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Bad Habits When Shooting Film!
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- Shooting film is one of the most nostalgic & physical ways to take photos but comes with some difficult challenges. In this video, I'll tell you about some bad habits that I had when first shooting film and how avoiding these same mistakes can save you from ruined photos and blank rolls. From simple beginner film camera mistakes, to errors made when digitalizing your photos, I definitely encountered these problems when I was a beginner shooting film, and are easily avoidable once you understand how each bad habit is kicked to the curb.
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#filmphotography #35mm #filmcamera
The half shot roll of Delta 3200 that's been sitting in my camera for a months is my tell-tale heart.
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Great advice! I stand for all of it! Some more I can add from my experience:
1) not learning how to develop your own film to a) save money, b) have more fun and connection to your craft
2) buying only the most popular (and therefore expensive) cameras and/or lenses and not thinking about getting equipment that suits your specific style. I always find some obscure exotic lenses and then get a camera to fit the lens, not the other way around. A lot of people don't have a super specific look that they go for, so there are usually cheaper camera/lens combinations that they could find with a little research
3) investing too much money and time into cameras and lenses but skimping out on developing equipment, film, a decent scanner, photography books, reading about the greats and their craft
4) not learning about the mechanics of old equipment, how it works physically, chemically, what cameras used to be used in the past, so you understand the process better and have some knowledge to experiment with and/or fix your equipment
I would say that one bad habit that film photogers have is the fact that we feel like we only must take photos of old stuff, like 80s or 90s inspired photos when we can shoot on film a modern building or modern car.
It can look crazy if you shoot something very modern with an old, bad camera and a old filmstock. Photographing someone with a smartphone in his hands or other things what didn't exist in the high time of film photography. Like a time shift.
Needed to hear this after focusing mostly on Black & White this week. Great video!
What is a bad habit is ‘film photographers ‘ making up a set of rules. Just shoot and be happy. Who cares if we do not finish a roll, should be no pressure. That’s why shooting film is a unique Time Capsule. Not all of us strive to be a perfect photographer or want to post on social media. Maybe we just like the whole process at our own pace? There are no bad habits. Oh and also maybe people just like collecting cameras? Not everyone thinks that gear will improve their picture taking. Peace #shootfilmstaybroke 😊
The large majority of people do buy gear thinking it will improve their photography though. Your own experience is obviously not universal and while you and I may not need a list of rules to follow some people especially those starting out might.
Loved the look when you opened that camera and saw the roll of film! Been there, done that!! Also, your position of "shoot enough frames while at location" . I have also come home with those last few shots left in camera. Last week I was like so many others... eclipsing . I had a film camera and a digital. Jumping back and forth film/ digital/ film until I finished the roll. Then I finished the day with digital. Worked out great.
This was a great vid dude! I feel a strong black and white phase coming for me
i seem to be bucking the trend and getting more and more old, cheap cameras. I love the going back to basics thing, so I started on cameras from the 80s, then the 60s, then the 50s, 40's, 30s, 20s and now i've just bought a Kodak Folding Brownie from 1909 😄.
I aspire to get shots as good as the original people who used these cameras more than 100 years ago, I find that truly inspiring and magical.
I think I'll eventually go down the rabbit hole of plate ,full frame, photography, but that's way off
Old cameras are like "photographer's crack".... seems like we can't get enough . While you are ahead of me.... I admit I need help. Just kidding. I think I've got enough... I think I will just start using them!
@@markgoostree6334 I'm lucky, I've managed not to buy a camera for the last 4 months, but now spring is here, I have the urge to shoot more often, which in turn will reignite my camera hunting addiction lol
Some of the ones I've learned over the last 20 years of film photography:
1. Echos what you said already. I heard this on the Matt Day podcast once "Just because you have Shakespeare's pen, it doesn't mean you're going to write like Shakespeare." Sometimes gear matters. Film is very limited with low light, for example, and faster lenses make a huge difference. I don't like pushing film nor shooting with flash, so for ambient light shooting, fast glass is worthwhile. But, for for the most part, gear has little to do with making great images.
2. Ansel Adams said something to the effect of "the negative is the score, and the print is the composer's performance." meaning, an image isn't fully realized until it's printed. Having just started darkroom printing in the last 3 years, I now look at a scene and think to myself "would I want to spend time in my darkroom printing this? Would I hang this on the wall?" And it's helped me fine tune and edit.
3. Learn to read light by eye. I keep a light meter with me all the time and spent months just guessing light and practicing reading it. I can usually guess any light within 1-1.5 stops. It makes you fully aware of light in a way that you hadn't noticed before.
4:06 what a lovely shot!
Great video and advice. Guilty of one of the topics listed. I need to take more pictures of a scene or coverage and finish a roll on time and not just take crappy pictures at the end to finish up the roll. Good advice.
Had to laugh at the beginning of this video , when you open up the back of your compact camera to realise you`ve still got a roll of fillm in the camera. Priceless.
Not finishing a roll is a reason why ive been buying 24 exposure ilford rolls. I simoly have no need or a desire to shoot that many frames. Another benefit is saving time scanning my films
Upgrade your lens, not your camera. A better lens can make all the difference. Since all film cameras are basically the same and the film and lens are what makes or breaks the photo, get an awesome lens, get a good used camera you feel comfortable with.
😂yup! I saw an insta reel where the guy had a M6 with a 7Artisan lens, and people were roasting him for doing that. He got caught up in the hype of the M6. He should have gotten a Sumicron or whatever and a Bessa, CLE, Hexar etc😂
Solid advice!
I saw the thumbnail and was about to blast you if you hated on mirror self portraits haha. But for real though great points made!
Totally agree, if your shooting Black and White and you do your own developing, bang out the last few frames and get it developed. Why wait ?
I went the other way and just shoot black and white. I hardly ever shoot color because I can develop b and w at home.
I shoot with a Barnack leica IIIa. So clearly I wasn't thinking gear upgrades.
I am purposefully shooting only shooting color this year. I am currently of the opinion that it is easier to shoot black and white film because of the timelessness.
The great thing here is this opinion will change. I’ll learn what I wanted to while shooting color and may only shoot delta 400 next year. It’s good either way.
That Peripheral Vision album ❤
awesome video, great tips 🔥
Solid video and advices!
Can relate to all of these. For some reason I’ve been getting a few bangers just trying to finish off a roll so I can develop and scan them that evening. Gear lust, as my growing collection of 35mm SLRs do get used (especially my “new” Pentax Spotmatic and growing collection of Super Takumars) what I really want and need is a medium format camera (my TRLs, Mamiya 645 and Pentax 67 are long gone sadly). But looking back at my older images, those bigger negatives, yep that what I need. Influencers lol never cross my mind once, it’s the huge, sharp seemingly grain free negatives. ;)
One of the words of advice I give to new photographers is, take the shot! Some of the best images I have ever printed are the ones I almost didn’t take. If you see something and think “hmmm” 🤔, take it!
Very good video! Full of word. 💪💪✌️📷
Take the lens cover off your randefinder camera or be very supprised.
Shoot 24 exposure film once in a while. You will seldom leave a patty exposed rol.
LIKE YOUR STYLE :)
What binders and pages are you using to store your negatives?
I’m guilty of those garbage can shots
It’s like you know me. 🤣
My problem is that I don't process my film in a timely manner.
My tip would be not to bring too much gear for a trip. By the way I notice you follow James Hoffman 👍
guilty on #3😁
2:20 Are we ignoring that he literally takes pics of trash while talking bout how others take their best shots at the end of the roll
I have / buy way too many cameras 😭
Don't we all? haha
"Don't chase gear," he says with a few thousand dollars worth of cameras. Hipsters crack me up. Talk to someone who's been shooting film for longer than you've been alive. Ask them for tips. Don't assume you know what you're doing because you bought a Contax/Leica/Hasselblad.
Thanks for watching Dominic 😭😭
There a difference between chasing gear and having premium gear.
@@cf8979 very good point. I also quite like this hipster tbh:)
A Leica ist not needed to get best film photos. if you shoot digital full frame with Canon (EF) or Nikon, you can change your digital body to a analogue one and get best results, if you can. Leica is like buying a luxury car. It can drive, only.
@dominicknepper2082 I couldn’t agree more. So many hipsters out there with the “pro tips” because they shoot film on a Leica M6 and their images are actually mediocre or even worse. As well as the “shooting film is better vs digital” when they just send their film off to a lab and then just scan it in and post process in Lightroom. Just a big waste of time to essentially shoot digitally.