Don Goodman-Wilson

Crown + Flint

Crown & Flint gets a new look

R7: 🤩 The Soul of a New Machine Out now for iPhone on the Apple App Store or for Android on Google Play. Crown & Flint is the app for analog photographers. Crown & Flint is the most intuitive and easy to use tool for collecting extensive metadata on every shot

Essays Featured

On Authenticity

A lot of ink has been spilt on the idea that analog photos are somehow more authentic than AI-generated photos. I think authenticity is bullshit, and I have the negatives to prove it.

Film

Film Review: AgfaPhoto APX 400 @ 1600

I like AgfaPhoto APX400 rated at 800. My data suggests we can push it a little further—I shot a roll at 1600, and feel like maybe we’re hitting the limits for pushing.

Film

Film Review: Kodak Double-X (5222)

Here’s a film whose charm took me totally by surprise. I had low expectations for Double-X, but its character and tonality have really captured my heart.

Equipment

Building a DIY Shutter Speed Tester

With a little adventurousness, a few Euros, and a handful of Lego, you too can have your very own (if somewhat janky) shutter speed tester.

Ethics

Digital is not the opposite of analog. It’s the complement.

Contrary to Apple’s new ad, analog devices aren’t in desperate need of replacement by digital technology like the iPad. The analog and digital worlds complement each other: The best digital technology makes the analog world _better_.

Photo Essays

Fascismo Nunca Mais!

The crowd—probably over a million people have flooded on Avenida de Liberdade—is chanting, loudly. They are chanting the only chant that matters today. They are yelling it. They are screaming it. Over and over, the same verse without end, vividly, passionately. They mean it. “Fascismo nunca mais!” Parades

News

50 Years of Liberty in Portugal

Today is a very special day—it is the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, 50 years since the military coup that overthrew the dictatorial Estado Novo regime. And the story of the revolution has a great tie-in to Eurovision as well. No update this week—I’m

Exhibitions

Tokyo from the Outside

“Japan: In and Out” examines Japan through two lenses: stories from a local and his family, and stories from a foreigner lost in a crowd. I want to share with you my contribution to this exhibit, stories of distance, isolation, and loneliness.

News

New Zine! Tokyo from Above

“Tokyo from Above”, my latest zine, takes you on a visual journey through the view from a Tokyo rooftop.

Film

Film Review: Ilford FP4 Plus @ 500

Ilford FP4 plus is a great lower speed film that pushes nicely to 500 in a tight pinch.

Stations

Stations: Antwerpen

A random email from Thalys leads to an afternoon of photography in a totally different country. I'm still not sure why.

News

Exhibition: Japan In and Out

Will you be in Lisbon in the month of April? Then drop by Vintage Dream Cameras and Gallery to view a selection of my street photography, on joint exhibit with the talented Helio Suzuki.

Film

A New (and Experimental) Method for Evaluating Film

I explore a new method to evaluate film using equipment you may already own, with the goal of improving our digital darkroom workflows.

Film

Film Review: AgfaPhoto APX 400 (Pt. 2)

Giving AgfaPhoto APX400 a second try, this time rating it at ISO 800—without pushing in development. The results are surprisingly good.

Crown + Flint

Crown + Flint R4 🏜️ “The Voice”

Crown + Flint R4 is out today for iPhone and Android, bringing a huge increase in stability and speed, and some welcome new functionality.

Crown + Flint

Crown + Flint Update Week 13 2024

A new release is coming soon…with improved auto-suggest and more.

Photo Essays

Isometrica I

We are drowning in computer-rendered and AI-generated imagery. It is comforting to think that there remains a distinction between the “artificial” and the “authentic”, but what does that distinction even mean?

Film

Film Review: AgfaPhoto APX 400 (Pt. 1)

What if there was a film whose true speed was actually _faster_ than what’s printed on the box? Do miracles like that even happen? Maybe so…

Stations

Stations: Amsterdam

You hardly need a car in the Netherlands—trains will get you just about anywhere, so most people deal with Dutch stations daily, rain or shine. The system feels like it is calling out to the sun, often missing in the dark cloudy days off the North Sea: Everything is

Analog Basics

Analog Basics: Film Speed, Box Speed, and Exposure Index

Do you wonder what box speed is? Confused by rating film? What even is an exposure index? Let’s get a grip on these concepts and get the most from our film.

Crown + Flint

Crown + Flint Update Week 11 2024

The latest news from Crown + Flint, the app for analog photography.

Experiments

Relieving the Tedium of Scanning Color Film

I find scanning color film to be tedious and error-prone work—but can turnkey solutions turn in better results?

Stations

Stations: Tokyo

The Tokyo transit system needs no introduction—it’s among the world’s largest and most complex. But its stations are functional, bare, devoid of grandeur or even decoration. Each corridor is an unadorned, square concrete tube, with little to differentiate it from any other corridor in any other station.

Film

Film Review: FOMA Ortho 400

An emulsion with a unique look that really pops outdoors…but it’s prone to overexposure.