From my summer in Italy
Hi all,
Still working to figure out what is going to work best to get noticed in this community. I have seen a couple of my posts get some good responses and they usually contain my photography, so I am going to share that for a bit.
I used to be quite the Instagram lover, but have really gotten out of touch with it lately, I am striving to post photos in a place that appreciates the art, not the self-fulfilling ego boost. Still not sure if this is the place...but I got inspired to give it another shot by @sweetssj @rea and @wilku 's posts today.
Here is one of my favorite images of my summer in Italy. This was in a small town outside of the Cinque Terre. We stayed up on a hill and had to walk back and forth to the grocery and train every day. As a huge VW fan, this car spoke to me immediately. It was night when we first arrived and I laid my eyes on it, so I knew the next morning would be a perfect time to get out and snap a shot.
I shoot on an Olympus OM-10 on regular colour film. I find balancing colours and focus on a film camera a challenge, that I love. I am debating upgrading to a Sony a7, but for some reason can't bring myself to evolve past a film camera.
Anyways, here is the image; let me know what you think. Should I upgrade? Should I keep shooting film? Do you want to see more Italy?
Lovely photograph! You have a good eye :) you have my upvote and follow!
Thanks, I've been hoping to shoot some more film, thanks for the confidence boost!
how do you process your film? I guess scans from the negatives?
I've been shooting on film for 30 years, and still I don't see a reason to switch to digital. I do all the deveoloping & printing myself.
I would love to learn how to develop myself. I heard developing colour is super tough though. I am a chemistry teacher but have never had the balls to try it myself. Im too scared to ruin a roll. Is it much cheaper to do it yourself? I pay about 30$ to get them digitized at my local photo shop.
colour is quite easy. traditional perfect colour is extremely hard. artisitic-experimental colour is fun, easy and great ;)
Developing film is quite simple, only temperature /time is critical. If you can't keep ~38C for the standard 3.15 minutes developement (e.g. Tetenal chemistry), you can also do it at 20C for ~17 minutes. Results in a bit less contrast. All you need is a Jobo drum or alike.
DIY fil developing should cost about 4€/Roll, but you still need to print or scan your negatives.
Printing is more complex because you need an enlarger and a print processor (print chemistry also should be at 35-38C).
But as a chemistry teacher you might have some important knowledge: There is some substance one can add to the paper processing chemistry, that makes it possible to work at room temperature.
Anyways, there are simple an playful ways, and I am happy to help.
Interesting! Thanks for your advice.
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STOPWow... I was just reviewing your application on smartsteem and then I saw this picture. Simply amazing and so underrated!
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Thanks!