Do you shoot mostly B/W or color film - version 2

Alrightie, I'll swallow my pride, I'l make it more specific. I didn't thought before there was such a clear cut between B/W and color film. I thought if you shot mostly of one type you oughta shoot a bit of the other hence I set the 30% mark. Hey, we live in a color world.

Cut to the chase.

rayonline_nz said:

Hey, we live in a color world.

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And that is precisely the point.

When a person views a black&white photo, he immediately understands that he's been transported into a fantasy world.

How closely that fantasy world correlates with the real world is entirely under the control of the photographer.

That's the "art" part of photography.

- Leigh

I think your poll would be more meaningful, and more understandable, if it was structured:

"What percentage of your shooting is b&w?" with response bins 100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, 0%.

- Leigh

I agree with Leigh B, though you do realize there will be people who will find something wrong with any formatting, lol. Don't fret over it, this is all for fun.

There is an automotive board I used to frequent that had an option for surveys where you actually enter a number, and it would create line-graphs. I wonder if that is an option with this software (no, I don't think Sean should buy an add-on, because I really don't think the expense would be justified, even though it is kind of neat).

That said, I chose up to 75% color (though it's more like 85%). I used to be all color until I came to APUG, and got into B&W to basically work my way into processing and printing my own color. I have found an appreciation for B&W through this, continue to use it, and am close to actually using it for my intended purpose of snapshots... I almost took nothing but B&W on a day-trip this year.

At the risk of causing disruption....
You might have been better off if the wording was something like "Up to 90% of my still, film photography is ...."
There are people here who shoot movies. And there are certainly people who shoot both film and digital.

You need to be asking what proportion of your film photography, as Matt says some of us shoot film and digital.

My personal work is nearly 99% B&W with the odd roll of colour film. For work etc I have to shoot digital.

Ian

Ian Grant said:

You need to be asking what proportion of your film photography, as Matt says some of us shoot film and digital.

My personal work is nearly 99% B&W with the odd roll of colour film. For work etc I have to shoot digital.

Ian

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I also thought oh .. with colour film there is C41 and E6 but thought it was too complicated for a general poll.

C41 and E6; and film and digital can be a another poll

One could be shooting B/W film, color film and also digital gets hard for the choices and so many options. 100% B/W, no color film, no digital, 50% B/W, 25% color film, 25% digital? 75% B/W film, 0% color film, 25% digital etc ...... or yet again 75% B/W film, 25% color film and 0% digital.

Maybe if for most that is doing commercial work it is digital for obvious reasons, no way around that. The poll might be more related to your personal photography when you have a bit more freedom. But anyway, paid shoots generally shoot more volumes so that would skew it won't it. Commercial restaurant/cafe or catering kitchen vs the home kitchen/cook.

When I shoot film, which is most of the time, it is B&W - all formats up to 4x5. I last shot color film in the late 1980s - mostly Kodachrome 25 and occasionally Ektachrome 200 in low light.

Some colour up to 1977, none since.

Leigh B said:

I think your poll would be more meaningful, and more understandable, if it was structured:

"What percentage of your shooting is b&w?" with response bins 100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, 0%.

- Leigh

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Wot he done did sez!

I haven't voted in any of these color/b&w polls because I'm 100% color blind. I shoot most paying work (weddings and events) via the d*g*t*l method. My personal work for my own enjoyment and "fine art" is strictly black and white. Mainly, because that is how I see the world.

BTW, I rely on my wife for the color correction for the d*g*t*l stuff.

rayonline_nz said:

Alrightie, I'll swallow my pride, I'l make it more specific. I didn't thought before there was such a clear cut between B/W and color film. I thought if you shot mostly of one type you oughta shoot a bit of the other hence I set the 30% mark. Hey, we live in a color world.

Cut to the chase.

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hi rayonline_nz

i used to shoot family snaps with color film, usually it was superia200 or 400
must have shot a few hundred rolls and fuji labs gladly developed them for us ... i still have a few rolls
once in a while i will shoot it, and bring it to the lab down the street, some of color lingering in my stash is e6 and no one local to process it so i don't process it as color film, but in b/w chemistry for the most part
if i shoot film it is mostly b/w film, but i have switched to paper, and hand coated things made
with either store bought or home made photo emulsion.
i still have some film left but when it is gone, unless it is for a client i won't buy anymore.
not sure what percentages would be, maybe film would be 90%+ black and white but in general 10-20% film and 80%+ hand coated or
commercial paper ( or glass or metal or plastic ) ..

I think I shoot about one roll of color for every five rolls of black and white. I have about six rolls of C41 and E-6 to get processed, I'm poor though.