About Us
Co-founded by Saxon McClamma and AJ Holmes, Negative Supply is a company that works to respond to the needs of film photographers around the world while actively evolving with a rapidly changing industry. While our primary focus is currently on product engineering and design within the film scanning world, our vision doesn’t stop there. We aim to become a resource for film photographers of all skill levels and career points to come and learn, share, and support the industry together.
Our Beliefs
Assembly in house: Every product we sell is hand assembled in our Philadelphia workshop giving us control over quality and craft.
Designing for the Future: We listen to our peers and create tools for the film community based on the needs of the industry.
Lifelong products: Our products are made for working professionals, and built to last a lifetime just like the analogue cameras we love.
Negative Supply exists to create tools for film photographers around the world that want to spend more time photographing, and less time scanning. Our first product, the Film Carrier MK1, allows you to digitize negatives using your digital camera and a macro lens in as little as 5 minutes (or less) with tools you may already have. Our Film Carrier 120 allows you to scan full length or cut rolls of 120 film in as little as 5 minutes (or less).
Meet the Negative Supply Team!
Left to right: Bryan Long, Saxon McClamma, and AJ Holmes as photographed in our California HQ
Hasselblad 500C/M, Ilford FP4+, scanned with Negative Supply Film Carrier 120
Much of his early work was influenced by his peers and educators in school, and as such he is a staunch supporter of photographic education. Classically trained in silver gelatin and RA4 color darkroom settings as well as large format and alternative processes, he enjoys exploring with the medium whenever possible. He has attended multiple Society for Photographic Education conferences since 2015, and served on the SPE LGBTQ Caucus. Currently at work on a long-term project photographing his parents, some of these images can be viewed now via Instagram.
Favorite film camera:
Ebony SW810 View Camera
Instagram: @ajholmesphoto
Website: www.austinjholmes.com
AJ Holmes
COO and Director of Communications
AJ is a photographer and artist with a passion for portraiture, recently focused on documenting his immediate family. Actively shooting film since 2006, he has used all formats from 35mm to 8x10, and primarily uses medium and large format is his current work. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, AJ holds a degree in photography and business administration. Inspired by his undergraduate professors to push boundaries, he took the advice of late mentor Tom Jimison and began working with the 4x5 view camera in 2015.
Mom and Dad, Embrace. 2016.
Canham DLC 4x5, Portra 400, scanned with Negative Supply 4x5 Film Holder
Saxon McClamma
CEO and Director of Design
Saxon McClamma is a photographer and product designer with a deep passion for international travel and image-making. Creating photographs from a young age, Saxon has a long relationship with the art and craft of photography. With a degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and experience with product design in the technology sector, his drive for a sustainable future in film photography fuels the urge to create tools for film photographers everywhere.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Ilford FP4+, scanned with Negative Supply Film Carrier 120
Gridlock in Japan. 2019.
Pentax 645, Ars Imago 320, scanned with Film Carrier 120
Many of Saxon’s images abroad can be viewed on his Instagram and website, and nearly everything you see was taken on film. Though mostly focused on 35mm, his recent work has shifted to include medium format film both in 6x4.5 and 6x6 formats. With a passion for agile manufacturing and design, Saxon has gained a reputation for quickly and precisely developing new concepts, and his materials engineering knowledge (complemented by his photographic industry research) has helped make Negative Supply concepts into fully developed tools used by film photographers in numerous countries.
Favorite film camera: Nikon FM2
Instagram @minimalnegative
Website: www.saxonmcclamma.com
Hasselblad 500C/M, Ilford FP4+, scanned with Negative Supply Film Carrier 120
His graphic interests don’t stop with photography. One to obsess over typography and 2D and 3D design elements, Bryan regularly works on unique graphic design projects, pushing the extremes of the field into something more conceptual. He is adept at playing with alternative processes in both wet and digital darkroom settings, and enjoys exploring the boundaries of lens based art.
Favorite film camera:
Hasselblad 500C/M
Instagram: @thelongexposure
Website: www.bryanlong.webflow.io
Bryan Long
Multimedia Specialist
A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, Bryan holds his undergraduate degree in entertainment technology with a photographic concentration. His photographic work has an international flare, with subjects both in North America and Asia. His passion for documentary photography and interest in other cultures and traditions has informed his recent work. He explores the extremes of both digital and analog photography.
Liquid Crystal Castle. 2018.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Portra 400, scanned with Film Carrier 120
A Note About Our Lead Times.
With so much anticipation for new and exciting products, we wanted to share a little bit of information about our lead times.
They are influenced by a few things
In house manufacturing: Many of our components are made from the ground up in house. We operate machines nearly 24/7 to keep up with demand, and are currently expanding operations by adding more capacity.
Hand Assembly: As a small, yet fast growing company, an influx of orders after a busy season can have us working double-time! Each and every product we sell is hand assembled by our team in our Philadelphia workshop.
Parts availability: For components not able to be manufactured in house, we sometimes must work with longer lead times ourselves. While we always work to keep additional inventory on hand, the volume of orders and support from the community has exceeded our best estimates and expectations.
Though we make every effort to keep lead times as low as possible, it’s always a careful balance for smaller companies. We believe in doing everything carefully and with purpose, and with this comes scaling with intention.