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📷 Especially Film Photography 📷

Manuela Thames photography Photo by Manuela Thames

Photographic film is where it all began. Before the birth of digital photography, we all took photographs on strips of plastic. Further back from that, we used glass and metal sheets. These strips come with a coating of a silver halide solution, protected by a layer of gelatin. The photographs we took burned an imprint into the silver and to get a negative out of this, chemicals and washes striped the plastic of all its coating.
This reveals a reversed image. Dark areas of the scene would show up as transparent on the negative. The grain or noise we see from higher ISOs come from the size of the silver pieces, the bigger the pieces, the better they were at capturing light but that also meant they were big enough to see. Film photography is all about having a physical element with the possibility of experimentation.

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The Three Main Types of Film

There are three main types of film. Within each type of film there are further differences in the speed, aesthetic (think instagram filters) and also in how each type of film is developed.

Color Negative Film
Slide Film
Black and White Film

Film Speed

You’ll probably see an ASA on the packaging of your film, such as 200, 400 or 800. A low ISO indicates a slower film speed. These low-speed films work best in daylight for a smooth, fine grain, but can struggle if the light isn’t perfect. A low ISO indicates a slower film speed. These low-speed films work best in daylight for a smooth, fine grain, but can struggle if the light isn’t perfect. Find out the right ISO !

Best 35mm film


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