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RE: My first attempt at street-photography, product placement and some B&W gems. All this from my 35mm SLR.
hi @article61,
what light-metering do you use? I think all the photos could take a bit more exposure (+1/2 or +1). Contrast and brilliance would go up...
If you need some hep with shooting on film just drop me a line.
Hi there and thanks for the input :) My main problem is not having an independent light meter, just the one within the camera itself. I'm dubious to how well it work and as soon as it's possible I will be buying one or obtaining a phone that is modern enough to enable an app(My current phone is very old). I'm reading a book about film photography at the moment and some of the tips are very good. Great to know I now have a steemian offering advice too, thanks very much and I'm sure I'll be in touch. What film should I use to get better results or is that not something I should be concentrating on while learning the ropes? At present I am just using the cheapest Kodak brand from my local photo shop.
Using the in-camera light meter is fine; yours just needs an adjustment of the exposure. You can do this by setting the camera's lightmeter to a lower filmspeed than is actually loaded. e.g. you load a 100 asa film, set your camera to 50 asa.
Your pictures - to me - looked a bit under exposed. on negativ film this leads to low contrasts, a lack of vibrance. Slight over exposure almost never is a problem, used to the extrem (+2, +3) it can give nice contrasty effects.
The settings I suggest for your camera will give a +1 correction, always a bit on the overexposed side, should give nicer results, no matter which film.
Try out different films, cheap, expensive, whatever, and continue using those you like.
Take time to take the picture ;)
Thanks again buddy, I'll certainly be trying those tips out. I'm getting a few rolls of iso-100 in my Christmas stocking and soon as I get the pictures developed I'll sort out a steemit post. Merry Christmas mate and hope you have a good new year too.
Thanks & Enjoy!