APUG is the Analog Photography Users Group,
a website and internet forum for an international group of photographers who use analog

Analog photography

Analog photography is a commonly used term for photography that uses a progressively changing recording medium, which may be either chemical process based or electronic ....

 photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

. The website was founded in September 2002, and has attracted approximately 50,000 members, including paying subscribers. The group's website is maintained through users' donations, subscriptions, advertising revenue as well as corporate sponsorship.

Philosophy

The website's primary subject is Analog

Analog photography

Analog photography is a commonly used term for photography that uses a progressively changing recording medium, which may be either chemical process based or electronic ....

 photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

 that involves using film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 and darkroom

Darkroom

A darkroom is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of light sensitive photographic materials, including photographic film and photographic paper. Darkrooms have been created and used since the inception of photography in the early 19th century...

 techniques to produce negative

Negative (photography)

In photography, a negative may refer to three different things, although they are all related.-A negative:Film for 35 mm cameras comes in long narrow strips of chemical-coated plastic or cellulose acetate. As each image is captured by the camera onto the film strip, the film strip advances so that...

s, slides or prints]. Subjects discussed in the forums are concerned with aspects of traditional photography, including processes like cyanotype

Cyanotype

Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that gives a cyan-blue print. The process was popular in engineering circles well into the 20th century. The simple and low-cost process enabled them to produce large-scale copies of their work, referred to as blueprints...

, platinum printing

Platinotype

Platinum prints, also called platinotypes, are photographic prints made by a monochrome printing process that provides the greatest tonal range of any printing method using chemical development....

 and other alternative processes

Alternative process

The term alternative process refers to any non-traditional, or non-commercial photographic printing process. Currently the standard analog photographic printing process is the gelatin-silver process, and standard digital processes include the pigment print, and digital laser exposures on...

. Each subject area has its own dedicated forum.

The galleries have scanned photographic materials posted, which concern the methods and results of traditional processes.

The website has a large image gallery that encourages peer review.

Events

In 2006 first annual APUG conference http://www.ilfordphoto.com/pressroom/article.asp?n=35 was held in Toronto, Canada, sponsored in part by Ilford Photo

Ilford Photo

Ilford Photo is a manufacturer of photographic materials known worldwide for its black-and-white film and papers and chemicals, as well as its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials. Ilfochrome was formerly called Cibachrome, developed in partnership with the Swiss company...

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