Safelight Labs Podcast: Recent Episodes
Safelight Labs Podcast
Safelight Labs is a community darkroom located in San Diego, CA which is owned and operated by Rob Cowan, who is also the host of the Safelight Labs Podcast. His co-host is Jake Columna.
In this week's episode, we hear from the opposite side of the camera; the models perspective. Becca Wallace, a current model and former Suicide Girl, gives us her take on a bunch of topics. Give it a listen!
Our guest, Colman McVaney, put together The 2023 San Diego Film Community Zine and we get the insight in to how it was made, curated, and some insider tips on how to make your own zine.
This week's episode we welcome on the founder of the Medium Festival, Scott Davis for a chat about this year's upcoming event. We chat about the festival, our own work, cameras, and why you should attend this years festival. Check it out!
We welcome on Paloma Louise and we get an in-depth insight into this artists mind! What do we do when we face something traumatic? How do we cope and use that to make art? We ask these questions of Paloma. Give it a listen and let us know what you think! We can be reached at podcast@safelightlabs.com!
If you are attending a wedding soon, having a wedding soon, or know someone who has a wedding soon, listen to this podcast! This weeks guest is Natalie Mitchell, a professional wedding photographer here in San Diego. We definitely get some insights in to the wedding photography world. Don't forget you can now email us at podcast@safelightlabs.com if you have questions, comments, or if you want to tell us why Cool Ranch Doritos are superior to Nacho Cheese.
Sorry everyone, it's just Jake and Rob this week. But, on the bright side, we do get to chat about Jake's upcoming gallery show at Safelight Labs. So that's pretty cool!
Our wonderful guest this week is an old friend, Carlos Guillen; a photographer, friend, and overall amazing human being. We talk about why it's so important to print your work.
This week's episode is a continuation of a conversation we had 4 years ago with our guest, Starla Dawn. In this episode, we prove that Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie. It's science people.
Smiles Meyer joins us this week to discuss some crazy hot takes, how to network with people, and what to do when you are lacking inspiration.
After a 3 year hiatus, the Safelight Labs Podcast is back! Jake and Rob catch up and then our guest this week is the co-owner of Safelight Labs and Camera Exposure, Caitie Boreliz.
In this week's special quarantine edition, we talk to the illustrious Justin Rosenberg while we all sit in our separate spaces, discussing photography and why Tiger King is horrible (that's my opinion). We give several shoutouts, so be sure to listen!
In this week's episode, we talk to Jason Hunter who is 1/3 of the Restore From Backup team. (@restorefrombackup) We also have some MAJOR technical difficulties, so we appreciate you bearing with us! We get to hear Jason's take on shooting, developing, Instagram, the film photography community, and which is better; Cool Ranch or Nacho Cheese. He also gave us something else to think about when it comes to this debate, so give it a listen! Listed below is the link to Zach's YouTube page (@zachparksphoto), so go check it out! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljxeqSjMfRJAhjS6E2n6iA The other person from Restore From Backup is Hawn (@hawnfawn). Go check her page out! We also talk about TogTees (@togtees on Instagram), The Darkroom in San Clemente (@thedarkroomlab), our friend Trev Lee (@trevlee), a fun project that our friend Ariel (@whoisleira) and I did well over a year ago that still hasn't been published (that's my fault lol!), our friends at DatePop (@data_pop) and some zines, AND MORE!
In this week's episode, we discuss a potential botched up Viking funeral, a little bit of photography, and we call a few people out.
In this weeks episode, we talk to the infamous Chris Bartolucci from Analog Talk Podcast, Jakes keep eating doritos, and we discuss why Jake is wrong about Nacho Cheese being better than Cool Ranch.
In this weeks episode, Rob has his mind blown by Banana Ketchup. Apparently, it's a thing. Our guests are Joe Castillo (@joe_castle_) and Doneliz Cayanan (@doneliz).
In this episode, we talk about gentrification, the art community here in San Diego, using Jake's tears to develop film, and why we do the crazy stuff we do.
Welcome to the first Safelight Labs Podcast. In this episode, we discuss why Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is. Don't argue with us. We have sound logic. This week's guest is Starla Little and we talk about film photography.