Ross Holmberg has a few first impressions about Kodak’s new Ektar 100 film (released in 35mm in late 2008, with 120 following a month or two ago) :

“Ghost” by rosscova.

Kodak recently released its new Ektar 100 colour negative film, and a few people in the Silver Mine were very keen to get their hands on it. Its sales pitch basically says that Ektar 100 is good at everything but portraiture, in particular giving more vivid colours, and even offering an alternative to slide films when you want saturated colour. For the curious among you, here’s a quick first impression from the first roll I’ve shot with the new Ektar (in 120 size).

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Barbara Fischer has written a few words for us about two photos by Lucian Chaffey, arguing that “perfection” in photography isn’t always a good idea:

People who photograph not with art or a commercial purpose in mind do so in a very free way: they are unburdened by rules and expectations of greatness and just go for it. Especially in the case of family photos the result is often a feeling of liveliness and if we’re lucky, sometimes something more significant is unwittingly revealed too. Family pictures taken by my mum often carry dark undertones of the family dynamics in them as well, an anxious expression, a bullish stance or a grim posture in front of the camera barely concealing a temper tantrum in the making.

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