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Interview: Christopher Hamberger
“There is an honesty to film. Almost all of the decisions to be made in the resulting image happen before or during the shot when you shoot film…” Chris is a talented film photographer located in Kentucky, USA. His work ranges in style and content but the quality is consistently high. Not long ago he started up the Film Community Map which if you...
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Banff (In Color): New City, New Film – Ektar & Portra 160
This article shows off some of the color negative film I tried out on my vacation to Banff, CA in April2019. To see some of the black and white negative work, please follow this link. Several of this films in this article have exposure tested and compared to other color negative films – this article is located here. The Canadian Rockies were calling...
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Experiment 1: Exposure Testing 11 Film Stocks
In this experiment, we exposure tested 11 film stocks and Kodak Portra 400 pushed one stop to 800. Among the color films, we tested: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 400, Portra 400 Pushed One Stop, Kodak Portra 800, and Fuji Pro 400H. Among the Black and White films, we tested: Ilford PanF, Kodak TMax 100, Kodak TMax 400, Kodak Tri-X, Ilford HP5, Ilford XP2...
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Guide: Double Exposures (Multiple Exposures)
The first time I experienced double exposures, it was my grandmother showing me some of her old 6×6 photos in her retro photobooks. Following that, I found myself going through IG and would be particularly attracted to these photos. Accordingly, I hit Google and searched for ‘How to take a double exposure’. There are some resources out there, most of which is for PS...
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Hocking Hills: Pushing Portra 400 1 Stop to 800
To see Kodak Portra 400 pushed to 800 exposure tested and compared with Portra 400 at box speed and Portra 800 at box speed, follow this link. To get to a review of Portra 400, follow this link. This is an article about an experience of mine pushing Kodak Portra 400 one afternoon when I was going through Hocking Hills in Ohio. On my...
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Review: Fujifilm Fujichrome Provia 100F RDP-III
If you’ve never shot a roll of slide film, you should absolutely do it now. The sensation you get from holding the diapositives (or slides if you’re shooting 35mm and you get them mounted) is exhilarating. I still get the same rush of looking at them the 20th time as I got the 1st time. It’s hard to overstate how much I love Provia....
