Author: glg59
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Hand-held Double Exposure Creates Artistic Motion This is a fun image created with a double exposure, but there is another few tricks involved beyond just doing an additional exposure. After coming up the sidewalk in Chicago to Miller’s Pub, I knew this needed to be a picture, so I stopped and contemplated for a short…
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How photographers got photos to newspapers before the internet. (Longer than a one minute read) Harkening back to the days before digital cameras, or even digital scanners (outside of printing and graphic arts companies), a small machine was responsible for allowing the newspaper readers of the world, to see in pictures, the news and sports…
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Macro photography opens up an entire new world. I have often found inspiration to be lacking as I think of going on my next photo jaunt. I read the same in Reddit post of photographers experiencing the equivalent of writer’s block. My favorite shooting is of architecture and landscapes. Unless I am visiting a new…
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Film Camera Light Meters Aren’t Always the Best Way. Through the lens (TTL) light meters are by far the easiest way to meter for a shot, but can often be fooled by bright backgrounds or predominantly dark or light areas in the subject being photographed. That shot at the beach didn’t quite come out right,…
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Get a dramatically darker sky for a more impactful image. Most film photographers at some point become aware of the benefit of filters to enhance the impact of images. These may include circular polarizers (CP), particularly for color pictures, that can make colors more saturated and darken the blue sky. Shooting at a right angle…
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Using a trick to add texture, depth, and mixed reality. This is an example of adding depth, texture, and even movement, to an otherwise ordinary or dull picture. A tripod mounted camera and double exposure was utilized to capture this image. The trick in this image was executed by taking the primary shot, focused on…
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A simple way to know your temperature is right on the mark. I have read many posts in film photography subreddits about “what is wrong with my film”, the user getting unexpected results that look like underexposure or strange color shift. While most of these can be racked up to human error during the shooting…
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Combining people with surreal light for some abstract effect. This photo was a fun experiment with slow shutter speed along with double exposure, and all on infrared film. The Mamiya C330 twin lens camera was perfect for this composition as I put the dark R72 (720nm) filter on the bottom film exposure lens and still…
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A look at a swirling retro carnival ride in motion. This is a fun look with that county fair vibe back from 1998. This film stock is no longer available unfortunately, but the readily available Kodak E100 Ektachrome is and I’m sure would give equal-to or better-than results. I shifted in these later years to…
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The 35mm film canister foibles and how to avoid them. I have read many posts on Reddit analog community subreddits with photographers showing canisters of 35mm film with the leader still coming out, and asking if anyone can tell if this film has been exposed or not. Ahh, the foible of not marking the film!…
One-Minute Reads about Film Photography 