Good evening, we are from Ukraine!

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Hi all! I'm from Ukraine. I developed my first film 50 years ago when I was 6 years old. Yes, I shoot digital, but I always think before shooting how much film do I have left? ))) Therefore, I get real pleasure from the film. Now I'm experimenting more and more with expired Soviet film. I'm glad I found this place of communication. I still don’t know what is allowed here, what is forbidden, I will observe more
 

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Howdy KitosLAB, Wellcome to Photo. I've seen some great pictures from Ukraine. I know you have a lively and most interesting photo culture. Send us some pictures.
 

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You have come to the right place to talk about anything related to film photography. Feel free to share your results with old expired Soviet films.
 
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Welcome to the FORUM. I recently bought two film cameras and a lens from different shops in Kyiv, and they arrived much quicker than I expected.

But Ukraine is a VERY large country. In what part are you located, and are you having trouble with electricity and heat? Those are both important for film processing.
 

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Hello from Texas!
 

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Welcome to APUG Photrio!!​
 
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Arthurwg said:
Howdy KitosLAB, Wellcome to Photo. I've seen some great pictures from Ukraine. I know you have a lively and most interesting photo culture. Send us some pictures.
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Thank you! Yes, there are two good labs in Kyiv 1. "Fotovramke" - youth, driving and cheerful, more with a bias in lomo. 2.PhotoFond is a classic and keepers of traditions. These guys can do anything, they will process any material that exists in nature.
 
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Oh yeah! Ukraine is quite a big country. I lived in the Donbass, but worked in a mine, later I left for the Kyiv region and now I am here. Yes, the rocket attack is going on right now, but there is no apocalypse yet, but the light is on for several hours during the day and for several hours at night. But you can live and even develop the film
 
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Welcome to the forum. I'm from New Jersey, USA. It would be nice if you could post some of your photos of the activity in Ukraine that are more personal in nature than we get to mostly see in the newspapers and on the web all the time.
 

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We (the moderators) have deleted a couple of references to the current very serious situation in the Ukraine. Not because we don't think it is important - we do. It is because the politics and the suffering are best discussed elsewhere than on this photography site.
It is almost always okay to show photographs.
 
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Thank you all for the kind words! I would like to answer personally to everyone, but now we have electricity for 3-4 hours a day, I just don’t have time. As a thank you, I want to show you our latest theatrical photo walk around Kyiv. I don't know if this is allowed by the forum rules. If I have violated anything, I ask the moderators to correct and indulge. Kyiv. 2022
 

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Nice video. I was just thinking if something like that was done at a real wedding by a wedding photographer/videographer? I put together video slide shows from personal trips, birthday parties, etc. with background music. They're for personal use but they follow similar principles. Here are a few.

Question: why is yours so small in size?


 

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Shot with his phone, held vertically, most likely. I do this when I make YouTube Shorts.
Nice video, kitosLAB.
 

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Wonderful video. We are thinking of you and your country all the time.
 
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Hi @KitosLAB - Welcome! Like you, I shot and developed my very first roll of film at age 6 (also around 50 years ago now). I recently bought a lens from Ukraine that I’m very much enjoying. Be safe!
 
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Thank you all for your participation and words of support! The last shelling was very heavy, more than 40 missiles on Kyiv and the next day an attack by Iranian Shaheds. It got very close. As a result, we were completely without electricity for 60 hours. Yesterday at Christmas for the first time they gave almost 24 hours, today the schedule is 4 hours there is electricity, 4 hours is not. And it's wonderful! If such a regime works, I will easily live until spring! A daughter from Prague came to visit. She is a biologist, studies and works in the Czech Republic, and will defend her dissertation. Together we developed the film on which she took pictures in Sweden, the Czech Republic and Ukraine
 

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Welcome! I wish you and your Country strength through these hard times.
 
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