Phoenix Film Giveaway + First look At My Images - ISSUE 65
Score some of this brand new 35mm colour film! Keep reading for details...
Housekeeping
Wow, what a year it has been!? I’m feeling happy, tired, stressed, grateful, hopeful and all the other feelings in between those. I’m writing to you on a Thursday which is quite late for me, normally I pride myself on being organized with my newsletter but these last few months have been so busy it’s hard to keep up.
Summer has officially landed here and the days are hot and long. I’m excited to get some beach time in over the holidays and take a little break…speaking of breaks, this will be my last newsletter for 2023! Don’t worry it’s a good one (#giveaway)and I will be back in full swing in the first week of January. I can’t wait to share more interviews and musings with you then.
Get a Free Roll of Kodak Gold!
Everyone is feeling festive cause it’s just giveaways and perks left right and center in the film community at the moment. I have some signed limited edition prints up for grabs (currently 70% off) via European publishing company “The Hidden River” and every print that sells gets a FREE roll of kodak gold thrown in! How good is that!?
This applies to all prints and there is a great selection of artists online so why not have a browse, support artists and independent publishing companies and get a free roll of Kodak Gold 200 while you’re at it. Merry Xmas film shooters.
Film Preset
If you haven’t grabbed it already my warm film preset has been selling like hot cakes and is the perfect thing to combat the 2024 Kodak price increase. Shooting digital feels way more enjoyable now I have that preset all ready to go and I love the LR film grain so much and have been using this preset for client work also. Obviously I’m film’s number 1 fan but let’s face it it’s not always an option when it comes to work and for personal it can be so nice to have that instant feedback, especially when trying a new style or genre.
Here is a peek at some recent client work shot on our D7100 and edited with my warm film preset.
A New Color Film…but like actually “new”
The film world is confusing, things get respooled and repackaged, pulled out of freezers and claim to be brand new but it’s never clear or backed with any hard evidence…One thing is for sure though, we NEED some competition in the game.
Enter ILFORD, or Harmen Photo, as they are trading under for this new colour film “Phoenix” that is all over YouTube and in the hands of every film lover with an online presence.
Being in Australia meant mine took a little while to get here and we had lot’s of rain and overcast days after I spent half an hour boasting to Michelle at Ilford that we basically have sun all year round in Queensland.
The sun came back and out I went to shoot this roll of 200 ISO film that is in fact brand new! It’s so cool that this is finally happening and I back Phoenix 100 percent, even if this first iteration isn’t perfection.
Yes there are improvements that need to be made with this film but all in all it’s a very good start and I am loving these punchy colours! I was so happy to stumble across a red vintage car but of course it happened right at the end of my roll…typical.
These were all scanned on the Frontier at Ikiagi Film Lab in Melbourne and as per they have done such an amazing job with the scans. We decided to partner up and use these first look shots as a way to share the film on IG and give away 2 rolls of Phoenix 35mm colour film to 5 lucky winners!
For all the details on this giveaway head to this post on IG and read the caption for the full run down. This giveaway is for Australia only sorry to all the international readers :( I will be doing a giveaway in 2024 that will accommodate everyone so don’t despair.
I will be doing a video on this at some point and going through the full roll as well as getting some intel from Ikigai on how this film was to work with when scanning and how they feel about this big announcement!
I would love to know your thoughts on these first few sneak peeks?
Don’t forget to head over and enter the giveaway if you are in Australia. Huge thank you to Ikigai for partnering with me and always providing the most incredible quality scans. Love you guys :)
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Xmas and time with your loved one to relax and enjoy the holidays. Super excited to come back strong in 2024 and bring you all more content.
If you would like to treat yourself to a Lucy Lumen print there is currently 20% off storewide. Enjoy and thank you for reading guys.
Love Lucy xx
Love what you got from the Phoenix roll. Reds and oranges for the win!
Terrific colours, Lucy!