune to criticism, and nor has its creator, since it was announced and released in 2016, which is something I don’t really understand.
You either like a film and shoot it or don’t like it and shoot something else. Come read which camp I fall into in this review of JCH Street Pan 400.
You’re never short of places to visit in a country as big as China, as towns like Shitang are constantly proving. To me, anyway.
Most people have probably never heard of the place but I can tell you it’s near the city of Wenling, which is also a place most people have probably never heard of.
Regardless, I went there and shot some JCH Street Pan 400 in a couple of the fishing villages. Come see how that turned out.
Jing’an Sculpture Park offers nice respite from the city outside its boundaries and good artwork to check out once inside them. It’s artwork that’s constantly changing too as new pieces regularly replace existing ones.
I loaded the Yashica Electro 35 with some Oriental Seagull 100 and went to make some photographs of the sculptures there when I was, along with some shots of the people who were too.
This is the write-up of those shots, and it features a sculpture that’s actually kinda famous in certain circles. European sculpture circles, I think. Come see what that is and everything more in this piece on the Jing’an Sculpture Park.
This guest post from Theo Santana features some great work from a trip he took to Iran. Shot on Kodak Gold 200 and Fuijicolor C200, it gives a glimpse into life on the road between Tehran and Shiraz.
I’ve never really looked into going to Iran so these photographs gave me a little peek of what it might be like to do so. I’m a big fan of the environmental portraits he got and the story the pictures tell.
Come take a look, give Theo’s trip to Iran some eyeballs and love, and find out where else you can follow his work should you want to.
Kentmere 400 is a film brought to you by the same people behind the iconic Ilford range, created to compete at the more budget end of the market.
That Ilford DNA is a great sign, but is it good enough to warrant picking up and shooting instead of the more famous and higher quality offerings from Harman?
Spoiler alert: yeah, in my opinion, for many people it is. Come learn why and a whole lot more in this comprehensive review of Kentmere 400.
Sometimes you have to get away from the sprawling metropolis and head for the small city. Especially when it’s Chinese New Year and you have people to visit.
While you’re there you may as well get in some street photography. That’s what I did, and on Kentmere 400 film no less. A stock I hadn’t shot before now.
Want to see how it turned out? Because you can. Come see the small city street photography, the thoughts surrounding it, and one simple way some of the shots could have been better IMO.
The Cotwolds aren’t the kind of place you’d typically rush around, and I wouldn’t recommend you do so. Not when you have all that scenery to stop and take in.
It’s scenery that deserves your best photography, which is something I didn’t give it. For me it was more of a testing ground for a roll of Silberra Pan 200 – a Russian film I got as a crowdfunding campaign reward.
That explains the daft pun in the title, but it doesn’t tell you how the shots came out. To know that, you’re going to have to click inside and come see for yourself.
Ilford is one of the biggest names in film photography and produce some of the most iconic and beloved stocks on the market today.
Ilford Pan 400 is not one of them. Instead, it’s a budget offering that’s only available in selected markets around the world. Selected markets that don’t include the US and the UK.
So depending on where you are, you might not get this in your local film shop. Should you still track some down and shoot it though? Come find out in this review.
Zone focus and hyperfocal distance are two timeless techniques that can help you improve your street photography once you’ve learnt how to use them.
Don’t be put off by the fancy sounding names, either. All it takes is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow tutorial, which is what we have here, and some practice, which is what you’ll need to do after reading it.
Also included is a section on pre-focus, which is another closely related way of going beyond auto-focus and taking your street photography to the next level. Come read. You know you want to.
