I finished off my b/w film during our visit to Lekeitio but really wanted to continue taking pictures. So I found a random little photo store there. They had about 3 options. Color only. The lady was trying to convince me to buy the more expensive 36 roll. She proceeded to tell me - and my host-mother who translated some - that it's best because its' 400 ISO works great for indoors. I didn't want to seem rude or all knowing so I went along listening, smiling and nodding. I bought it.
Results? Not bad. I must say that I like the colors a lot more in the overcast photos (which is most on this post). The really sunny photos for some reason aren't as nice to me. Eh, I still have a lot to learn with this filmy stuff.
The twice a day, 5 days a week, journey: school, home and everything in between
And then they all turned and looked at me.
A couple from our beach day in Lekeitio.
I must say her little face is perfection.
Overcast is the best time to shoot because you get smoother tones. All of the clouds act like one massive diffuser, when it's sunny it's much easier to blow out highlights when trying to make a normal exposure, which is probably why you don't like it as much! Film is much more complete with highlights, though, which is good!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm slowly getting used to how different lighting works with film. Overall I'm consistently pleased with b/w over color, but I purchased a couple rolls of portra which-from what I've seen and heard-is really nice, so I'm excited to use that and see the difference.
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