Lots! And I always made sure I didn’t cut any body parts off. Not that I shoot many portraits these days but I used to. Easy to overlook but once it’s pointed out you never forget it.
I had Jessica sitting on her bottom with her legs folded to the side It looked like she had no limbs from the knee down.
When I looked again I could see instantly. He looked at it and said “Nice lighting, but you’ve lost her limbs”. I showed him a digital image of my daughter, Jessica, kneeling on the floor in a studio when I first started shooting portraits. That would have to be a good photographer friend of mine, Simon John. Now you know why I called my YouTube Channel “Shoot Film Like a Boss”.ĭelta-400-Mamiya-RZ What is the best piece of photography tip or advice you have ever received?
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Stan passed away just as I started to learn how to print. I wasn’t too keen but a year or so later I did just that in 2017. It was that friend that suggested I make more videos like this for YouTube. It was much easier showing him than telling him over the phone. The YouTube channel came about after I sent a friend a short video on how to develop film. I still make mistakes and learn from them. I always welcomed mistakes because thats how I learned. Mistakes would always happen but thats just self education. There was so much to ask, read, learn and practice. But the whole process was new, exciting and challenging. Like driving an old classic car!Īnd with film it was all with my hands and not sitting on a computer. Using these old classic cameras felt really good to shoot. I saw a Pentax Spotmatic F come up for sale locally and I got it for £10! The mirror was stuck but it was a quick fix. What film, what developer, push, pull, development times, temperatures not to mention making every shot count and not overshooting.Īnd then there are the cameras and lenses. I found with film there were so many different variables to choose. Over time I was shooting lots of FP4 and HP5 and developing at home and soon after had a darkroom set up in my bathroom making prints from the enlarger and other gear Stan has sold me. Stan recommended me to shoot Ilford FP4 “if they still make it” he said! It wasn’t long before he sold me his Nikon F90X and some developing tanks so I could give film a try. Over many cups of Tea, Stan and I would chat about Photography and more so me listening to his stories and seeing his negatives and prints. My In-Laws introduced me to their neighbour, Stan, who was a retired press photographer. Only I didn’t have any gear or knowledge. So I started to look into shooting film as a way of bringing some spark back into my photography. I thought they were beautiful even though they were mostly photographs of bicycle parts. I remember as a kid there was a market stall at Greenwich Market that sold black and white prints.
I’d always been fascinated in film photography but never tried it. I was shooting lots of digital and editing in photoshop and one day I started to get a bit bored of the whole process. Large Printers were expensive so I used to make his artwork for his canvas banners and he let me use his printer for free. All Digital.įor my prints I would go to the canvas print maker next door to my studio to use his large format Inkjet for my printing. To cut a long story short, I once had a portrait studio as well as an extensive range of Seascapes, Landscapes and Architectural prints that I would exhibit. How and why did you get started shooting film? The channel is focused towards shooting and learning film photography and Darkroom works. My name is Roger and I have a YouTube Channel based on Film Photography and Darkroom Printing called “ Shoot Film Like a Boss” or “SFLaB” for short.
JUST IN CASE ANYONE DOESN’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO CAN YOU GIVE US THE OVERVIEW? It’s so simple but I just like the composition and various tones. The black area is a shadow from a picture frame. The light was casting an interesting shadow across the wall. This is a print of a light switch in my home. Being less sensitive in the reds it renders reds as dark or sometimes black giving interesting results. One Ilford film that always interests me is the Ortho 80. I have many beautiful prints from an Ilford negative. SECTION 1 - BACKGROUND SHARE YOUR FAVOURITE IMAGE / PRINT SHOT ON ILFORD FILM AND TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU?
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