UJC Podcast #24: They're Gonna Put Me in the Movies!

Kelley holds another one of Uncle Jonesy's cameras, a Bell &
Howell 8mm movie camera.

The Shutter Brothers, Kelley and Kevin Lane, got back together this week to make a brand new podcast episode, and that episode is now live on all your favorite podcast sources. Show number 24 sees us Shutter Bros. in a very good summer mood with lots of summer plans for their photography. Kelley, for example, is planning to shoot home movies with his array of 8mm movie cameras, including one that was owned by - you guessed it - good old Uncle Jonesy himself! In fact, Kelley is the caretaker of a number of Bell & Howell 8mm movies that Jonesy shot with this camera, and the Bros. as kids are the "stars" in most of them. Kelley also owns the Bell & Howell 8mm movie camera that was in our family when we were growing up, and yes, there are lots of reels of film from those days in Kelley's possession.

As kids, the Shutter Brothers made fine use of this durable Bell
& Howell 8mm movie camera.

It's an interesting fact that there are more varied kinds of 8mm movie film available today than there ever was back when the format was at it's peak, and the Michael Raso of the Film Photography Project is responsible for making this happen. It is now possible to shoot both color and black and white 8mm movie film, and both have options for negative film (for scanning only) or positive film for projection as well as scanning. The Film Photography Store sells a variety of ISO options and also provides developing and scanning services. While shooting, developing, and scanning color film is an expensive options, black and white film is more affordable. Kelley plans to shoot a lot of it in the coming months. He may even create a video for the Uncle Jonesy's Cameras YouTube channel demonstrating some tips and tricks. Stay tuned . . .

A handsome Keystone 8mm movie camera with turret normal,
wide angle, and telephoto lenses.

Meanwhile, Kevin explains his decision to stop scanning his black and white negatives and instead scan finished darkroom prints that he makes in Chattanooga's community darkroom, Safelight District. He has written a series of blog posts about this and also how he creates "virtual" contact sheets that can be viewed on any mobile device. You can read those posts here and here.

We finish the show with a great listener letter from Wayne Lorimer, who is a film and digital photographer from New Zealand. While Wayne is shooting more and more film these days, he has a sizable and amazing portfolio of his digital work that just blew us away. You can see his work here. Wayne also maintains a pair of blogs on photography, and you can find those here and here.

This jpeg was made by an app called Film Lab.
Kevin will convert it to PDF, annotate it with
information, and add it to his pdf book of contact
sheets.

Speaking of listener letters, we'd love to hear from you! Our email address is unclejonesyscameras@gmail.com. Drop us a line or even a voice comment. You also can find us on Facebook and Instagram by looking up @UJCPodcast. Leave us a post or a comment and tell us about yourself.

That's all for now. Stay well and safe out there. Wear that mask!

Happy Shooting!