{"id":9553,"date":"2026-05-12T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:08:00","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-223-in-the-loupe-raf-lopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/classic-camera-revival-episode-223-in-the-loupe-raf-lopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 223 | In the Loupe: Raf Lopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years-425x425.png 425w, http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CCR-Logo-Ten-Years.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Episode 223 - In the Loupe: Raf Lopes\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=gje6y-1aac965-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=3\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We love hearing from members of the community as a whole, especially when they reach out to us to talk about life, photography, film and more. So in today&#8217;s episode, join Alex as he sits down with Raf to talk about his journey from starting with photography to developing his own film at home. From Brazil to New York City, it&#8217;s a couple of nerds just enjoying life, the process and more. And almost everything is covered, from music to scanning, gear, film stocks, halation and even film simulations!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to check out more of Raf&#8217;s work you can find him online here.<br \/>\nSubStack: <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@raflopes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/substack.com\/@raflopes<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafalop.es\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafalop.es\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.fotosource.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthingsfilm.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Film (London, ON)<\/a>. In Quebec, <a href=\"https:\/\/photoservice.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Service (Montreal, QC)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/studioargentique.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio Argentique (Montreal, QC)<\/a>,  Out West there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kerrisdalecameras.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kerrisdale Cameras (BC)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecamerastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Camera Store (Calgary, AB)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Photo Supply (Vancouver, BC)<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), <a href=\"https:\/\/filmwarehouse.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great Canadian Film Warehouse<\/a> (Ontario), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>. Looking for development options, check out these labs that have our support, <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.borealislab.qc.ca\/borealis\/en-home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bor\u00e9alis Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldschoolphotolab.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Old School Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedarkroom.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Darkroom<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmrescue.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Film Rescue International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through Facebook: we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/classiccamerarevival\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram (@classiccamerarevival)!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love hearing from members of the community as a whole, especially when they reach out to us to talk about life, photography, film and more. So in today&#8217;s episode, join Alex as he sits down with Raf to talk about his journey from starting with photography to developing his own film at home. From Brazil to New York City, it&#8217;s a couple of nerds just enjoying life, the process and more. And almost everything is covered, from music to scanning, gear, film stocks, halation and even film simulations! If you want to check out more of Raf&#8217;s work you can find him online here.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/classic-camera-revival-episode-223-in-the-loupe-raf-lopes\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,1681,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9553"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9663,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions\/9663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}