Sunny 16 Podcast

As the shooting period for this years Holga Week closes we're finally going to release the tapes of the one and only time we recorded our judging process, back in the year that was 2020. Clare Marie Bailey, Graeme and the wonderful and eternally missed John Whitmore embark on a test of their endurance, patience and friendship as they attempt to pick a winner they can agree on from a field of 155 great shots.

It isn't a "proper" podcast by any measure, but if you're interested in hearing how we approached the judging process, and more importantly in the mood for some truly classic Clareness, Graeme convincingly portraying an exasperated tyrant and best of all, John being John then this might be for you.

Want to see the pictures we were discussing so you can decide how wrong we were? Head over here then! https://holgaweek.com/2020/?cat=Street

Many thanks to the fine folks at Holga Week for continuing to involve us to this day their wonderful event - https://holgaweek.com/

We really wanted to have a proper catch up this week with the three of us, but you know, timing, so whilst we're all here it's not necessarily at the same time. Nonetheless in true back to school style we get to talking about what got up to over the Summer months, from shooting work for future exhibitions to visiting exhibitions already worked on, shooting film that was older than ideal, shooting film so new we can't even talk about it - it's been a Summer! Apologies for Graeme's sub par audio - never use a new untested mic...

A few quick links to the books Rachel mentioned:

Stolen Focus : Why You Can't Pay Attention: Johann Hari: 9781526620217: hive.co.uk https://share.google/bVL2JRteAUpCsxOA7

Stand out of our Light : Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy: James (University of Oxford) Williams: 9781108452991: hive.co.uk https://share.google/ZAi39julPqRyfUbaS

How To Do Nothing : Resisting the Attention Economy: Jenny Odell: 9781612198552: hive.co.uk https://share.google/3ytxDZceyJqaD7T8S

Rachel's and Go Fund Me pages

Email Subscriber Website Sign-ups https://share.google/SDdX7O3Ak4gGPIxN5

https://gofund.me/bfca6c739

Tina Rowe's work:

https://tinarowe.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/tinarororo/?hl=en-gb

Manhunter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_(film)

Hello! Yes, we're back from an unplanned Summer hiatus and to get the ball rolling we're joined on this episode by an old friend and wonderful person Simon Riddell to talk about how he's spent the last few years working on his Peak Perseverance project, culminating in a documentary premiering on the 12th of September!

Find Simon here: https://www.instagram.com/srfilmphotography/

And his new documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVWYXeS6aU

Find Rachel's newsletter link here: https://www.littlevintagephotography.co.uk/contact/

Rachel's Go Fund me to help her keep Little Vintage Photography and her darkroom alive while she gets treatment for her FND : https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-liverpool-darkroom-alive-while-i-get-treatment

Holy Cow where did the time go? This month marks 10 years since two naïve youngish men thought it would be a fine idea to put out a podcast about film photography. Somehow 10 years later that's still the case (apart from the youngish bit).

Join us as we celebrate in the best way by getting the gang back together for a good old ramble.

Foremost thing to know is that Rachel is suffering from a condition called FND which impacts her in many ways, including quite obviously her speech. She talks about this in the show, but to learn more go here: https://www.fndaction.org.uk/what-is-functional-neurological-disorder/

Ade's website is here: https://adrianstock.com/

Dirty Little Zine: https://dirtylittlezine.com/

Thank you for being with us on our journey!

Another episode, another new camera to talk about - the good times are indeed rolling for us analogue photography lovers!

Joining us this week to talk about the Alfie Boxx is Dave Faulkner from Alfie Cameras. They've just launched a Kickstarter for the Boxx camera and you should check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davefaulkner/alfie-boxx-camera

https://www.35mmc.com/19/05/2026/alfie-boxx-mini-review-a-wonderful-and-truly-analogue-experience-launched-today-on-kickstarter/

Rachel and Clare talk to Charys & Marwan from SilverBridges, the newly formed company (along with Jeff & Susan Bridges) who are bringing the brand new WideluxX film camera to market.

The first run of 350 cameras drops right now over at wideluxx.com - so if you want to get your hands on one, hop on over there now, and come back to hear more from the team.

You can find out more:
wideluxx.com
silvergrainclassics.com
littlevintagephotography.co.uk
claremariebailey.com

Or follow on Instagram:
@wideluxx
@silvergrainclassics
@littlevintagephotography
@claremariebailey
@sunny16podcast
@sunny16presents

On this weeks show Clare and Graeme cover many and varied topics as they pop into their brains, including (but not limited too) upcoming exhibitions, Jeff and Gabe's 100th Birthday, Worldwide Pinhole day, new film from Kono and perhaps too much more!

https://konomanufaktur.com/shopnow/cinis400

https://pinholeday.org/

https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/photographer-makes-pinhole-camera-out-of-chinese-roast-duck/

Yes, It's that most wonderful time of the year once again, the Analogue showcase at the Photography show in Birmingham! Ably assisted, encouraged and informed by the delightful Billy Sanford we spoke to (in no correct order)

https://www.vintagecamerahut.com

https://alfiecameras.com/

https://www.dragonfilm.co.uk/

https://valoi.co/en-gb

https://thisishowirollfilm.co.uk

https://www.photowalk.me/

https://www.ag-photolab.co.uk/

https://www.ilfordphoto.com/

https://www.zone-imaging.co.uk/

https://www.increment-labs.com/

https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/

And even the grumpy legend Hamish Gill!

I know, that's a lot of people! Not to mention all the folks we saw but didn't get on air. Hopefuly you get some of the enjoyment we got from being at the show by listening to a bit of what goes on there and maybe see you there next year!

p.s Heartfelt congratulations to Gabe and Jeff at @idreamofcameras on hitting Show 100!

Happy New Film Day everyone! Yes, Matt and Michelle join Rachel and Graeme to catch us up on the ongoing colour film journey at Harman, and in particular the newest addition to the family Switch Azure, their first colour switching film.

Listen to everything about it here, go look at pictures and learn more here: @harmanphoto and #harmanazure

https://www.harmanphoto.co.uk/

And go pick some up here: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/

This week we're joined by the ever delightful Paul Mckay from Analogue Wonderland for our not quite as regular as it should be dive into what's what in the film selling world in 2026 - what are people buying, perhaps more importantly what are people selling and what can we look forwards to over the next year, at least from Analogue Wonderland!

Go here for all the film: https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/

And here to keep up with there antics: https://www.instagram.com/analoguewonderland/?hl=en

Hurrah and Huzzah it's Cheap Shot's Judging time! Joined by the delightful Yant Martin-Keyte to hear about the in progress upcoming zine from the Photozine collective and get some quality judging action

See all the fabulous photo's right here: https://sunny16podcast.com/cheap-shots-challenge/cheap-shots-embrace-the-darkness/

Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/JHwyC46w5

Photozine Collective: https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/

Support the podcast on Ko-fi here! : http://ko-fi.com/sunny16podcast

In this show we follow up on our previous conversation and talk about some of the services we've used over the years to both store and share our photos, and their various pros and cons.

We also talk about various and diverse other subjects as we range far and wide, and also have a couple of great listener emails!

LINKS!

littlevintagephotography.co.uk/workbook

Email: photozinecollective@gmail.com

Website: https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/?p=313

Andrew Long links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024sy5

https://www.andrewlong.info/media

https://www.andrewlong.info/photography-blog

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a busy Christmas but we're back to talk archiving practises (both good and bad), dealing with storing darkroom chemicals, Pseudo Solargraphy and more!

Helplines Awareness Day: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTLHwwFjfNI/

Here's The Hardman's House from National Trust if people want to take a look: The Hardmans' House | Liverpool | National Trust https://share.google/QWyEXRXP7z6oqMGgP

littlevintagephotography.co.uk/workbook

And for joining community events (and getting a Darkroom Hire discount!) there's my membership: littlevintagephotography.co.uk/membership

or patreon.com/littlevintagephotography

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/