What's the best 35mm all-purpose film you can buy? Something that's equally adept at portraiture and landscapes.
portra 400
August 2012
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do you have any tips for shooting cars?
make sure it’s of you or your friend’s VW gulf with a wing and that there’s like a girl in a bikini shot with the fisheye attachment on your kit lens. oh and make sure you are at least 23/still living at home so you can be that guy I’m still friends with on Facebook from high school.
whats your favorite medium format film?
portra 160 for portraits. ektar for anything else.
How much time do you typically spend editing a scanned photo?
Little to no time. I only crop photos in photoshop if necessary. I do not adjust curves or colors. 99% of the time I just upload the scanned .jpg without bringing it into photoshop.
belvedere: Film Photography →
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I’ve started film photography back in 2010, but rarely used it. Although, for me, it takes a bit more of work and $$, I prefer film. Not only because of all the process involved, but also the outcome. Regardless the time I’ve spent with the film camera, I still consider myself an amateur, and a long way to make something I really like. I don’t want to take all the credit out of digital, but it does give me a gap for mistakes.
Now, there’s this guy who is really dedicated into film photography. Obviously there are world wide known photographers and it would be a cliché to name some of them, but I just want to mention Evan Tetreault for his film photography. I really don’t want to describe his style or his photographs (I would sound like a critic), but you should make time and check his film photosand his blog. Seriously though.
Cannot explain how much this means to see and to inspire people. There’s a difference between ‘taking’ and ‘making’ an image. People take digital photography for granted these days. Anyone can seem adequate with a fancy lens and shallow DOF. There is a time and place for shooting digital, but anyone looking to pursue photography at some point needs to pick up film. No matter how much more time consuming or expensive it may get at times, it’s the only way to truly progress at photography and learn how to literally write with light. The results are always worth it. Thanks for the kind words, and never stop shooting film.
