My friend Sarah was kind enough to pose for me for my first venture into portraits with film. I only used one roll before it got too dark. These are unedited, because it felt wrong editing them for some reason, haha. Maybe I’ll give in some day. Enjoy! – CD
Christi, stop being so awesome. Out of curiousity, what were the challenges you found, shooting film? vs digital?
Focusing was definitely the hardest for me. I’ve gotten too used to using my AF points, haha. Exposure wasn’t too hard, but I haven’t used film enough yet to really come across challenges with it. I did notice that the first batch of prints I got back were darker than I like, so I compensated by going one stop up for whatever the light meter said. I definitely stil don’t understand a lot about using film though. White balance for one thing. I’m not even sure how that comes in at all except I know what film you buy does make a difference haha.
One interesting thing is that my percentage of "good" photos out of the whole batch was way more than normal because I put a lot more time into everything to be sure it was right rather than just taking-a-buch-of photos-because-one-of-them-is-bound-to-be-right like I tend to do. I figured this would be the case, but I don’t think I was expecting to actually get good shots haha. It got me thinking about what would happen if I spent more time on each shot when I shoot digital. Perhaps I would get more quality out of the quantity. It was definitely a huge learning experience for me. I learned some things and realized there’s still a lot more I have to learn, and I think I’m a better photographer because of it.
Haha, that was a little more than answering your question.