Gallery of Scanned Fujifilm FP-3000B Negatives

The Spartus Full-Vue Camera

This camera was acquired through my friend Lynn Taylor earlier this year. I like the looks of this camera with the art deco faceplate and bakelite construction. I even like the that it’s missing a screw on the face. It shows some character, right? In 1941, the Spartus Corporation bought The Utility Manufacturing Company in New […]

Donate That Old Camera

Cleaning house and found an old camera? Why not donate it to Utah Film Photography! Let one of our contributors shoot some film in your vintage discovery, write about the experience, and share it here on the website. Your classic camera can be lovingly placed in the Utah Film Photography vault, given a forever home […]

Polaroid Big Swinger Model 3000 Land Camera

After buying a box of old cameras at an auction for $13, I found that I had two original Polaroid Swinger Model 20 cameras. Doing some research and learning about them, it peaked my interest in these boxy-rigid-plastic-sixties-throwback cameras. I found someone local selling a Big Swinger Model 3000 and took the bait. Why? The […]

Film as an Artistic Medium

There’s been a YouTube video making its way around social media the past few months that describes why film photography will never disappear as an artistic medium. I’ve spent the last hour searching for this video and can’t find it, so let me summarize. In the era of digital photography, there are an incredible and […]

Who Are You? Why Film? Why Now?

This is one of those moments where you attempt to accomplish something, but you have so much that you want to do, you don’t know where to start. Let me begin with who I am and what direction I want for Utah Film Photography. I’m Shaun Nelson, a photographer from South Ogden, Utah, USA. I […]