Wāhine, fem’s, gals, women, This is for you. As a way to celebrate International Women’s Day and women, we are acknowledging the 8.6% gender pay gap. This means all purchases made by you tomorrow are discounted by 8.6%. Fuck the patriarchy and take advantage babes. You deserve it. * 8.6% discount applies to all in-store stock. Discount valid for people who identify as a woman. No apologies to the guys because you built this world. Limit of 3 new rolls of film applies. No limit on films for develop and scanning. Valid Friday 8th March in-store only. * Big thanks to @karaglasgowkeene.art&nb ..read more

Name: Cheska BrownInstagram: @cheska.brown & @_____cheskaWebsite: cheskabrown.com How did you get into film photography? I started getting into film photography well after University. I have a background in Fine Arts, but was always (naturally) in the photography department. A lot of my study was digital, as well as my commercial work then and now. I love taking images, but felt like I needed something where that process felt different enough, and I could also take some of that pressure off. And now here we are! We love to see that you’re working in the photography industry, ho ..read more

Our final exhibition at The Crawl Space is a group show focussed on street photography and features 12 Photographers. The show opens on Thursday 7th of December 5.30pm - 8.30pm to coincide with the last First-Thursday of the year. Join us for some refreshments from our friends and a street wide party at The Crawl Space Gallery above Splendid Photo 460a Karangahape Road Tāmaki Makuarau Auckland ..read more

Name: Nicola Sandford Instagram handle: @nic_sandflower   How did you get into film photography? I had a Canon 500d DSLR that I used in my first few years of uni. That broke one day and I couldn’t afford to replace it so I started mucking around with my Dad’s old Olympus AZ-300 Superzoom. It’s a real chunky beast of a point-and-shoot camera but that was the beginning. I carted that thing around with me all the time.  Anyway, my friend Ethan, a camera enthusiast, gave me his old Canon EOS 5, which was super fancy and made it look like I was really good at taking photos. But the t ..read more

Abandoned is a collection of images of abandoned spaces throughout New Zealand. Peter has been shooting abandoned spaces on and off for a few years. The collection of images making up his show have been shot over the last 12 months. Typically he will scout out a location and come back to shoot it on a Sunday ('Trespassing Sundays' he calls them!) Occasionally being chased off by security or encountering people napping  Abandoned is on at The Crawl Space, the gallery above our Tāmaki Makuaura Auckland store, until 30th September 2023.  Follow Peter on Instagram here ..read more

Name: Leonardo Coghini Instagram Handle: @leonardocoghini How did you get into film photography?It must have been around mid 2019 when I got my hands on my first camera, an old Olympus OM1 kindly lent to me by my friend Liam. At the time he was working at WPS and seemed to know everything there was to know about cameras; it's safe to say Liam was how I got into film. The first roll I shot was Kodak Portra 400 and I'm so grateful that fate would have it be that way and after getting the scans back I was hooked. The colours were so warm and they seemed to soothe everything. Prior to this my mos ..read more

?PHOTO COMP TIME? Post your favourite spring time photo and tag #splendidspring. Spring photo by Abigail Legg (on expired Fuji Reala) T&Cs •Enter as many images as you like, each as a new post with hashtag •Image can be shot on any medium •Photog must follow @splendid.nz •All judges decisions are final •Finalists announced 5th October •Winner chosen via voting on our story starting 6th October •Winner is responsible for getting films to us •Prize: 10x Dev and Scans - C41 Social Res. •Dev and Scans do not need to be used in one go ..read more

Abigail from our Te Whanganui-a-Tara store shares some thoughts which we felt may help those who like film photography and tramping or just interested in either. I can’t say that I am the most qualified to talk about tramping but I can talk about film photography. As someone who has completed a handful of roadies here and there, traveled with camera kits overseas and loves to camp where there is no reception, you’d expect there to have been at least one tramping trip to be wedged in there. I will be vulnerable and say that there is not.  If you’re more or less in the same boat I hope thi ..read more

Name: Richard NguyenInstagram handle: @nframes How did you get into film photography? It all stemmed from watching Youtube videos, I remember it being one from Faizal Westcott. I sort of spiraled down a rabbit hole from there watching all sorts of stuff about film photography. I have a bit of an addictive personality so I naturally started to scour the internet to look for a camera. Did you shoot much digital prior to shooting film?  I shot a fair bit of digital using a Canon M50, it was mostly auto setting point and shoot  hoping for the best, had no idea how exposure works (I sti ..read more

?PHOTO COMP TIME? Post your favourite Self-portrait to instagram and tag #splendidselfie Photo by Duncan Manning T&Cs •Enter as many images as you like, each as a new post with hashtag •Image can be shot on any medium •Photog must follow @splendid.nz •All judges decisions are final •Finalists announced 3rd June •Winner chosen via voting on our story starting 1st June •Winner is responsible for getting films to us •Prize: 10x Dev and Scans - C41 Social Res. •Dev and Scans do not need to be used in one go ..read more