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.
Angels, quilt, and dulcimer
Terry McDaniel
♥ 1
window light
Terry McDaniel
♥ 1
Mt Sherman
Terry McDaniel
♥ 1
Overgrown Paths
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♥ 1
Bend of a tree's shadow
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♥ 1
Testing a new camera. Werra 1
Bruce Gordon
♥ 3
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
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
♥ 9
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.
Baker Lady of Capilieri
PahaPlager
♥ 6
Wedding
Mcguirb1
♥ 3
Waiting
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♥ 3
Natalie
Mcguirb1
♥ 6
Autoshop Mirror Selfie
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♥ 4
Panorama
Theatre Season-First Night
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Bold Beauty
mark1foto
♥ 3
This thing on?????
Bruce Gordon
♥ 3
Lindsay
MarkM
♥ 2
Mother and daughter
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Hiding Behind the Camera
Ken Mullinix
♥ 4
Brothers
Tollef
♥ 4
Wide country, coastline, and mountains shot on film.
Sunset Antelope Island
jhaddon84015
♥ 2
Reflected Silence
rguzmanphoto
♥ 5
Horses at Bodega Dunes
FogdogPhoto
♥ 2
Out to Pasture
Ken Mullinix
♥ 3
Profile George Washington Mount Rushmore
rguzmanphoto
♥ 5
The Bridge to Tranquility
Brian
♥ 2
Talimena Scenic Byway, Arkansas side
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Hashawha
Ken Mullinix
♥ 2
Mount Rushmore Lighting Ceremony
rguzmanphoto
♥ 2
Chasm6301
♥ 7
Paha Cemetary
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Saltmarsh Stump
Justin
♥ 4
Candid life in public, the way film has always done it best.
Carved in stone (detail)
Mick
♥ 3
Soho, NYC
Peter Manzari
♥ 4
St. Pat's Day
Peter Manzari
♥ 4
The Chessman
Mick
♥ 5
NYC
Peter Manzari
♥ 6
"I see nothing, nothing..."
Mick
♥ 3
The Watcher
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Time Square
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
commercial casino
Karvelis
♥ 3
Thanks for the Memories
Mick
♥ 2
The Washerwomen of Bruges
PahaPlager
♥ 6
Nellie the Elephant caught in a Net
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♥ 3
Animals, plants, and the wild world on emulsion.
Invasive or Beautiful?
Ken Mullinix
♥ 5
Evil Skies
gosier57
♥ 7
Trees as seen in water
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♥ 3
River through the Reeds
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♥ 3
Last minute cast.
Terry McDaniel
♥ 7
After a Storm - Jenner, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
New Life - Freestone, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
Osprey over the Yakima River
PahaPlager
♥ 3
Spiderwort
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Common Boneset
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
MarkM
♥ 3
Anemone
Terry McDaniel
♥ 4
Buildings, structures, and the geometry of built space.
Market - Yountville, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
Paradise Lanes
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 6
City & County Building of Salt Lake City
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♥ 5
The Lone Room
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 4
"Americana"
Gary Duplantier
♥ 5
Kane Hall at the University of Washington
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Walker Center Reflection
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♥ 3
Traveler’s Hotel
Terry McDaniel
♥ 2
Room above carpark
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♥ 2
Space Age Restaurant
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♥ 3
Gary Duplantier
♥ 6
Chapel Window - Carmel, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 5
Arranged objects, light, and patience.
Kodachrome
rguzmanphoto
♥ 4
Windmill - Mendocino, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
Fall - Napa, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
A Wine Country Fall - Napa, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
Keys - Bodega Bay, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 5
Nice hairdo
1982wildcatfan
♥ 1
On The Deck - San Francisco, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 4
LawsonLabs
♥ 2
Gary Duplantier
♥ 7
Shattered by sunlight
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♥ 3
Ship's Mast - San Francisco, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
Studebaker Lark - Pt Reyes Station, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 6
After dark, reciprocity failure and all.
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♥ 4
Lanterns
rguzmanphoto
♥ 3
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Chuck Vaughan
♥ 4
Dreams Happen Across The Water
CharClarPhoto
♥ 3
Suburbs at Dusk (A double exposure)
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♥ 2
Sadiegirl
Karvelis
♥ 3
Tower
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♥ 2
Night in Pacific Park
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♥ 3
A view of Baltimore City
Ken Mullinix
♥ 1
Octoberfest
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
Toledo Cityscape at Nightfall
PahaPlager
♥ 4
Shots in the dark.
Terry McDaniel
♥ 5
Places worth carrying a camera to.
Selfie
Mick
♥ 2
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
PahaPlager
♥ 3
Take a Break
1982wildcatfan
♥ 6
Queen Mary
1982wildcatfan
♥ 4
Autumn in Asquins
PahaPlager
♥ 5
Hollywood Bowl
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
Pool Christ
ricogunn
♥ 2
Airplane aisle corridor is a long journey
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♥ 2
Fishing fleet
Mick
♥ 3
Hiking the Angeles National Forest
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
A Bridge to Cross
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♥ 3
1982wildcatfan
♥ 2
Reportage, projects, and photographs that record something.
Abandoned
Bruce Gordon
♥ 2
Doc's Parking
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♥ 2
Impression, Sunset. 1985
Peter Manzari
♥ 2
rguzmanphoto
♥ 2
Museum
VolkerE
♥ 6
Tractor Pull - Sterling Fair, MA
Ken Mullinix
♥ 3
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Peter Manzari
♥ 3
Remembrance
LesserLights
♥ 7
museum trip II
Karvelis
♥ 5
Clear Creek Dam
Terry McDaniel
♥ 3
Solitude - Sonoma Coast, CA
FogdogPhoto
♥ 3
Coney Island Polar Bear Swim
Peter Manzari
♥ 1
Bodywork, chrome and engines — cars and bikes, plus aircraft, boats, trains and working machinery.
Green ‘61
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 3
Low Caddy
turkeylegs4lyfe
♥ 6
Classic curves
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♥ 4
Italian Pony
Between2Films
♥ 3
The Long Haul
PahaPlager
♥ 2
Classic Cars of Santa Monica
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♥ 2
Once traveled far and wide
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♥ 3
Autos In Motion
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♥ 3
Studebaker bonneville
skylarkbuick63
♥ 4
USPS Jeep, Abandoned
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♥ 3
Reflections on a sports car's bumper
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♥ 2
Gridlife at Lime Rock Park
Frank Vitucci
♥ 5
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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