{"id":9577,"date":"2026-05-26T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:12:18","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-224-in-the-loupe-kevin-ealain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/classic-camera-revival-episode-224-in-the-loupe-kevin-ealain\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 224 | In the Loupe: Kevin Eala\u00edn"},"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 224 - In the Loupe: Kevin Eala\u00edn\" 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=6r827-1aac993-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>In today&#8217;s episode, Alex sits down with Kevin Eala\u00edn, the founder of Darkroast Arts, a name he chose after discovering the joys of working with Caffenol. Since then, he&#8217;s expanded into photographing local events and protests, and into promoting the art of working in the traditional darkroom. The conversation goes from camera gear, darkroom practices, coffee, some politics, and a little bit of subject matter!\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkroastarts.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.darkroastarts.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darkroastarts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darkroastarts<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@darkroastarts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@darkroastarts<\/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>In today&#8217;s episode, Alex sits down with Kevin Eala\u00edn, the founder of Darkroast Arts, a name he chose after discovering the joys of working with Caffenol. Since then, he&#8217;s expanded into photographing local events and protests, and into promoting the art of working in the traditional darkroom. The conversation goes from camera gear, darkroom practices, coffee, some politics, and a little bit of subject matter!\u00a0 Web: https:\/\/www.darkroastarts.com\/ Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darkroastarts YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@darkroastarts Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON), Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON), Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON), Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON), and All Things<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/classic-camera-revival-episode-224-in-the-loupe-kevin-ealain\/\"><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\/9577"}],"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=9577"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9665,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9577\/revisions\/9665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}