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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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 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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“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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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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The wait for scans to come back from the lab is torturous. I sent my second roll of medium format film to the Find Lab in Utah. Due to the Christmas holiday I ended up having to wait for almost 2 and 1/2 weeks between shipping day and scan day. I’m accustomed to uploading and
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