Analog Photography

Video Tutorials

How to Create a Beautiful Wax Seal: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Timeless Detail

There’s a version of my job that lives entirely on screens. Editing in Lightroom, scheduling posts, resizing for Instagram, answering emails. It’s efficient, sure, but somewhere in that workflow the tactile joy of making things can disappear entirely. That’s why I’ve been genuinely obsessed lately with bringing small physical details back into my creative practice, and wax seals are one of the best examples I’ve found. They photograph beautifully, they make gifts and letters feel intentional, and honestly, the process of making one is just deeply satisfying in a way that no filter can replicate.

October 11, 2026

Video Tutorials

The Widelux Explained: Why This Panning Film Camera Belongs on Every Photographer's Radar

I have a soft spot for cameras that do something mechanically weird. Not digital weird, not software weird, but physically, beautifully, mechanically weird. So when I first stumbled onto Peter McKinnon’s enthusiasm for the Widelux, I completely understood the obsession. Here was a camera that doesn’t just sit still and capture a frame. It moves. The lens actually rotates through a 180-degree arc as you fire the shutter, sweeping across a scene the way your eye naturally scans a horizon.

September 19, 2026

Video Tutorials

Why I'm Telling Intermediate Photographers to Put Down Their Mirrorless Camera (At Least for a Weekend)

There’s a specific kind of creative rut I’ve noticed in my own work and in the students I teach: you stop seeing and start capturing. Your camera becomes a machine you point at things, and the magic of actually choosing a frame quietly disappears. I hit that wall a couple of years ago during a trip to Iceland. I came home with 1,400 raw files and felt nothing looking at them.

September 11, 2026

Video Tutorials

Shooting Film Portraits at Home: What I Learned From Sean Tucker's Medium Format Setup

I have a complicated relationship with “staying home and shooting.” For years, I told myself I needed to be somewhere interesting before a portrait session was worth attempting. A good location, good light, some reason to leave the house. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that the most controlled, repeatable, and honestly beautiful portrait work often happens in a single room with a couple of thoughtful decisions about gear and light.

September 1, 2026

Video Tutorials

10 Film Photographers You Should Be Following Right Now (And What They Taught Me About Shooting Film)

I’ve been shooting digital for years, and somewhere along the way I convinced myself that film was this intimidating, gatekept world I wasn’t ready for. Too many settings I didn’t understand. Too much money wasted on bad exposures. Too many things I couldn’t just fix in Lightroom later. What finally cracked that wall open for me wasn’t a manual or a course. It was watching other photographers who were further down the road share exactly who had taught them and why.

August 9, 2026

News

Why Instant Cameras Remain a Photography Favorite Despite Minimal Evolution

The Paradox of Instant Photography I’ve been watching an interesting phenomenon unfold in the photography world: instant film cameras, particularly Instax models, have maintained remarkable popularity since their debut nearly three decades ago. What strikes me most is how little these cameras have actually evolved, yet photographers keep buying them. This contradiction deserves deeper exploration. Understanding the Appeal When I look at why instant cameras continue thriving, I see several interconnected reasons that transcend pure technological advancement.

May 31, 2026