I’ve learned something new about film. Portra 160 doesn’t like quite as much light as Portra 400 and the other higher ISO films I’ve worked with. Exposing for the shadows leaves me with more highlight brightness than I’d like. Filing away “meter for midtones for Portra 160” for future reference. Has anyone else experienced the […]
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After New Hampshire, we were headed down to Boston to see some family friends and check out the city. However, we want to hit as many East Coast states as possible, while we live in Virginia, so we made a side trip to the Southern coast of Maine for the day. Our first stop was
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Life on film. I put my 105 macro lens on the film camera for part of the month in March, and I really like the results. Portra 400 rated at 320 | Nikon F100 | Develop and Scan by The Find Lab Pin It
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Portra 400 Medium Format Roll- shot through a Mamiya RB 67 with an 80mm lens. I have an issue with ‘saving’ film frames. And I don’t think I’m alone in this…. There is only one chance to make a good frame when shooting film. Whether -or not- you did a stellar job of exposing, composing
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Walking around the Tidal Basin with a 10 lb kit of Mamiya RB67 +80mm is somewhat akin to walking through a supermarket in your prom dress, I’d say. Some people were genuinely confused about what I was carrying, I’m sure, while a few DSLR toting folks did a double take of appreciation. Or so I
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I recently shot a roll of HP5 film photos through my Nikon F100. I shot the roll at ISO 320, which is my normal approach to shooting ISO 400 film. However, I also requested a push of one stop from the lab (Photovision) because I tend to like a lot of contrast in my imagery. HP5
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I want to shoot enough film in 2017 that I feel as comfortable with film as I do with digital. That is going to require some purposeful shooting. However, I do think that the scarcity of film, the need to make every frame count, speeds up the process a little bit. As think very carefully
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I brought along my 35mm film camera for the session that I shot of Bethany’s family, last month. For me, film is imperfect, still, but so easy to connect with emotionally. Nikon F100 | Portra 400 Pin It
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It can be hard to figure out what to shoot to make it through a whole roll of film, sometimes. It feels like each frame has to really mean something. So, last time I had a roll to finish I forced myself to be creative with portraits of two of the boys. Nikon F100 |
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10 minutes on a chilly, sunny, November morning at a rental cottage outside Charlottesville. The only sounds were the birds in the trees (and the children…)
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I learned so much in 2016 and am looking forward to where 2017 will take me with film photography! (#1 tip- expose for the shadows ;) ) Pin It
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I sat in on Ashley Crawford’s family photography on film class at Clickaway. It was fun to watch someone more experienced work with film and, yet again, hear the reminder to give that film plenty of light ;) A day or two later, my friend Courtney Slazinik (Clickitupanotch.com) and I went out to see the
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Over Labor Day weekend we went camping as a family (dogs and all!) near Harpers Ferry. I had been avoiding shooting with film during summer, as the move from Alabama to Virginia made the organization necessary to shoot and store film feel a bit overwhelming. Honestly, I had also been quite underwhelmed with my film
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I made myself shoot through a whole roll of Portra 400 in the Nikon F100 during spring break, and I also MADE myself overexpose more than I wanted to. It worked out well! Pin It
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Spring green combines beautifully with Portra 400, unless it is too far overexposed, and then everything starts to turn yellow… the exact opposite of what I’m trying to achieve by shooting plants on film! These images were all shot on Portra 400 with a Nikon F100, which has been a great camera. I’ve enjoyed combining
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“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness — just the pure air to breathe and the
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Film scan day continues to be one of my favorites! Shot on Mamiya RB67 ProSD | Portra 400 rated at 320 and metered for 0 in the shadows | Develop and Scan by The Find Lab Pin It
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Creamy, grainy and soft with just a hint of sharpness. It’s an interesting combination. I think I prefer Ilford Delta 3200 on medium format. The grain is prettier, and smoother in the bokeh. In other news, I decided my exposure had improved enough that I had earned my autofocus 35mm. The Nikon F100 arrived yesterday,
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My husband says that I am horrible about leaving the last little bits of food in containers, instead of using them up or just getting rid of the nearly empty boxes and jugs. The validity of that statement is debatable. What is not up for debate, though, is my commitment to using up film. Take
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Holy cow. Grain. I opened up these scans, quickly flipped through them, and immediately closed up the folder. It didn’t help that on that day, we had warning of a huge thunderstorm that was supposed to produce 70+ mph wind, golf ball size hail and possible strong tornadoes. All 3 of the boys had just
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I always seem to forget how tedious it feels to come up with a new subject, or a new way to look at the same subject, when I am committed to shooting daily. I could take a portrait of a child, each day, and call it good, but the point of daily shooting is to
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Repeat after me. Once again. Thou shalt not underexpose film. Also, do not shoot wide open if you are having trouble seeing focus through a dim viewfinder. There are your 2 cents worth of photography tips for the day. ;) I struggle a bit with whether or not I should be posting images that make
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Overexposure. Film likes it. A lot. Like, A LOT. If I had been shooting this situation on digital I would have been slightly underexposing to preserve all those white tones. But I knew that film wants light, so I metered once, set an exposure that felt much.too.bright. and shot. When the scans came back, I
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One of the major reasons that I decided to try shooting film was for the amazing way it renders green tones. Digital green is often heavy on the yellows. I can edit digital to look similar to film, in the way that green is displayed, but it isn’t quite the same- plus! Time spent editing.
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