Update #5: Welcome to On the Streets and Uncle Jonesy’s Cameras.

It feels like there’s been an explosion of new films and analogue photography podcasts hit the air this year. It’s hard to keep up sometimes, so a few weeks ago I decided to collect all of the active podcasts together in a podcast list and share them here. The idea being – like my Film Lab Map and Film Stock series’ – to keep it up to date as things change.

2018 alone has seen seven new film/analogue photography podcasts start, a sure sign of how healthy, vibrant and diverse the analogue photography community and industry are as a whole today. Far from being a crowded market, each of the podcasts shown here brings its own personality and twists to the content. I’d highly recommend giving them all a spin if you can.

Below you’ll find 27 alphabetically ordered podcasts split into two groups: Analogue photography podcasts and Ambiguously analogue photography podcasts (thanks to James Giordano for his blessing on that second one). Both groups are well worth your time exploring, and range in subject matter from film and gear talk to darkroom technique, photographer interviews/chat and the creative process.

With their first episode having aired in 2009, the oldest film photography podcast here is well, the Film Photography Podcast from our friends over at the FPP (well done, folks!). The newest is Embrace the Grain, which started in April 2019.

For the sake of relevance, I have not included any podcasts that have not aired new episodes within the last six months. As ever, if I’ve missed anyone off, drop me a line with their details in the comments and I’ll set about updating this article.

Enjoy!

~ EM

Analogue photography podcasts

The title is a bit of a misnomer, as a few of the podcasts you’ll see below also focus on digital photography. That said, all of these people currently do, or have spoken about analogue photography, processes and gear.

Against the Grain (Graincast)

“The fresh pressed juice of photography podcasts”, Graincast is hosted by Ray Larose, Thomas Skrlj and Cody Priebe: three friends who hit record as they talk about photography and how it matters to them. Frequent guests are invited to join the conversation and share insights into their industry.



Listen to Graincast on iTunes »Listen to Graincast on Soundcloud »



Analog Talk

Christine Bartolucci and Timothy Ditzler talk about film photography, covering news and updates, to their own experiences with gear and technique. Each week they bring on a special guest co-host and discuss their love of analogue photography.



Listen to Analog Talk on iTunes »Listen to Analog Talk on Podbean »

Box of Cameras

Matt Melcher is a film enthusiast sharing his experiences with film cameras, development processes, bulk loading film and photography in general.



Listen to Box of Cameras on iTunes »Listen to Box of Cameras on Anchor.fm »

Classic Camera Revival

Hosted by Alex Luyckx, Bill Smith and John Meadows, Classic Camera Revival is about promoting and reviewing pre-2000 camera gear, photographic mediums, techniques and camera care/maintenance. Well worth a listen!



Listen to the Classic Camera Revival on iTunes »Listen to the Classic Camera Revival on Podbean »

Creative Bar, The

Jon Wilkening hosts this wonderfully informal podcast with weekly guests from around the world covering all aspects of analogue photography and creativity.



Listen to The Creative Bar on iTunes »Listen to The Creative Bar on Podbean »

Embrace the Grain Photography Podcast

Each week Sherry chats about different topics, relating to both digital and film photography. The show is mainly focuses on analog photography, with hints of digital photography included. Located in Alberta, Canada she talks about the challenges of shooting in a rural area and the special challenges involved.



Listen to Embrace the Grain on iTunes »

Film Photo Geeks

Alex Hakimi and Laura King look at recent industry news, gear reviews and conduct in-depth interviews with other film photographers. The show is fun, irreverent, humorous, and the hosts may leave you with a case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome.



Listen to the Film Photo Geeks on iTunes »Listen to the Film Photo Geeks on Sticher »



Film Photography Podcast

Michael Raso, Matt Marash and others host the longest running film photography podcast in existence. The show has built a huge following from around the world and covers news and updates from the industry and community, and covers topics for both professional and novice film photographers alike. Essential listening.



Listen to the Film Photography Podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Film Photography Podcast on Podbean »

First Person Shooter

Wes Bowker hosts a one-man photography podcast focused on family, film and the creative process. Listen for talk about the creative process and photographer interviews.



Listen to First Person Shooter on iTunes »Listen to First Person Shooter on Podbean »

Grainy Dayz, The

The foul mouthed, punk rock podcast about film photography. Dustin and Mac are joined by a rotating cast of hosts like Pete and Ed, while interviewing guests about projects, style, and all the randomness that pops up along the way. .



Listen to the Graing Dayz Podcast on iTunes »

Homemade Camera Podcast

Graham and Nick catch up twice a month to record this podcast dedicated to modifying and building cameras. New episodes are released on the 7th and 21st of each month. Required reading for new and very long in the tooth mod aficionados alike.



Listen to the Homemade Camera Podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Homemade Camera Podcast on Podbean »

Kodakery, The

Hosted by Joshua Coon and Meagan Ramplin, The Kodakery is Kodak’s podcast and features in-depth conversations with creatives about their contributions to film, art and analogue culture. A new show is released each week on Wednesday.



Listen to The Kodakery on iTunes »Listen to The Kodakery on Podbean »



Lensless Podcast, The

Andrew Bartram, Corey Cannon host The Lensless Podcast covering everything pinhole photography. The show features a new guest each week, plucked from the community at large, where they are invited to talk about their images, inspiration, ideas, life and their creative process.



Listen to the Lensless Podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Lensless Podcast on Podbean »

Large Format Photography Podcast, The

Photography podcast superstars, Andrew Bartram and Simon Forster combine Andrew’s knowledge base of large format photography with Simon’s near complete lack of it to produce a show that’s aimed at both experienced users and beginners. The LFPP is published every two weeks on a Friday.



Listen to the LFPP on Podbean »

Light in the Dark

John Gregory charts his journey back into the darkroom in his podcast, Light in the Dark. John discusses film processing and printing techniques, and interviews other photographers and darkroom alchemists.



Listen to Light in the Dark on Anchor.fm »



Negative Positives

Mike Gutterman, Andre Domingues host Negative Positives – possibly the film photography podcast fueled solely on adult beverages. The show features industry news and updates, as well an occasional appearance from yours truly at the end of each month.



Listen to the Negative Positives podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Negative Positives podcast on Podbean »

Not Afraid Of Grain

Not Afraid Of Grain mostly focuses on film photography, although also touches on digital and features conversation and tips on shooting/developing film and gear, to name a small a few topics.



Listen to Not Afraid Of Grain on iTunes »Listen to Not Afraid of Grain on Podbean »

On the Streets – A photography podcast

An original film shooter, George G charts his return to film and documents his experiences along the way. From shooting new film stocks to home developing.



Listen to On the Streets on iTunes »

Soot and Whitewash

In this “as and when” podcast, Neil Piper discusses his thoughts on aspects of his own photography and pretty much anything else analogue photography related.



Listen to Soot and Whitewash on Anchor.fm »

Studio C-41

Steven, John, and Bill host this weekly podcast featuring a heavy focus on the film industry, news and commentary. The podcast features film and gear talk, interviews with photographers and industry folks, as well as long-form discussion on current topics.



Listen to Studio C-41 on iTunes »

Sunny 16 Podcast

Ade, Rachel and Jeremy Graeme, host the Sunny 16 Podcast, a weekly podcast which explores the world of analogue photography in all its forms. The podcast features photographer and industry interviews, industry news and a focus on listener feedback. The team also run the Cheap Shots Challenge, and their annual film photography awards, The Sunnies.



Listen to the Sunny 16 Podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Sunny 16 Podcast on Podbean »

Under the Safelight

Bryce Randol hosts this podcast with a focus on film photography and the darkroom. Listen for thoughts on dry plates, split filtering and paper negatives.



Listen to Under the Safelight on iTunes »Listen to Under the Safelight on Anchor.fm »

Ambiguously analogue photography podcasts

Not specifically analogue photography related or focused more heavily on the digital process, the folks listed here are still amongst the best photography podcasts out there to listen to and do occasionally cover analogue photography, processes and gear.

Art of Photography, The

Ted Forbes is probably the most prolific photography podcaster today, releasing The Art of Photography three times a week! The show covers photographic technique, composition, philosophy, craft, digital photography, film, darkroom techniques and more. Although heavily focused on digital from a gear perspective there’s plenty of film talk – enough to make me think again about moving it out of this group altogether. Let me sleep on it.



Listen to The Art of Photography on iTunes »Listen to The Art of Photography on Podbean »

Classic Lenses Podcast

Johnny Sisson, Perry Ge and Simon Forster (plus an occasional guest or two) release their inner lens geek and talk about using old (and modern) manual focus lenses in this weekly transatlantic analogue biased podcast. The three hosts are enthusiastic film shooters as well as adapters of lenses to digital cameras.



Listen to the Classic Lenses Podcast on iTunes »Listen to the Classic Lenses Podcast on Podcast Player »

Photography Matters

Ted Vieira – the man with the silkiest voice you’ll ever hear covers inspirational topics, random thoughts, tips and other information in Photography Matters. If you want your perspectives on photographic approach challenged, I’d highly recommend giving it a listen.



Listen to Photography Matters on iTunes »

Over to you

I’m sure I’ve left a few podcasts out and with that in mind, I would love your feedback. Drop me a line in the comments with your thoughts and suggestions. Give me a name and a link and I’ll take care of the rest.

Thanks!

~ EM