Canister Camera Club
PHOTOWALK & PINTS // Leith
Shoot film? Join us at 4pm outside Custom Lane - by the Shore, Leith - for our first meet up since forever. Everyone’s invited, there’s film if you need it and it will be ace. Don’t shoot film? Come anyway, as Keith once said to Charlie “what the hell else would you do”.
Saturday 4th September 2021
4pm // Meet outside Custom Lane (film available if you need it, point and shoots to borrow)
4.30pm - 6pm // Walk the backstreets and boulevards of Leith cameras in-hand, talk film.
6pm onwards // Outside pints at the Shore (for late joiners check outside Malt & Hops or Innis & Gunn or message us on here for location)
Open to all // Always free
An informal analogue photography meet up that's free and open to all. Those new to film photography are especially welcome. Canister Camera Club is a place to ask questions, swap film, borrow cameras, hang out and catch up.
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TRADING POST | A Marketplace
Canister Camera Club is getting together for a special analogue photography photowalk in support of Pride Edinburgh 2019
Meeting from 11am to 12pm at the wonderful Hemma Bar, 73 Holyrood Road to load up on film, coffee and breakfast for those that need it. They’ll be a few select rolls for sale in case you’re running low, DM us on Instagram @canistercameraclub with any requests.
At 12pm we head out and jostle for position before the march heads off at 12.30pm. We’ll walk with the march however the group will most likely splinter off in search of shots. Any late comers, slow starters or lost souls can be scooped up from outside Revolution, 30a Chambers Street on the way past around 1.30pm.
As the march moves on to the EUSA Campus, George Square and then the Meadows we will reconvene at The Royal Dick at Summerhall from 3pm.
More details on Pride Edinburgh 2019 can be found here. We are not officially affiliated to the event, we’re just getting together to shoot some film, hang out and show our solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland and around the world.
As always Canister events are free and open to all.
Paul Marr // Guest Talk
We're very excited to be welcoming freelance fashion photographer and post-production pro Paul Marr to Canister. Paul produces stunning dream-like fashion editorials for a range of publications, mostly shooting with his beloved Hasselblad and Kodak 120 film.
Collaboration plays a big part in Paul's work - from hair and make-up to stylists and set-designers - allowing him to craft images that seem to exist in another, more beautiful, ethereal world.
Paul also shoots Polaroids and 8mm shorts and will be presenting work and talking about his inspiration, process and post-production.
Free and open to all.
Saturday 11th May // 10am - 5pm
Canister Pop-up Shop will be open for business all day at Custom Lane, Leith.
Head down early for some StreetCandy ATM400 specials only on the day.
StreetCandy ATM400 is a 35mm black and white ISO 400 film which has been repurposed, re-spooled and beautifully repackaged by Vincent Moschetti in France.
Originally manufactured as cashpoint / ATM surveillance film StreetCandy has a thin physical base (to save space in those holes in the walls!) so it's not recommended to push any more than one stop but at box speed it's perfect for street shooting in all conditions. Simply self-dev as per HP5 or support your local film lab, just let them know it’s spooled on to a recycled canister. Check out Vincent’s video from the link above for more info.
We'll also have a range of 35mm, 120 and instant film for sale as well as books, zines and our own brand accessories, all created via collaborations within the Canister Camera Club community.
Canister presents
Lost & Found at Custom Lane, Leith
An evening of analogue rediscovery
Friday 18th January 2019 // 6.30pm - 8.30pm // Free
Custom Lane, 1 Customs Wharf, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6AL
Screening: Robert Blomfield: An Unseen Eye
An Unseen Eye is an intimate portrait of photographer Robert Blomfield, now in his 80s, as he reflects on his early life shooting the streets of Edinburgh during his student days and early career in the 1950s and 60s. As his family work through his incredible archive, Robert’s work is now being widely seen for the first time.
Stuart Edwards is a photographer and film maker based in Edinburgh and a Canister Camera Club regular. Intrigued by Robert’s story, Stu made contact and spent some time at Robert’s home in the north of England. The resulting 15-minute documentary is a beautiful insight into one man’s lifelong passion for photography and currently accompanies Robert’s exhibition at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
Stu will be introducing his film, An Unseen Eye, followed by a screening and Q&A.
Artist Talk: A Sense of Someplace
Artist Lindsay Perth works with found 35mm slides, spending hours taking them apart, pairing them by hand and projecting them to create new stories from long lost memories.
Lindsay will present her work as projections and prints.
The Guest Roll
Our guest roll will be FilmNeverDie IRO200. FilmNeverDie is an analogue photography store / lab / cafe in Melbourne, Australia. Funded via Kickstarter, they launch their own rebranded 35mm ISO200 colour film in 2017. Our stock is from the most recent (and probably the last) batch run and comes as 36 exposure rolls. It's DX coded so is perfect for compacts as well as SLR cameras. 色/ or IRO simply means colour in Japanese. The film is produced from existing Fujifilm stock.
FilmNeverDie IRO200 will be available at cost only on the night.