Film in Winter

[JADoss23]

Now that it's cold out was curious what film in any format people enjoy shooting in Winter. Assume most people enjoy shooting black/white in the cold months but any recommendations to check out?
Happy Shooting!

 

[NortheastPhotographic]

I've been seeing some amazing Ektar work lately, in 35mm and 120!

 

[Paul Manuell]

Well I did a beach model shoot today with Portra 160. I use this film all year round, and given there was plenty of light today, despite it being grey and overcast, saw no reason whatsoever to use anything different.

 

[adelorenzo]

Winter here is six months long so I shoot all my cameras -- 35mm, medium format and 4x5 -- in the winter. I stopped shooting color last year so it's all black and white now. I am finding it more of a challenge to get good results in the winter with black and white, at least for the scenes I like to shoot. Some examples here: Dead Link Removed

 

[JADoss23]

Winter here is six months long so I shoot all my cameras -- 35mm, medium format and 4x5 -- in the winter. I stopped shooting color last year so it's all black and white now. I am finding it more of a challenge to get good results in the winter with black and white, at least for the scenes I like to shoot. Some examples here: Dead Link Removed

Those are some beautiful winter photos. Guess for some reason in my head I wasn't correlating winter with great contrast of colors but sounds like everyone is still using color film in winter as well!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I do film (135) year around. +25C or -25C doesn't matter. BW, C-41, just developed E-6 yesterday.
If -25C and camera was outside for one hour, film needs to be advanced slow and smooth.
For some reason I like how green filter works with snow...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Tri-X 400
Ilford HP5+

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Now that it's cold out was curious what film in any format people enjoy shooting in Winter. Assume most people enjoy shooting black/white in the cold months but any recommendations to check out?
Happy Shooting!

Ilford FP4+ summer and winter at EI100.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Shot some PanF+ today on a (very big) frozen lake for some landscape images. Many times I'll shoot 400 speed B&W pushed a stop or two, if it's daily life/street photography.

 

[David T T]

Beautiful photos!

Winter here is six months long so I shoot all my cameras -- 35mm, medium format and 4x5 -- in the winter. I stopped shooting color last year so it's all black and white now. I am finding it more of a challenge to get good results in the winter with black and white, at least for the scenes I like to shoot. Some examples here: Dead Link Removed

I like to shoot at night with Portra 400 all year long. During the day its a mixed bag. Should mention I'm a city boy, so its urban landscapes.

 

[macfred]

In this winter I recently use:

-Kodak TriX 120
-Ilford Delta 400 120
-Fuji Neopan 400CN 120 (still 22 rolls in the freezer)
-Kodak Portra 400 120

 

[sepiareverb]

Double-X, ORWO N-74, HP5+ for the dark days. PanF+ or Ortho25 when it is bright.

 

[guangong]

My house in northwest NJ is on what geomorphology calls the New England prong, so cold with lots of snow. For the most part I use Delta 100 because anything faster would need very small apertures and fast shutter speeds without using nd filters. Cold and dryness makes film prone to static electricity so I avoid quick flicks of wind lever. I find Leicaflex easy to use with gloves. For MF, Rolleiflex works well with gloves. MF folders stay inside. No LF in snow for me, but I admire those that do it. Oh, and a med. yellow filter. With March, back to usual habits.

 

[Ces1um]

This year I'm shooting a lot of fp4+ because of the exposure latitude, the white snow and my current level of experience with my new pinhole camera. I like Fuji superia or Agfa film IF the lakes thaw and there's blue skies overhead and I've got one of my slr's/rangefinders on me. Their cold/blue bias makes for some nice photos.

 

[Ste_S]

Mostly B&W and 400ISO pushed to 1600 in both 35mm and 120. Seems to be perpetually grey here in the UK at the moment so need the extra speed so I can hand hold with a decent depth of field.
Got some Natura 1600 to try in 35mm (before Fuji discontinue it :/), shame no one does 1600 120 colour film

 

[Sirius Glass]

My house in northwest NJ is on what geomorphology calls the New England prong, so cold with lots of snow. For the most part I use Delta 100 because anything faster would need very small apertures and fast shutter speeds without using nd filters. Cold and dryness makes film prone to static electricity so I avoid quick flicks of wind lever. I find Leicaflex easy to use with gloves. For MF, Rolleiflex works well with gloves. MF folders stay inside. No LF in snow for me, but I admire those that do it. Oh, and a med. yellow filter. With March, back to usual habits.

Cold and dryness makes film prone to static electricity so I avoid quick flicks of wind lever. ===> very important in cold dry weather.

 

[Cholentpot]

Point and shoots with flash or pushed beyond 800. It's been too darn cold to even thing about shooting outside. I have a roll of Fuji X-tra 400 sitting in my Canon since the middle of December because It's been too cold to use.

 

[MattKing]

I stopped shooting color last year

All the available evidence indicates to me that that choice is unfortunate. Your work is excellent.
Of course if what you mean is that you have transitioned entirely to colour work, that is a different matter.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I stopped shooting color last year so it's all black and white now. I am finding it more of a challenge to get good results in the winter with black and white, at least for the scenes I like to shoot. Some examples here: Dead Link Removed

So what is missing in color is u.

 

[Pat Erson]

When you're doing street photography you quiclky discover that "winter crowds" are more interesting to photograph than "summer crowds" which are more mundane, more err.... vulgar.

Of course if you're Martin Parr you spend winter at home and you look forward to Spring and Summer!

 

[adelorenzo]

Thanks everyone for the compliments on my photos. Winter may actually by my favorite time to shoot, at this northern latitude we get tons of beautiful low sunlight. Plus there are fewer competing activities.

All the available evidence indicates to me that that choice is unfortunate. Your work is excellent.
Of course if what you mean is that you have transitioned entirely to colour work, that is a different matter.

Thanks Matt. It's basically a workflow decision to go black and white so that I can print in the darkroom. I enjoy the black and white printing process so much, whereas scanning and editing film makes me want to claw my eyes out. Maybe some day I'll try printing color in the darkroom but as for right now it's all B&W for me.

I have been doing some B&W prints from my old color negatives in the past year. In fact, I would say the best print of my life so far came from a color neg.

 

[BMbikerider]

I don't like cold weather! End of. However it comes around every so often so we have to put up with it or hibernate. One thing that used to happen, although I cannot remember hearing it occur recently is, due to the very dry air when the mercury drops down below 3or4 degrees C this can result in static electricity causing sparks within the camera which can cause 'interesting' marks on the film if it is re-wound too quickly.

 

[MattKing]

I enjoy the black and white printing process so much, whereas scanning and editing film makes me want to claw my eyes out.

Of this we are totally in agreement.
I am, of course, lucky enough to still have labs available to do colour work for me.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I enjoy the black and white printing process so much, whereas scanning and editing film makes me want to claw my eyes out.

+1*10999

 

[guangong]

I enjoy the change of seasons. Especially the snow, except when driving. Been making a study of a dying (for the past 20 years) cherry tree during different seasons, time of day and varieties of light, with leaves, with snow, using different formats, from Minox to 6x9 and everything in between. Without winter there would be no Pauxitawny (?) Phil, no Groundhog Day!