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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 01/10/2026

I know its against the "rules" but there's something magical about shooting into the sun on a good BW stock with a proper color filter. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 25 • 📷 Hasseblad 503 CXI 🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Delta 400 with an orange filter 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #FilmPhotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 23/09/2026

Silhouettes on texture have always been an area I've tried to play in, and now I'm thinking about reflections on cars... Stay tuned? • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 24 • 📷 Hasseblad 503 CXI 🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Delta 400 with a yellow filter 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #FilmPhotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 17/09/2026

Sharing another frame I'm not the MOST proud of, night photography is a learning project for me as I desperately try to break my Californication style... Processing breakdown pt 23 • 📷 @nikon-usa.bsky.social FM2 🎞️ @cinestillfilm.bsky.social Cinestill 800 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 25/08/2026

Another bit of automotive before I run off on another adventure. Take a look at another classic Porsche I see at the local group meetup - red and chrome always look incredible on portra 160. • 📷 Nikon 503 cxi 🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 05/08/2026

This areal took a couple tries to get right. Lot of juggling to get the highlight and dark side of the corkscrew to both be visible. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 21 • 📷 Hasselblad 503 cxi 🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Delta 400 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 28/07/2026

Bit of a part 2 from an earlier post. Something just I love about the Venice skate park - its painfully Californication shooting film down there. Final>Scan>Post Processing pt 20 • 📷 #Nikon #FM2 🎞️ #Kodak #portra800 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 22/07/2026

There's something special about getting these old race inspired layouts and liveries on film. Feels a little like time travel every time I get the scans back. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 19 • 📷 Hasselblad 503 cxi 🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 14/07/2026

Got a little too caught up in the subject isolation here, and forgot to frame my bg... Ah well! Portra 400's purples to the rescue Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 18 • 📷 Hasselblad 503 cxi 🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 30/06/2026

Had a lot of frame-in-frame fun on my last visit to New York, but something about this one keeps sticking with me, not even sure why. Final>Scan>Post Processing pt 17 • #filmphotography #newyorkcity #staybrokeshootfilm #grainisgood • 📷 Nikon FM2 🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 23/06/2026

Taking a break from my wall-o-automotive to share a frame I wasn't super proud of, thinking I lost the shot to over exposure. Thank god for youtube tutorials. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 16 • #filmphotography 📷 Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 09/06/2026

Rounding out this chunk automotive is another incredible Porsche. There's something special about the layered shading you get on this specific orange next to some wild geometry Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 15 • #filmphotography 📷 Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ Kodak Portra 400 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 27/05/2026

Had a BLAST crashing the party up with the wild crew up at Newcomb's Golden Hour and the incredible cars that spend Saturday evenings up there at turnout number 2. • 📷Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️Portra 400, Gold 200, Ultramax 400 🧑‍🔬Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography #staybrokeshootfilm #CarPhotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 20/05/2026

Mixing it up this week: focusing on details in decay over my typical exploration of the pristine engineering. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 14 • 📷 #Hasselblad503cxi 🎞️ #Kodak #Portra160 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography #analogcommunity #staybrokeshootfilm #AutomotivePhotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 05/05/2026

Another visit with the Almost-R-Gruppe club, I crash from time to time, and I had a BLAST with some detail work with this power plant. Yet another one for my more in the darkroom list. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 13 • 📷 #Hasselblad503cxi 🎞️ #IlfordphotoDelta100 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 30/04/2026

Taking a break from the standard image breakdown post for the first part of a series I was working on with the one and only Caroline Sheets. • 📷 #NikonF100 🎞️ #KodakGold200 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #KodakGold #35mmFilm #AnalogPhotography #DesertEditorial #FashionOnFilm #CinematicStills #Nikon

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 21/04/2026

Chasing highlight behavior, and starting to get a feel for that gradient/overexposure film magic. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 12 • 📷 Nikon FM2 🎞️ @cinestillfilm.bsky.social bwxx at 400 🧑‍🔬 valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography #staybrokeshootfilm #analogphotography #blackandwhite

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 14/04/2026

Looking at textures on film: I love how the grain adds a natural depth with the clouds, but locks the building's paneling into an almost 2-dimensional feel, even with its shadow. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 11 • 📷 #Nikon FM2 🎞️ #Kodak Portra800 🧑‍🔬 valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 08/04/2026

Been working on getting a good waterline cityscape of Portland, I think the view is right, I just might need a different lens for it... Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 10 • 📷 hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ @cinestillfilm.bsky.social Cinestill 400 🧑‍🔬 valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 31/03/2026

Went whale watching a while back, and snapped this when this guy stepped out for some air. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 9 • 📷 Nikon #FM2 🎞️ Kodak #kodakportra 400 🧑‍🔬 valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography #analogcommunity #staybrokeshootfilm

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 25/03/2026

Looks like I'm on an automotive kick still... I used to live in the same neighborhood as this little MGB. The owner must have loved to drive, never saw it clean for more than 36 hrs. Final>Scan>Post Processing pt 8 • 📷 #Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ #Kodak #ektar100 🧑‍🔬 valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 17/03/2026

FILM CHOICE MATTERS Didn't bring any +200 iso color stock on this one, thank god delta 400 saved the day. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown on pt 7 • 📷 Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ Ilford Delta 100 🧑‍🔬 Valley Photo Service • #filmphotography #analogcommunity #CarPhotography #americandesign

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 10/03/2026

A bit more #automotivephotography, there was something about seeing this framing in the wild that screamed "poster for an American tragedy" to me. Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 6 • 📷 @Hasselblad 503cxi 🎞️ @Kodak Ektar 100 🧑‍🔬 @valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography #staybrokeshootfilm

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 03/03/2026

Some of the Porsches I've been obsessed with for a long-term "design-study" I've been working on. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 5 • 📷 @nikon FM2 🎞️ @Kodak Portra 400 🧑‍🔬 @valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography #analogcommunity #staybrokeshootfilm #AutomotivePhotography

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 24/02/2026

Another one from a little while back - think maybe even my first proper "Californication" frame. Anyone in the LA area got a good, photog-friendly skate park? • Final>Scan>Post Processing pt 4 • 📷 @nikon FM2 🎞️ @Kodak Gold 🧑‍🔬 @valleyphotoservice • #filmphotography #analogcommunity #staybrokeshootfilm

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 17/02/2026

One from deep in the archives. The summer I went back to #filmphotography, now that I'm thinking about it? Certainly not my best work, but definitely not a bad place to start out on a new obsession. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown on Threads and Bluesky • 📷 @nikon FM2 🎞️ @Kodak Ektar 100

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 15/02/2026

Probs one of my favorites ever. (forgive the pinned version.)

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 10/02/2026

Went up to the Griffith Observatory for some #filmphotography, and got an amazing shot out over the city. I love high contrast and big shadows, so all these countering lines were a blast. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 2! • 📷 Hasseblad 503 CXI 🎞️ lomography Potsdam w/ a light yellow filter

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 04/02/2026

Found an amazing vintage Jaguar parked in the neighborhood a while back and had the perfect film stock for it. • Final>Scan>Post Processing breakdown pt 1! This ones light but stay tuned! • 📷 nikon FM2 🎞️ Cinestill BWXX with a deep red filter • #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #ClassicCars

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 28/01/2026

Some more stuff I've #shotonfilm from a trip to Portugal a couple years ago. Seeing @parquesdesintra is incredible to begin with, but I was SO lucky that I snagged a low ISO roll of Double8 🎞️ from Film Photography Project for my #Yashica 8-eIII. Think I need to take it out again... 💸💸💸

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 21/01/2026

#hybridphotographers plz advise! Trying to bring this project back to analog for its final print form, and I'm trying to get a feel for the realities of from digital (@Fujifilm XT-5). Endgoal is darkroom enlargement. Inkjet print negative? Laser print to film? Bueler?

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 15/01/2026

Sharing a frame I'm really proud of! Sure, I like to lean on a hybrid workflow, but this is one I got right straight out of the camera. #Doubleexposure Nikon FM2 50mm Nikkor Fuji 400

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Jonathan Kaplin @jonathanskaplin.com · 13/01/2026

Hi There! I'm Jonathan, or Jay, whichever you have least of in your life already. I wear a few hats, but you can find me here talking about all things hybrid photography. Pull up a chair, and leave a comment if you're interested in visual mixed media! (just keep it constructive)

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