Roll #1 DONE
As you can read Roll #1 is finished and while typing this Roll #2 is also almost finished.
Roll #1 is complete and I am looking more into my options of getting it developed, unfortunately I do not have anyone local to help me out so I have to have the terror of mailing, travel, and heat.
With that aside, I would like to talk about my experience shooting film so far. I also would like to make more in depth YouTube videos and I do plan to so subscribe it is free.
I have taken 5 total photos with my A7RIII in the last 3 days. I have taken more time with each shot and making sure it is something I really want to capture, for the most part. I have been doing a lot of testing to see how something might turn out so we will see.
I have enjoyed the process so much and haven’t even gotten very far yet. This Nikon FG body is great I love the shutter sound, I love the way it feels, everything has been so perfect.
I am learning more about light and setting myself to a limit, especially with the Fuji 400.
Roll #1 I have strictly used the Nikon AF Nikon 50mm f/1.8 with a UV filter. It will be really interesting seeing how the images turned out with it. I did manage to shoot in a lot of different environments.
From using the edges of the lens in almost direct sunlight to create flares in the photo to shooting outside at night with one of my Viaper-1000 studio lights and capturing sparklers. I did everything I could to test the first role. I have only watched one YouTube video of someone shooting with the same film. I don’t know anything about this film like I do others. After the video I watched I have a very slim idea of the colors I can expect and let me tell you, these photos are fucking beautiful. Expect to be able to buy prints on a few of them too haha. I shot at home, on the boat at work, even ended the roll at a gas station.
All I can do now is wait to make more money and be able to send this roll off to be developed and processed. I am going to go all out on this one and have them done in the highest quality and .TIF format. I have been reading and watching a lot on the entire process. I developed film and even created prints in high school but 15 years ago is a long time ago and I don’t remember a damn thing. I also didn’t create digital scans of negatives.
The few days I have spent away from my camera have made me think more about what I am doing. I am not just racking shots, I am trying to think more even though I am shooting .RAW about the moment of the shot and not so much what I can fix when editing, this was a thought before just sometimes I knew I could rely on after the shot. I am really excited for a long term experience. It would be super cool to get the things and do all of my own development and scanning at home, but that is a pretty big dive and I don’t make enough money to support digital and film photography.
In time, anything is possible.
I can not wait to share these photos with everyone. Those moments are something I very much look forward to. I will have another Blog about just overall how I feel about film compared to digital. Even with how short this has been, I have already seen a big difference with myself and even people around me like my daughter who I have also influenced a love for photography with.
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