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Film photography as a standing community conversation.
Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast treats film photography as both a craft and a social world. Episodes wander through camera finds, printing problems, meetups, call-ins, and personal stories with a warm, lived-in panel feel.
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Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast is a long-running film-photography hangout built around conversation, call-ins, and shared obsession. It has the shape of a podcast, but often the feeling of a room that people have been returning to for years. Mike Gutterman frequently opens from the Gutterman Cave in Louisville, Kentucky. From there, the show can turn almost anywhere. One stretch might linger on a Minolta SRT 200, a Nikon F50, match-needle meters, cold shoes, lenses, and stop-down buttons. Another might follow darkroom printing problems through test strips, fiber paper, mat choices, frames, and the stubborn work of making a negative behave. The technical talk is real. It is also softened by jokes, disclaimers, side stories, and the sense that nobody is trying to flatten the hobby into clean advice. The show is at its best when craft and community overlap. Episodes spend time on photo walks in Chattanooga and Tennessee, on meetups with familiar names, and on the pleasure of talking gear with people who actually want to hear about it. Listener call-ins can carry a whole emotional arc. A story about estate-sale cameras becomes a story about grief, fairness, and the uneasy feeling of wanting objects connected to someone else’s loss. A road update can become a check-in about trying to stay well in a difficult year. The analog interest is broad, too. Cameras sit beside typewriters, cassette tapes, handmade mixtape inserts, darkroom prints, and other tactile objects that reward patience. Guests such as Jess Kosmak bring personal creative histories into the mix. The pace is leisurely, sometimes rambling, and openly informal. That is part of its identity. Negative Positives is not built for listeners who want fast buying guides or polished interview arcs. It is for people who enjoy the long route: the camera story, the friend story, the printing struggle, the meetup recap, and the small reminder that hobbies are really made of people.
Made for: Best for film photographers, darkroom tinkerers, camera collectors, and analog-minded listeners who enjoy casual group conversation as much as practical gear talk. It especially suits people who like photo walks, community call-ins, and long stories about why old cameras matter.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating film photography as a living social network, not just a technical craft. Its call-ins, meetup recaps, and personal detours make the community itself feel like the main subject.
A podcast about mostly film photography! Hosted by Mike Gutterman, Andre Domingues, Mike Kukavica, Roxanna Angles,and Jessica Jones.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Practical darkroom talk, camera collecting, and candid hobbyist stories give analog photography a lively communal voice.
Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast treats analog photography as both a working craft and a reason to gather. Mike Gutterman leads roundtables with Andre Domingues, Mike Kukavica, Roxanna Angles, Jessica Jones, and other contributors, while solo installments and listener…
Mike Gutterman's camera shelf has a revolving door; you may know the feeling.
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Two SLRs give Billy Sanford a relaxed route through film-camera features and personal firsts.
Negative Positives Podcast #447 plays like a focused handoff, with Mike Gutterman opening from the Gutterman Cave in Louisville before turning the show over to Billy Sanford for a solo look at two film cameras.
A New Year's analog ramble where safety razors, darkroom plans, cassette tapes, and a Fiero clutch share the frame.
Negative Positive Podcast #446 starts the year in a haze of Menin Aftershave, as Mike Gutterman moves from a rough razor blade and safety-razor enthusiasm into plans for 2025 and 2026.
A camera lost to fire turns an estate-sale dilemma into a quiet reflection on ownership, grief, and care.
An estate sale turns into a moral knot in this listener call-in from Charles Lawson, a friend of the host, about the feeling that can cling to photography equipment after its owner is gone.
A loose film-photography roundtable settles into the stubborn, tactile work of printing one B-17 negative.
Negative Positives Podcast #440 treats film photography as an easy, lived-in conversation. Mike Gutterman starts out sweating in Gutterman Cave in Louisville, and the episode soon moves through shipboard jokes, co-host check-ins, frame ordering, and sending prints to family.
A relaxed Chattanooga meetup pitch that turns gear talk into a friendly film-photography hangout.
Negative Positives Podcast #439 works best as a relaxed invitation to the Great Film Photo Meetup in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on August 9 and 10.
A warm, meandering roundtable about camera collecting, personal favorites, and the strange logic of holding onto too much gear.
Negative Pauses Podcast #360 treats film-camera collecting as a relaxed conversation about taste, attachment, and the odd pressure of deciding what gear still belongs on the shelf.
Tiny debates, treated with heroic seriousness.
The Negative Positives Podcast episode 360 is a roundtable discussion hosted by Mike Gutterman with guests Andre Dominguez, Jessica Jones, Matt Murray, and Mike Caputo.
Mike interviews photographer and writer Jess Kosmak about her life and creative work.
The host introduces the episode with a chaotic roll call of co-hosts and a brief break before starting the main segment.
Mark introduces guest Naomi McKenzie, who discusses her upcoming solo exhibition at a regional gallery near Brisbane.
Billy Sanford uses Negative Positives Podcast #447 to compare three recent camera buys: a Minolta SRT 200, a Nikon F50, and an Olympus XA.
Negative Positives Podcast #446 opens with Mike Gutterman, Billy Sanford, Mike Kukovica, Jessica Jones, and Andre Dominguez trading New Year's banter and a shave report.
Negative Positives Podcast #445 opens on Charles Lawson's estate-sale camera stories, including a Leica M3 box that 'all starts with the letter L.' Lawson describes a haul with the original bag, goggles, a customs receipt through Dulles, and a $400 deal after he told his colleague not to spend more than $1,000.
The host shares a personal, emotional road trip story on Thanksgiving, reflecting on life's challenges and the importance of connection.
The host recaps a recent podcast photo walk event in Tennessee, thanking participants and describing the gathering.
Episode 440 of Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast is a roundtable check-in with five regular participants plus guest Joe Pollack, recorded from host Mike Gutterman's garage in Louisville, Kentucky.
Episode 439 of Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast serves as a promotional episode for the Great Film Photo Meetup in Chattanooga, Tennessee, scheduled for August 9th and 10th, 2025.
Mike interviews photographer and writer Jess Kosmak about her life and creative work in Toronto.
Dave Mahaly discusses traditional film developing for 35mm and 120 formats, covering black and white, color negative, and slide film, with a focus on his personal experience and preferences.