
How to Build a Photography Portfolio That Gets You Work
Editors do not browse. They judge fast, and a film portfolio has to survive that judgment in the first ten images.
The news file for analog photography: emulsions discontinued or reissued, price changes, lab openings and closures, camera manufacturers restarting production, and supply problems affecting chemistry. Short, dated entries with sourcing. For shooters who need to know before a favorite stock disappears from shelves.
The news file for analog photography: emulsions discontinued or reissued, price changes, lab openings and closures, camera manufacturers restarting production, and supply problems affecting chemistry. Short, dated entries with sourcing. For shooters who need to know before a favorite stock disappears from shelves.

Editors do not browse. They judge fast, and a film portfolio has to survive that judgment in the first ten images.

Margins are thin, chemistry is unforgiving, and the customers who keep a lab open are not who you think.

The covers you remember share a few working traits — and none of them is luck.

What an editorial shoot on medium format actually looks like, hour by hour, when the camera takes one roll at a time.

Kodak's own numbers for shooting Tri-X 400 at EI 1600, what changes in the tank, and where a two-stop push turns into a mistake.





Another round of increases across the Fujifilm lineup landed in 2025, the latest in a three-year run of rises — here is what it means for the film budget.