Lab versus DIY film developing
January 11, 2024
Following on from my last entry on how I develop my film, I figured it might be good to talk about the pros and cons of lab scans versus DIY, and why a client might prefer one over the other.
From the photographer's perspective there are two main advantages to doing it yourself over sending it out to a lab. Firstly, after the initial outlay for eq...
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How I develop my own film
December 05, 2023
Early on in my film photography days I sent everything to a local lab to develop and scan. It was confusing at times to get the images back and they'd be grainy, or the colors off - it was impossible for me to figure out what went wrong (largely because I didn't keep great notes on the shooting conditions and camera settings!). At some point I boug...
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Forty over 40 on Film - a photography project of the female experience
November 27, 2023
I had a little epiphany last week - firstly that I needed some kind of project to grab my imagination and use my skills, and secondly that my modeling portfolio (indeed modeling in general) is heavily biased towards younger women. I then asked myself the question: why not create a photography series focused on older women, and use it to have them t...
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Exposing film versus digital
November 10, 2023
A fellow photographer recently asked me to help with some film he shot - after shooting a roll of Cinestill800T he forgot to change the ISO setting for his camera and managed to shoot 4 rolls (!) of 100 ISO color film. Yikes. That's a 3-stop underexposure, or about 1/8th the amount of light normally needed for proper exposure.
On a digital camer...
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Knowing your (photographic) worth
October 18, 2023
I wanted to write here about two experiences I had regarding the value of photography. I saw a post on a local Facebook group that started with something along the lines of "Company XYZ is a designer who needs a photographer for a runway shoot..." and went on to detail the date and times needed, but then it was started that this would be an unpaid...
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Nick Bennett