Another blog post for those who care What NOT to do when shooting with film (my major screw up as a photographer, and the price of self education, resulting in a useless shoot, and how to waste a models time) Anybody who has been following my work recently, has seen posts put up, about how i wont be shooting in digital any more, inspired by a master at work, and also for a year or so now, to my amazement and surprise, Vincent Peters has also mentored me to some extent, with hints and tips on how to get the best from film, and how to enjoy it more, and relate to it more. but what Vincent couldnt even see coming, is the major mistake i made recently, on a shoot for Leigh Harber in Central Hotel Tullamore. It started as a normal test shoot, we were gonna throw some ideas together, and take some shots on a 35mm film camera, and see how it was gonna work, things were running very smooth and when the shoot was done, i decided to get the film processed immediately, Lesson number one for shooting film, KNOW WHAT SYNC SPEED YOUR CAMERA CAN HANDLE WITH STROBE LIGHTS! Leigh has always been somewhat a test subject and muse of mine, since iv started photography, she was my second girl ever to shoot. So she could handle the disappointment when i told her about the mess i made of the test shoot, (and lucky it was only a test shoot). When diving into a whole new world of photography, there are new things you need to learn, sometimes by trial and error, DO NOT BE AFRAID, to make mistakes. sometimes it is the only way of learning, its costly at times, but education always does cost money, even self education. I personally still have a long way to go, with learning film, and in the 2 courses i have bought on film photography, not one of them pointed out that when shooting film, (especially 35mm) , there is only a certain sync shutter speed that the camera can handle with strobes, Lesson learned, So what does all this jargon mean? Cameras are operated inside via mirrors, when the shutter button is pressed, the mirror drops letting light into the camera, and your settings that you have put in, are how long the mirror stays open (best way to describe it i guess) . and we call this a shutter speed, ... so, if we leave it open to long, then it can come out to bright(overexposure) and to short can result in UNDER exposure. film cameras sometimes require special devices called light meters, to tell us how long to leave the shutter open, (digital cameras have these meters built in) im not to sure what you call the photos i took below, its neither over OR under, all i have learned is that , my 35mm cant sync with strobes for longer than 1/60sec and below is the result, if i go over this speed. (none of this covers arpeture or iso, i will not go into these right now.) so Leigh, i am terrible sorry for this mess :P and tomorow when we shoot medium format, im gonna promise you that i ll nail it ;) Below are the results of the mistake i made. nobody can say, im not afraid to show the world my mistakes.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:54:12 +0000
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