In this episode we wanted to give you a light overview of what film photography is all about, including workflow, darkroom, favorite films, costs and more.
Shooting Film – A look at film photography
In what was possibly a very overdue episode (at least as Brian is concerned), in #39 we decided to leave digital behind (sort of) and bring you an overview of what is to shoot film.
However declining film photography is, the number of passionate film followers is on the rise and no photography podcast would be complete without a look at the more "old" form of photography.
To help us on the discussion, we invited a friend of the show and film enthusiast Tomas Webb. Together with Brian – our official film expert – we hope that the discussion is good enough to at least have you consider grabbing a film camera and shoot a few rolls.
From film workflow to an overview of the "wet" darkroom, and touching on scanning, there’s lots of good information on this one.
And a question for you: If you’ve never shot film before, would you consider it in the future? Drop us your comment.
Also, don’t forget to vote on our latest poll: What’s your photography budget for 2010?
Due to an annoying sound issue, I’ve had to increase the volume more than on previous episodes. If this is an issue for you, please let us know. If we get no comments on this, I’ll probably keep the amplification at this level for further episodes.
Show Notes
Intro
Film Photography
Questions from Listeners
- Jason – "I’ve always shot digital, and so I don’t think I’ve ever really felt (or quite understood) the concept of reciprocity failure in film. Can you guys explain what this is? Does it also apply to digital?" – Reciprocity failure
- Yen Wang – "Is there any way to produce prints from slides?"
- Mark Salzmann – "I have hundreds of negatives from the earlier days and I have no idea what to do with them or how to properly store them. Any tips? I’d hate to lose all this material, although I probably won’t ever touch them again."
- Patrick – "On a professional level, is there still any reason to shoot film? In the beginning of digital, the high film ISO was a big advantage, but now with higher end cameras allowing for ISO that film could never reach, virtually without any grain, I don’t really see the point"
- ipb (iain) – @PhotoNetCast covering medium format would be good!
- Laurie (@photine) – Would like some scanning software recommendations. The learning curve seems really steep for this step in the process.
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