They say “relax, try to lay down and do nothing sometimes”. And I say: don’t let my mind fly freely for a single minute because I love to find trouble.
That’s what happened when my husband said I should relax a little bit, work less and try to do something for fun. I entered a rabbit hole that I know I can’t get out of very easily.
I thought “why not try some creative challenge for my channel”? and ended up with a bunch of rolls of films, a lot of time spent on finding and understanding my old analog cameras and interesting video, for sure.
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Yes, I shot some films just because I wanted to. And now I’m here to tell you how it was.
Well, I have a long relationship with photography and shot a lot of films in the past. Even developed some. But since we came to Canada, this hobby was kind of left aside – especially because of money – but now I kind of miss it.
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I found an old Lomography Lady Grey 400 but then I realized both cameras I was considering to use were already loaded. The problem was: I had no idea what was inside: neither the already exposed frames nor the type of film. I didn’t even know if the ISO was set correctly on both cameras.
But that’s the thing: if we want predictable and easy results, we shoot digital, right? If we’re in the mood for some adventure, let’s shoot a film and embrace the unknown.
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So it was time to shoot with my Canon 2000. I had 21 frames left and no clue about the film inside. I got the ISO right this time, but didn’t know it was black and white.
I recorded some POV footage while taking the photos, but I don’t think the results were perfect. I rethought my process and I can say: the next video I’m producing will become so much better!
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So, if I were you I would subscribe to my channel because this video is good, but the next one will be amazing.
I went for a walk in the park nearby and tried to capture the beauty of the sunny autumn day, aka colours, without knowing I was shooting a black and white film. It was fun indeed. The film I shot was the Kodak BW400CN and it was expired, by the way.
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At first I was a little intimidated because I hadn’t used this camera for a long time, but to be honest, it’s like shooting any Canon DSLR, about 5 minutes into it and I was fine.
I think I liked the results but noticed too much grain in my images, and I don’t know if it was because the film was expired. Looking at photos shot with the same film by other people I notice some grain as well, but most of the people shot expired films too. Maybe, I’ll never know the truth.
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Something I didn’t like is that I didn’t get pure blacks from it but the amount of details captured is definitely a plus.
As I’m not a professional photographer my goal when I go out for shooting is to have fun. And after spending some hours dedicated to analog photography I remembered why I love it so much. In a fast-paced world where we’re always demanding perfection from ourselves, film photography can be an escape.
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There’s no display showing us our pictures, therefore there’s no instant gratification nor pressure to do it better. We just take pictures. It’s a matter of enjoying the process, not the results. Something kinda rare these days.
Thinking that I was shooting a colour film, there was this time when I thought “this photo would look amazing in black and white” so I can assume God was by my side.
Those were the photos I shot. I’m already finalizing another video telling my experience with Kodak Portra 400. So, stay tuned for that.
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