In today’s fifth interview with film shooter series, I have Winn from Thailand! Me: Hey Winn! Thank you for your time and it’s my pleasure to have you here! Can you tell us about yourself? Winn: Hey! What can I say about myself, I’m just a simple guy who is in love with film photography. … [Read more…]
Today I am going to blog about a few benefits of shooting with film over digital, in my opinion. This post is not meant to criticise digital format but just to point out the goodness of film photography in the modern era. Film slows you down Unlike digital which is literally free, each shot on … [Read more…]
Let’s talk about this in the context of film photography. 50mm prime lens I have always ranted about how my 50mm lens is being too up tight and making my photos to look very ‘squeezy’. It’s a good lens if I want to stand far for street photography. 50mm lens is also good for up … [Read more…]
I have always wanted to meet people who have the same interest as me: people who still adore film photography. Sadly, I don’t really have anyone around me who still shoot film and like talking about film. My friends who are into photography cannot understand why I want to use film medium. They were shocked … [Read more…]
I have a good news! Pocket Light Meter app on iPhone is legit! It is accurate! Recently I bought a Rolleiflex twins lens reflex (TLR) that comes without a built-in light meter. As I am so used to having a built-in light meter in the camera, it can be quite insecure at first. In the … [Read more…]
Fujicolor C200 was my first film when I officially started film photography. I bought it because it was the cheapest film on the shelf at that time. As expected, most of the images sucks because I sucks. I didn’t know I am not supposed to change the ISO for every shot. ISO has to be … [Read more…]
Today, I am pleased to have a fellow film shooter, Elzi, from Russia. Read on to find out more: Me: Hey Elzi! It’s my pleasure to have you here! Can you tell us about yourself? Nice to meet you, Nicole! I am a 1st year pharmacology student at King’s College University in London and I … [Read more…]
I contradict myself. Previously, I blog about forbidding myself to buy more film cameras. Then, I promised myself I would only get a medium format film camera in September 2017 to celebrate one-year of film photography. Screw it. I broke my own promise: I bought a Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex (TLR). However, I don’t feel … [Read more…]
I was browsing Facebook and came across an article about this lady called Michelle Poler, who like many of us, was fearful of a lot of things. In short, she conquered her fears by facing them, one fear a day, for 100 days consecutively. Salute to her! She has a website/blog, as well as a … [Read more…]
In this blog, I have listed down some basic tips on how to inspect secondhand film camera: First impression When you inspect secondhand film camera, the most common sense is to look at the overall outlook of the camera. If you pick up something that is so dusty, and look like it is freshly dug … [Read more…]
