The rules are simple: Shoot a roll of film during the month of May, 2025.
We love film as much as we love digital.
Send In Your Photos!
From now until July 10, 2025.
1. Resize the images and the contact sheet to 1400 pixels on the long edge. This is extremely important.
2. Zip the images into a single folder including a text file or Word document with an explanation of the shoot, your name, what camera and lens used, what film, and the lab that processed it.
3. Review 1, and 2 above. Please.
4. Send the zip file to me at don.giannatti@gmail.com
I will have the gallery up by July 20, 2025
24 Frames in May
One Roll. One Month. One Chance.
There was a time when photography was a risk.
You loaded a roll of film, not knowing if you would get it right — or even close.
You measured light with your gut.
You trusted your hands to remember what your eyes had seen.
You didn’t shoot a hundred frames to find the one.
You shot one frame because you felt it.
This May, we’re taking it back.
24 Frames. 31 Days.
No retakes. No machine-gun bursts. No instant gratification.
Just you, your camera, and the slow, stubborn magic of film.
The Rules Are Simple
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Use one roll of 24 exposure 35mm film.
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Shoot anytime during May 2025.
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At the end, select your four favorite frames.
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Submit them to share with the group.
That’s it. No second roll. No sneaking in a bonus roll “just in case.”
One chance to make something real.
Why?
Because slowing down makes you see differently.
Because knowing you have a limited number of frames makes you shoot with your heart — not just your hands.
Because photography wasn’t supposed to be easy.
It was supposed to be honest.
We Aren’t Chasing Perfection.
We’re trying to make a photograph that means something.
A photograph that took a little risk.
A photograph that had a little patience baked into it.
And yeah — a dash of silver halide grain doesn’t hurt either.
Ready to Step In?
If you’re ready to slow down, trust your instincts, and fall in love with photography all over again —
Welcome to “24 Frames in May.”
Sign up below.
Load your camera.
And let’s get to it.
How to participate:
- Shoot one roll of 35mm film, 24 exposures.
- Send it to be scanned (or do it yourself)
- Choose your favorite four images.
- Send them AND a contact sheet of the complete roll to me.
Use Dropsend or YouSendIt or email. - Include a .TXT file with the following information. (or put in the body of the email.)
Name
Camera
Film
Additional NOTES:
If you are shooting 120 film, it will still be one roll: Pick your four best and send them with the contact sheet.
Images are due on July 15, 2024.
NO LATE ENTRIES.
I will schedule the live image review on July 15 so I know how many participants there are.
Below you will find last year’s galleries.