GAF Photography Q3 - 2014

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and some photos i had to take for the primary school homepage of my girlfriend.

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I actually sold my camera, flashes, and lenses a while back to afford college but I hope it's okay for me to share some of my photos from when I did have it.

It was windy so bear with the blur on some of the leaves and petals.
Comments and critiques are greatly appreciated since I hope to pick my hobby back up when I can afford it.

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Finally got around to my first shoot with my new lighting equipment. I think they turned out pretty well considering I only had around 4 hours of practice with them:

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Damaged said:
No worries man, what film are you using for these? I need to use my 35mm more really
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Recently I've been using FujiFilm Superia 400 (which I used for these recent shots) to compare my different film cameras (nothing fancy, just P&S cameras I've picked up for cheap). Before that I got 2 five-packs of Kodak Portra 400 and was using that to do a project, really liked how the photos came out with that film.

I also have a Fuji 400H loaded in my EOS Rebel Ti, I've never used that film but I haven't had the urge to use that camera since I've gotten use to carrying around my Rollei35 or a simple point and shoot.

ha, so short answer. I've enjoyed Portra the most. How about yourself, what film have you been using? When I was doing B&W, I enjoyed Delta400 the most.
 
dr3upmushroom said:
Recently I've been using FujiFilm Superia 400 (which I used for these recent shots) to compare my different film cameras (nothing fancy, just P&S cameras I've picked up for cheap). Before that I got 2 five-packs of Kodak Portra 400 and was using that to do a project, really liked how the photos came out with that film.

I also have a Fuji 400H loaded in my EOS Rebel Ti, I've never used that film but I haven't had the urge to use that camera since I've gotten use to carrying around my Rollei35 or a simple point and shoot.

ha, so short answer. I've enjoyed Portra the most. How about yourself, what film have you been using? When I was doing B&W, I enjoyed Delta400 the most.
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Not tried superia for ages! used to love that film as well. Colour wise I use mainly Kodak Ektar and Portra 160, I occasionally use some velvia 100 or 50 but not too often because of the cost of processing. Black and white film I use all sorts to be honest, Love Delta 400 as you can push it like crazy (had amazing results at 3200!!) but my go to is a mix of TMax100 / 400, I love the Rollei 400s retro but I have to be so careful processing the stuff to get the results how I want them. Have recently tried Ilford FP4 which gave nice results and really fancy trying some Delta 100 at some point soon.

Okay I reading that back I may have gone a bit film mad lately
 
Tugatrix said:
you guys are convincing me to try buying a 35 mm film camera, I have been looking Olympus OM and Canon AE-1
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Personally I'm big fan of the Olympus OM cameras, I have an OM1n, an OM2 Spot and and OM10 all great cameras and the lenses are really very good. Also have a look at maybe a Nikon FE / FM / FM2 again I have an FE which I love and has never failed me.
 
Damaged said:
Personally I'm big fan of the Olympus OM cameras, I have an OM1n, an OM2 Spot and and OM10 all great cameras and the lenses are really very good. Also have a look at maybe a Nikon FE / FM / FM2 again I have an FE which I love and has never failed me.
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Seconded on the OMs, I have an OM2n with the 28mm, 50mm and 135mm lenses. Apart from the functionality they are such beautifully made cameras.

You also can't go wrong with an Olympus Trip 35 if you want something a little more point and shoot, the image quality on them is stunning and they don't need batteries.
 
Damaged said:
Not tried superia for ages! used to love that film as well. Colour wise I use mainly Kodak Ektar and Portra 160, I occasionally use some velvia 100 or 50 but not too often because of the cost of processing. Black and white film I use all sorts to be honest, Love Delta 400 as you can push it like crazy (had amazing results at 3200!!) but my go to is a mix of TMax100 / 400, I love the Rollei 400s retro but I have to be so careful processing the stuff to get the results how I want them. Have recently tried Ilford FP4 which gave nice results and really fancy trying some Delta 100 at some point soon.

Okay I reading that back I may have gone a bit film mad lately
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I've had mixed results with Ektar, I'll pick it up every once in a while. I've never tried Velvia, how do you get prints out of slide film (that's what it is right?). And a follow up, so do you also do develop your color film in house too? I only took one semester of color photography, and was under the impression that it was much harder to come by the proper materials to develop color.
 
dr3upmushroom said:
I've had mixed results with Ektar, I'll pick it up every once in a while. I've never tried Velvia, how do you get prints out of slide film (that's what it is right?). And a follow up, so do you also do develop your color film in house too? I only took one semester of color photography, and was under the impression that it was much harder to come by the proper materials to develop color.
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Velvia is nice but is over rated in my opinion, like all slide film it is very critical on exposure, get it right and it can give great results though.

I only scan my negatives sadly as I don't have anywhere to setup a darkroom where I live right now (not to mention the money...). I was going to start doing C41 colour at home this year but ran out of free cash. Getting the chemicals is pretty easy but you need to keep them at a high temperature compared to black and white ( I think its 37c compared to the average of 20c for most Black and White films) so a water heater and bath are needed to keep both the chemicals and your dev tank in during the process. If you are in the UK I can recommend a few good places for chemicals.

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dofry said:
I would like to ask why watermarking isn't allowed?
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I think he meant that he wasn't going to put any watermarked images into the selection in the OP. No ban on them as far as I was aware but I do think they detract from an image to be honest.
 
Some pictures to compensate for my film yapping

Exposure Home and Away - 1 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Exposure Home and Away - 1 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

While away on holiday in Japan earlier this year my main Bronica lens suffered a shutter failure leaving 9 rolls of film totally blank. When I found out I re-rolled the film I hadn't processed so I wouldn't waste too much. Last weekend I used the last of that film and to my horror ghosts of my holiday appeared in the odd frames. - Bronica ETRS 75mm 2.8 on Ilford Delta 400
 
Damaged said:
Velvia is nice but is over rated in my opinion, like all slide film it is very critical on exposure, get it right and it can give great results though.

I only scan my negatives sadly as I don't have anywhere to setup a darkroom where I live right now (not to mention the money...). I was going to start doing C41 colour at home this year but ran out of free cash. Getting the chemicals is pretty easy but you need to keep them at a high temperature compared to black and white ( I think its 37c compared to the average of 20c for most Black and White films) so a water heater and bath are needed to keep both the chemicals and your dev tank in during the process. If you are in the UK I can recommend a few good places
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Ah, I was asking out of curiosity, some day I'll build a dark room but not anytime soon :(. I live in California, ha.
 
dr3upmushroom said:
Ah, I was asking out of curiosity, some day I'll build a dark room but not anytime soon :(. I live in California, ha.
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Ah gutted, sure there are probably some American PhotoGAF film users who can suggest some places? If nothing else try doing your own black and whites, Its really simple, you dont need a dark room and great fun.
 
These two I took the other day at my local library. This is the seed pod and seeds of a tree that grows locally. Usually the pods are an off white color, but the most recent ones have taken on this pink hue. I'd also never seen the seeds fresh before, I usually see them after they've dried a bit. At that point they're usually a brownish red color. There was a perfect flower a few months ago, but I couldn't capture it because I never had my camera with me, so I've taken to always having it on me.

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These are great, man!

RoKKeR said:
Always beat myself up about not having the latest photography thread subbed because you all are damn incredible. Absolutely blown away by some of the stuff in here!

Anyways, here are three shots I took at the Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss game today. Our team (Vandy) got absolutely routed and as such we didn't have the ball much. Either way it was cool to shoot at an NFL stadium! First time doing that.

Paris Head (21) by blakedover, on Flickr

Student Section by blakedover, on Flickr

Tommy Openshaw (17) by blakedover, on Flickr
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question for wedding photographers here, how many photos do you generally send the client? Im working on some and don't want to send too little, but dont want to make them wait too long
 
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