Shoot Film Co.

ShootFilmCo is forming a dual-attack formation with Lomography and we're gonna sprinkle some lucky winners with a BUNCH of free stuff.

The story:

• ShootFilmCo (hey that's us!) is giving away a Lomo'Instant Wide and Lenses Central Park Edition package PLUS two packs of film!  If this isn't a formidable package, I don't know what is. To enter, fill out the form below on this page.

• Lomography is giving away a ShootFilmCo package including TWO patches, TWO pins, TWO stickers, TWO shirts, and a set of PhotoMemo Notebooks--all winner's choice. To enter their giveaway, click right here: LOMOGRAPHY'S GIVEAWAY

• You have until April 2nd 2018, 4:00pm PDT to enter. The winner will be announced on Instagram Live on April 2nd, 5:30pm PDT and an announcement will be sent out via email, posted on this website, and via social channels.

IT'S BACK!

In a Tweet early this morning, Kodak confirmed the return of T-MAX P3200, a high-ISO black and white negative film.

The tweet didn't offer any other details about schedule, pricing and availability, but a press release with more details can be found at EMULSIVE.ORG.

I'm personally happy to hear this news as this is a film stock I've never shot myself, having grown up with and stuck with color negative most of my photographic life.

Good on Kodak for seeing the market trend and bringing back a well-loved emulsion, I can't wait to shoot it!

Kodak has spent the last week teasing the possible return of a film emulsion--and the common guess amongst pretty much everybody is T-Max 3200. In fact, it seems that it has already been revealed ahead of time in certain markets in some preemptive Instagram stories such as this one from @ikigai.camera:

Here are the clues they have posted thus far before the big reveal on Friday, Feb 23rd. The last clue in particular features a set of ISO ratings all adding up to (drum roll) 3200!

Calling all film lovers! Kodak Professional has an exciting that we will be sharing with the world on Friday. In the mean time, we will be tweeting clues and riddles all week to keep you on the edge of your seat! #KodakProfessional #KodakProFilmClues pic.twitter.com/gzVpKnzX5o

— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 19, 2018

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 20, 2018 

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 20, 2018

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 21, 2018 

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 21, 2018 

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 22, 2018

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— Kodak Professional (@KodakProFilmBiz) February 23, 2018

For many film photographers (admittedly myself included), large format photography is an unfamiliar frontier. Whether it's all the technicalities (lens movements? Bellows? What does it all mean?) or a matter of price and accessibility, there's a large number of us that just haven't gotten to the point where we feel comfortable diving in just yet.

That may soon change.

Steve Lloyd, whose Chroma project I've been following for the past few months, is now live on Kickstarter.

As Steve explains, he wanted to build a large format camera that was light and easy to carry, so he did what any sane and reasonable person would do: he designed a camera from the ground-up. Weighing in at roughly 1 Kilo, or just over 2 pounds and being made of laser-cut acrylic, it can be made in any number of colors!

If you can't tell, I'm excited. This camera will be my first foray into large format photography and I'm especially excited that I'm supporting a brilliant maker and friend with his project.

I'd drop all the tech specs here, but I'll be the first to admit that I don't know what most of it means, so it's best that I just direct you to the Kickstarter campaign for all those juicy details.

Also, as we had the idea a little later on in the process, ShootFilmCo is working with Steve on creating a limited edition custom Chroma Lapel Pin available as one of the rewards. Design is not yet finalized but we're going to unveil those very soon.

All photos © Jaclyn Snook

• Website: www.snookphenomenon.com

• Instagram: @snookphenomenon

I moved to San Francisco to attend SF State at the age of eighteen and felt a kind of strange social pressure being a college freshman. I found it overwhelming; constantly meeting new and interesting people and trying to be your best self while also learning a lot about who you are and what you care about. I developed (no pun intended) a strange comfort in being able to rely on communicating via photos. When at house parties or shows (or in nearly any social situation) I liked taking the outside-looking-in approach. I’m a very extroverted person with social anxiety so I realized that if I left the day/night with some great photos, I would share them to show appreciation for my friends in different way and it really soothed me.

Overall, nowadays, I mainly lean towards candid portraits of loved ones, self-portrait photography, and roaming the streets snapping photos of strangers/strange scenes.

I spent the last two years in London and currently reside in Oakland, CA