four months and seven rolls of film photography

[@tomislavmiletic_]

(13:25) Static discharge? Naaah... Either light leaks from the film canister or some fault with film itself. Static discharge would look more like lightning or some type of fire works. Now film canister fault could be caused by you MAYBE, with that tension story, but in my 45 years of photographic career that NEVER happened to me. Yes, film would be ripped or fall out of the canister, but this, never... If you want more exposure on a whole roll of ISO 400 film (course it's expired), you could respool it into the canister that has DX coding for ISO 200 film. That way you'll get one stop overexposure. ISO 100 canister for 2 stops and so on... And yes, I did use Gold film to photograph my kids back in the day. But that was Gold 100, which is, in my opinion, 5 if not 10 times better than Gold 200, which is discontinued years ago. Same as Fuji Superia 100, damn... BTW, why aerial film has enhanced reds and greens? Because those colours are the first to pale when you're up in the air. And contrast is decreasing too, especially on a hazy day. Just saying... 😁

[@ethankish]

this comment is SO insightful. thank you so much!! the bit about the aerial film made so much click in my head. and thanks for your expertise on my issues with portra. maybe it was just a bad roll🤷‍♂️

[@tomislavmiletic_]

@@ethankish 👌

[@luciareiid]

every single photo is such a story in itself, but gotta say the kodak gold is my favorite film by far!

[@fukolombobby]

Film has great highlight retention but the shadows lose detail quickly which is why you'll often hear people say to expose for the shadows. They also sell DX codes or you can make your own to trick your camera if it doesn't have exposure compensation. Edit your film as much as you want. it's your image film isnt there to not be edited, there's no point to film it's just a means to an end. The lab tech is tying their best to give you a blank canvas when they scan, you need to impart your own vision on your images.

[@noahweinstein657]

loved this style of video! Just followed you on ig my brother in christ

[@r1berto1]

Glad you like shooting film. I started shooting film in my early teens (that was all I could afford). Eventually I was able to get my first semi-pro cameras as my photography improved. I got my first cheap digital in my twenties. I switched to mirror-less about 2 years ago. That is all I shoot these days. Now in my seventies, I still own a handful of film cameras and manage to shoot a couple of rolls a year. I enjoyed your images, keep shooting and enjoy! THANKS FOR YOUR POST.

[@ethankish]

it’s so cool to live in a time when both analog and digital cameras are so great. thanks for the kind words! so glad you liked the video.

[@ciprianoravet]

Love the videos! Subscribed! ❤

[@marcosramirez5257]

Good vid! I definitely find Portra or any film stock to look 10 times better when scanning your own film especially since u alr have the dslr I’ve been experimenting with my own cheap setup and the results I get are amazing. Cheers!

[@ethankish]

I’m persuading myself more and more to get into doing my own development and scans. We’ll see what happens haha.

[@fukolombobby]

Editing your scans and using a good lab/talking to your lab makes this difference negligible. But if you have the equipment and you don't shoot that much like this video you could try it out. Having to scan hundreds of photos a month and then edit however gets tiring fast so at that point might as well leave it up to the lab. you're already sending your photos in to be developed just have them scan it too at that point. Feel like high contrast and tricky lighting benefit the most from self scans even with a flat bed so maybe just redoing those frames might be the move.

[@metalfingersfilm]

nice, dude!

[@rolandswales8753]

Great to see so many young photographers now shooting film, I've moved away from film as shot film when I first started when that's all that was available. Can see the appeal, but unfortunately film now is so expensive compared to pre-digital days. If you want to try a larger format buy a TLR camera to shoot 6x6. Love B&W.

[@ethankish]

It really is a lot different now. And I’d love to eventually get a Rolliflex. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@fukolombobby]

The price of film hasn't changed that much when you account for inflation.

[@rolandswales8753]

@@fukolombobby You’re probably correct but £9 + £10 to develop and scan 1 12 exp 120 film, not cheap to shoot regularly, but fun to do occasionally.

[@SeanNeale]

Gold is the goat

[@thevoiceman6192]

I like the nights schotts and Black and white ones the best. I am also a fan of halation. The reason I shooot film is for the unpredictability of it and the results. Your Santa photos came out nice. Other podcast film photographers photos of it were very grainy and underwhelming, I have the same point and shoot camera. It is a good camera. And do me and you a favor. Get a camera strap for your cameras. jjc makes a real good one. Amazon has them for under 20 bucks. Get the neoprene shoulder belt one. They are the best I have used so far.

[@ethankish]

thanks for the kind words! I am looking into camera straps but I’d love a nice, short, leather, neck strap. they get kind of expensive so I just want to make sure the one I pull the trigger on is worth it. thanks for the recommendations though!

[@eriksen.matthew]

wait chat is this the goat

[@ethankish]

might mess around and become impulsively dedicated to making videos again

[@sharkylal]

portra is better indoors imo

[@ethankish]

interesting, I may have to try that