Autumn on Film — 2026 Fall Photo Contest
Win a $100 B&H gift card for your best autumn photograph on film — plus two $50 runner-up prizes. Any year, any format. Entries close 16 November.
Recent Film Photographs
The latest frames shared by members — every one of them shot on film. Curious what a stock actually looks like? Browse by film.
Testing a new camera. Werra 1
Bruce Gordon
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Four o' Clocks
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Watermelon bloom
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Pleated Inkcap
Terry McDaniel
♥ 1
Four o' Clocks
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
My ball
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
American Beauty Berry
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Cardinal Flower
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Common Boneset
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Nose licking
Terry McDaniel
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Portra 400
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Final Autumn Coil
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Analog · Darkroom · Est. on film
Film Photography
A homage to the craft of analog and darkroom photography — a community gallery, a growing directory of film-friendly shops, labs and repair specialists, and writings from the darkroom.
What is film photography?
Film photography is making pictures on light-sensitive film instead of a digital sensor. You load a roll, make each exposure count, and see nothing until the film is developed — by a lab, or at home in a small light-tight tank. That wait, the grain and color of a particular stock, and the negative you hold at the end are why people who grew up on film never left it, and why so many are picking up a film camera for the first time.
Pick a camera
A secondhand 35mm SLR is where most people start: inexpensive, sturdy, and easy to get serviced. Medium and large format are there when you want them. See what each body actually produces in photographs members made with one.
Browse film cameras →Choose a film
Color negative is the forgiving place to begin. Black-and-white is the easiest to develop yourself, and slide film rewards careful exposure. Every stock has its own grain, color, and contrast, and the quickest way to learn them is to look.
Browse by film stock →Get it developed
Most people send their first rolls to a lab for developing and scans, and many labs take film by mail, so there’s no need to live near one. The directory lists labs, shops, and repair specialists, with reviews from people who have used them.
Find a developing lab →Ask, share, and learn
Nobody gets through the first few rolls without questions — light leaks, blank frames, thin negatives. The Darkroom is where members work those out, and the gallery is where they share what came back.
Visit The Darkroom →Most-Liked Photographs
The 1286 photographs members have liked most, in order.
Grand Central Terminal
Peter Manzari
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Table for none
LesserLights
♥ 9
Patrick of County Laois
PahaPlager
♥ 9
Econoline
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 9
Bodie
MarkM
♥ 9
Not a stairway at all
VolkerE
♥ 8
Abandoned House
STMPhoto
♥ 8
Atalaya Castle Kitchen, Murrells Inlet, SC
STMPhoto
♥ 8
Fire Escape Shadows
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♥ 8
Biker Girl
fotomatt
♥ 8
Panorama
Pair of Clown….
Bruce Gordon
♥ 7
"I dunno...
PahaPlager
♥ 7
Enjoying these? Members like and comment on each other’s photographs and ask questions in The Darkroom. Sharing your own work is optional.
Create a free accountBrowse by Subject
What members are shooting, grouped by what it is. A different draw from each subject every time you load the page.
People, on film — studio, environmental, and everything between.
rguzmanphoto
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In shadow
rodriguezmoses
♥ 3
Red Baron circa 1985
mark1foto
♥ 3
Men of Stature
mark1foto
♥ 4
Mother and daughter
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Autoshop Mirror Selfie
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♥ 4
Wedding
Mcguirb1
♥ 3
Erika
tim48v
♥ 3
Chloe
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Hi, I'm Toni
jimmycrowl
♥ 3
Granddaughter and her new husband
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
rguzmanphoto
♥ 3
Wide country, coastline, and mountains shot on film.
Rembering how cold it was that day
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Waterways
LesserLights
♥ 5
Chasm6301
♥ 7
Ken Mullinix
♥ 6
Sunset - Bodega Head, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
Shawgunk Mountains, New York
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
First Signs of Fall
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
gold mill
Karvelis
♥ 3
Dead Locust Tree
PahaPlager
♥ 5
Dog Walk - Bodega Bay, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
A Plowed Field
jch1268
♥ 2
Wachusett Reservoir Hike
Ken Mullinix
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Candid life in public, the way film has always done it best.
Sunshine Music Festival, Diamond Head Crater
Mick
♥ 2
Golden years
Mick
♥ 3
Little Havana
Mick
♥ 4
Ferris Wheel
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
A time of love and war
Mick
♥ 5
A friend’s mural
LesserLights
♥ 6
Sax man
Mick
♥ 2
Soho, NYC
Peter Manzari
♥ 4
Atlas
Mick
♥ 2
Speed Walking.....
Bruce Gordon
♥ 3
NYC
Peter Manzari
♥ 2
Washington DC, 1983
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
Animals, plants, and the wild world on emulsion.
Swirling, veiny bark on an old tree
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♥ 3
Bumble Bees
Ken Mullinix
♥ 6
Young pine tree and fall leaves after a gentle rain.
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Flowers and berries
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
A Bench's Patience
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Silhouette of pearched Bird of Prey
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♥ 3
Bumblebee on a Beautyberry leaf
1982wildcatfan
♥ 4
Green Heron Flying Away
theaviananalog
♥ 4
Lily
LesserLights
♥ 5
Praying Mantis
Terry McDaniel
♥ 4
Trees as seen in water
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♥ 3
Single Tree - Sonoma, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 5
Buildings, structures, and the geometry of built space.
The Palmer Building…
PahaPlager
♥ 3
The cathedral of Vezelay
PahaPlager
♥ 2
Kitchen Stories
Between2Films
♥ 5
Hoover Dam
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
Gary Duplantier
♥ 4
Twilight reflections off a building facade
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♥ 3
Smith Tower and Columbia Center
PahaPlager
♥ 6
The Lone Room
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 4
Angles in Architecture
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♥ 5
The old church
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 3
Abandoned
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 3
Young America
PhilLas
♥ 3
Arranged objects, light, and patience.
PFDs - Marshall, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
Set Match
riddell_446
♥ 3
Omega Seamaster
Ken Mullinix
♥ 3
Sharpened
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♥ 3
Kodachrome
rguzmanphoto
♥ 4
Pink Flamingo
1982wildcatfan
♥ 4
Starbucks
Ken Mullinix
♥ 3
Crab Pot - Bodega Bay, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
Shattered by sunlight
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♥ 3
Fall - Napa, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
Baubles
PahaPlager
♥ 2
No Phone Booth - Pt Reyes National Seashore, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
After dark, reciprocity failure and all.
Sadiegirl
Karvelis
♥ 3
Tower
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Suburbs at Dusk (A double exposure)
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Night in Pacific Park
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Octoberfest
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
A view of Baltimore City
Ken Mullinix
♥ 1
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Chuck Vaughan
♥ 4
Toledo Cityscape at Nightfall
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Shots in the dark.
Terry McDaniel
♥ 5
Lanterns
rguzmanphoto
♥ 3
Lanterns
rguzmanphoto
♥ 3
Places worth carrying a camera to.
A Bridge to Cross
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♥ 3
Aptly Named
1982wildcatfan
♥ 1
Smoggy LA
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
Golden Hour
Mick
♥ 2
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
PahaPlager
♥ 3
Mary with the Baby Jesus
PahaPlager
♥ 3
Kelso, CA - fixer upper
Chuck Vaughan
♥ 6
Queen Mary
1982wildcatfan
♥ 4
Upstream from Lewiston Idaho
PahaPlager
♥ 3
Four Windmills in Spain
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Hollywood Bowl
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
Take a Break
1982wildcatfan
♥ 6
Reportage, projects, and photographs that record something.
two holer!
Karvelis
♥ 4
mining camp
Karvelis
♥ 3
Commuter Car Shadows
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♥ 3
Game on
PricklyDisco
♥ 3
As a town grows
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♥ 3
Swing
VolkerE
♥ 5
Slivered View
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♥ 2
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
Its Gots To Be Jazz
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♥ 3
Forgotten Washington
latent_image
♥ 2
Clear Creek Dam
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Abandoned
Bruce Gordon
♥ 2
Bodywork, chrome and engines — cars and bikes, plus aircraft, boats, trains and working machinery.
Green ‘61
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 3
The Long Haul
PahaPlager
♥ 2
Italian Pony
Between2Films
♥ 3
USPS Jeep, Abandoned
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♥ 3
Gridlife at Lime Rock Park
Frank Vitucci
♥ 5
Low Caddy
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 6
Autos In Motion
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♥ 3
Classic Cars of Santa Monica
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Classic curves
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♥ 4
Reflections on a sports car's bumper
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Studebaker bonneville
skylarkbuick63
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Once traveled far and wide
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Double exposures, expired stock, soup, cyanotype, and other happy accidents.
Articles
Essays and practical guides on shooting, developing, and printing film — written from the darkroom, not the spec sheet.
Witness to War (On Film)
The story behind the famous photograph of a Japanese "Zeke" striking the USS Missouri on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
From Gargoyles to Galvanized Steel: How Our Streets Lost Their Art
Ornate lamp posts, carved gargoyles, and sculpted fountains once gave every city its own character. Today they're being replaced by catalog-bought steel and LED. Here's why cities stopped making public art, and why film photographers should record what's left before it's gone.
Film Development Times: A Starting-Point Chart
Get all three right and you get a negative that scans and prints easily.
Film-Friendly Shops & Labs
Camera stores, developing labs, repair specialists, and darkroom rentals — submitted by members and reviewed before they're listed.
See the full directory → · Know somewhere good? Suggest a listing
Latest from The Darkroom
Where members work out development times, argue about scanners, and diagnose each other’s light leaks.
Members can start threads and reply. Reading is open to everyone.
Join the community
Become part of filmphotography.com
It’s free, and sharing your own work is optional — plenty of members are here to look, ask, and learn from other film photographers.
Share your photographs
Post your frames to the community gallery with the camera, lens, and film behind each one, and see what other members make of them.
Ask in The Darkroom
Light leaks, thin negatives, development times — ask, and members who have been there answer. Reading is open to everyone; asking and replying take an account.
Get your work seen
Members like and comment on each other’s photographs. The most-liked are shown on the homepage. There’s a photo contest running right now, too.
Find good labs and shops
A directory of film-friendly stores, developing labs, and repair specialists — review the ones you’ve used so the next person knows.
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