Sunny 16 Podcast

Clare, Rachel and Graeme return to talk about Clare's experiences exhibiting and giving demonstrations on photography in China as well as giving talks AND performing as her musical alter ego Mirror Gaze, Rachel has been out getting inspired by the work of Lee Miller, and Graeme got wet on a hill in Wales - business as usual all round. We also talk about the recent Holga week which we were lucky enough to be involved in the judging of, and we discuss ways of still shooting even when the weather says stay indoors. Worth noting, Clare just listens to the weather. Take part in the Cheap Shots Challenge! The subject for this round is Embrace the Darkness, so get out there and do that (although don't just run up and hug Justin Hawkins, he seems like he wouldn't love that). Send your entries in to : sunny16podcast@gmail.com  with the subject line "Cheap Shots Challenge"   Sunny 16 Discord: https://discord.gg/sYfpRcj79 Hear Clare's music here: https://sivilised.bandcamp.com/album/watch Lee Miller Exhibition: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/lee-miller    

Hello! After an unplanned absence we're back with a wee shortie. Rachel and Graeme, faced as many of us in the Northern hemisphere are with the dark and gloomy months go through their favourite methods of keeping the photography going over even the greyest of days   Sunny 16 Discord: https://discord.gg/sYfpRcj79

Easing ourselves back into the podcasting chairs this week after a brief break we thought who better to bring on for a slightly rambling chat about the state of film photography in 2025 than the one an only Hamish Gill of 35mmc, Analogue Spotlight, Pixelatr, Omnar lenses and more fame! No one, that's who.   https://www.35mmc.com/ https://omnarlenses.com/

This episode we're joined by the wonderful and only slightly mad genius behind all things Cameradactyl, Ethan Moses! We talk about how he's designed a complete system to allow us to shoot large format images on rolls of paper, including a full processing system to allow for easy development, even if you want to shoot colour reversal. He also explains why a 3D printer may be an increasingly valuable piece of kit for any photographer.   You can find all of Ethan's fantastic work here: https://www.cameradactyl.com/

In this weeks episode Clare and Graeme catch up to chat about post Phoenix 2 thoughts, Clare's upcoming participation in a Photography exhibition in China, and then get into it on the subject of taking photo's at weddings when you aren't the wedding photographer, discuss camera choices and what to do and what not to do.   Details on Half Frame Photography day here: https://halfframeday.wordpress.com/ Utopia by Gwenno with video by Clare Marie Bailey https://youtu.be/tcj3z6Z2FHY?si=UXDyDCCJYMEi0sHd  

Today marks another big step in arguably one of the most important ongoing projects in the analogue photography world, Harman Technologies work to develop a high quality new colour film. The launch of Phoenix 2 is, whilst by no means the end of this journey still an exciting look at the incredible process they are making, and a fun and highly useable film itself.   Joining Rachel and Graeme to talk all about it, what exactly it is (and isn't), the improvements and changes over the original Phoenix film and the quirks it still has is the fabulous Michelle Parr from Harman/Ilford. We also discuss how this launch affects availability of the original Phoenix (and Red), what the next steps will be and more.   https://www.harmanphoto.co.uk/harman-phoenix-ii-35mm Follow their colour film journey @harmanphoto and share your photos with #phoenixfilm2 #harmanphoenix2  

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme talk about the recent Big film Photowalk where they both took to the streets in their respective cities, and discuss the cameras they shot, people they met and adventures they had. Rachel is also in Liverpool at the annual Makefest, and Graeme hasn't given up on building his camera. Yet.   https://liverpoolmakefest.org/ https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership/  

On this episode we're joined by Steve Lloyd of Chroma Cameras, designer and builder of the broadest, most interesting and most diverse collection of analogue cameras you can buy new today to talk about some of the latest projects he's been working on, from a 35mm Point and shoot to the most compact 4x5 camera you can get!   Check out Chroma Cameras here: https://chroma.camera/

In this episode Clare and Graeme catch back up to talk about Clare's recent exhibitions and her new video's for Gwenno, as well as a bit of a dive into some of the elements involved in producing them using Super 8 film.   They also have a chat about some of their own favourite and most used photo gear hacks/bodges for when you don't have or don't want to buy the new fancy camera gear but do want to try out a technique.    If you have any good camera gear hacks, let us know at sunny16podcast@gmail.com   https://www.claremariebailey.com/ https://www.gwenno.info/  

On this weeks show Rachel and Graeme are joined by an absolute power team of returning guests, all here to talk about the new collaborative photobook titled Opaque, from the Photozine Collective who previously produced the Lucid and Ambiguous zines. We we're lucky enough to be joined by Yant Martin-Keyte who produced and edited the book, the fabulous J M Golding of fantastic Holga photography and 127 day fame and glory, and the one and only John-Michael Mendizza of making beautiful portraits, the Lighting Lounge shows on Sunny 16 Presents and all round being a legend. It's a fabulous collection of photography across a spectrum of subject matter and approaches from a very talented group of photographers, so go and check it, and all of them, out!     This is link to buy the zine https://ko-fi.com/s/f2b8a862c9 Collective website https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/ https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/yant-martin-keyte/ https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/j-m-golding/   https://www.jmm-photos.com  

Happy New Film Day everyone! It's a real treat as always to be joined this week by Harman Technology/ Ilford Photo's finest Michelle Parr to talk about YET ANOTHER new film they're releasing into the wild TODAY! Kentmere Pan 200 is available now from all good retailers and you know that you'll find scads of videos and images out right now on the socials and Youtube, but if you want to hear why they decided to make it and what's makes it a great addition to the film lineup, then you've come to the right place!   Start your exploration of the new film  @ilfordphoto on Instagram and ensure that you use #kpan200 #kentmere200 to hunt down all the images people will be sharing today  

In this episode we're joined by the spectacular Brendan Barry to talk all about his work making photographic art with everything from a cardboard darkroom and camera obscura to a large area of skyscraper real estate, and in particular his most recent personal project Flowers For Bea, a beautiful collection of images which feature in the book of the same name currently on Kickstarter.   Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gblimitededitions/flowers-for-bea-a-photo-book-by-brendan-barry Brendan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendanbarryphoto/  

On this weeks show Rachel, Clare and Graeme get together to talk about Clare's recent visit to New York and Las Vegas, shooting a new album cover and video for Gwenno and failing to find the Brooklyn bridge among other adventures. Rachel has been helping people connect with their history and family through photography, and Graeme has been making the most of the sun to shoot.    https://www.gwenno.info/ https://www.instagram.com/claremariebailey/?hl=en https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/ https://instagram.com/littlevintagephotography Sunny 16 Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/z3VyfXj4Qj      

Hello listeners, sincere apologies for the mess up where an older episode was posted by mistake, the people responsible have been fired. From a Canon obviously. For realsies this time, Rachel and Graeme return after an unplanned Winter hiatus, along with the delightful Martin Smith, the man behind one of the quietly most useful photography related services about, Photowalk.me.  We talk about why he set up the website, the new iteration of it coming soon, and why everyone should be going on photowalks (spoiler alert, it's because they're fun, and the analogue photography community are all lovely, welcoming people).   https://www.photowalk.me/ https://www.instagram.com/photowalkme/ Sunny 16 Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/z3VyfXj4Qj  

Rachel and Clare catch up with Ruth from The Photography Show to get all the hot info on the upcoming show, taking place in the quaint little town of London for the first time!   https://www.photographyshow.com/ http://littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership SUN25 - gives 20% off standard entry, expires 5th March

Holy Cow it's 2025! Never has a year been more futurey than this one, and we're back from our break to see where all the flying cars are. In this episode it's truly a delight to be joined by the one and only (unless he's been cloned because future) Simon Forster of Large Format Photography Podcast and Classic lenses fame! He joins us to judge the long overdue cheap shots challenge, and it's a lot of fun - thank you so much to everyone who took part. You can see all the pictures here: https://sunny16podcast.com/cheap-shots-challenge/cheap-shots-challenge-older-people/ You can find Simon's wares here: https://forsteruk.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopJcw_AU7jXIhNWKudZgYuKbZn2VAtasTN9YI5uqVR-eiBqeuzl  

In this episode Rach, Clare and Graeme talk about using the power of using (in a good way)  Other People to help inspire, motivate and move our own creativity forwards.

On this weeks show the fabulous Rachel returns, and we're joined by the almost equally fabulous Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland for a good old chat about stuff, the acquisition of which is a constant cure/temporary balm for reality. Reflection on the new stuff that's come out this year, the recent availability of much loved stuff, the ever increasing cost of stuff, and of course the stuff we'd like for Christmas. It's officially stuffing time.   Where to find great Stuff:  https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/ https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/ https://chroma.camera/ https://ondupinhole.com/ https://forsteruk.com/  

In this episode Clare and Graeme are joined by the delightful Marwan El Mozayen and Charys Schuler of Silvergrain Classics magazine to talk about their superb publication, and the exciting project they embarked upon with Jeff and Susan Bridges to bring the iconic Widelux camera back into production!   Discount code for SIlvergrain Classics Magazine: SUNNY1610 https://silvergrainclassics.com/en/ https://wideluxx.com    

On this weeks show Graeme is joined by some of the fantastic contributors, Ian Wallace, Dave Wenham and Yant Martin Keyte to the recently published zine Ambiguous to talk about the process of producing the zine, working as part of a collective and of course the work in the zine itself.    Photozine collective https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com @photozinecollective The Photozine Discord https://discord.gg/ynE9mwkh Where you can Buy Ambigious (Profits to Asthma and Lung UK) https://richardhall.online/new-zine-now-available/ and if those copies have all gone a few copies are available here  https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1814548697/ambiguous Contributors interviewed Yant https://www.getymk.com/ @yantmkphotography Ian https://www.onahillroad.com @ian_onahillroad Dave @dave_in_elland https://www.whenham.net Our Editor Richard https://richardhall.online @connexions Other Collective members  https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/ambiguous/ And to be remembered our inspiration John Whitmore https://www.instagram.com/thedarkshed/