Cholentpot
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Well here goes.
I started photography back in '13 with a Soviet TLR a few rolls of Tmax 400 and no clue about anything whatsoever. I didn't even know what ISO was and spent a month trying to figure out what depth of field meant.
A few months later I stumbled across a Rebel T2i in a pawnshop and moved to digital for a while. Move ahead 6 months and I was gifted a Nikkormat and a bag of black and white film. Since then I've shot 35mm film, 120, color and C-41 developed myself, set up a darkroom and printed. My Rebel became a scanner and that was that.
I just got setup with a side gig photographing exteriors and interiors of foreclosed or houses needing work. Out came the 'ol Rebel and I guess I need to re-embrace Digital. I was spoiled by the latitude of film, I really find that once again I have to pay attention to exposure or I'll blowout my highlights.
I do really enjoy film but I'd have to be crazy to shoot for this kind of work. It makes a bit of side cash that I think will go towards a better camera and a wide lens. At this point all I have to do is be better than Mr. Realtor with an Iphone which is really no sweat.
So here I go, film for fun, digital for business.
I started photography back in '13 with a Soviet TLR a few rolls of Tmax 400 and no clue about anything whatsoever. I didn't even know what ISO was and spent a month trying to figure out what depth of field meant.
A few months later I stumbled across a Rebel T2i in a pawnshop and moved to digital for a while. Move ahead 6 months and I was gifted a Nikkormat and a bag of black and white film. Since then I've shot 35mm film, 120, color and C-41 developed myself, set up a darkroom and printed. My Rebel became a scanner and that was that.
I just got setup with a side gig photographing exteriors and interiors of foreclosed or houses needing work. Out came the 'ol Rebel and I guess I need to re-embrace Digital. I was spoiled by the latitude of film, I really find that once again I have to pay attention to exposure or I'll blowout my highlights.
I do really enjoy film but I'd have to be crazy to shoot for this kind of work. It makes a bit of side cash that I think will go towards a better camera and a wide lens. At this point all I have to do is be better than Mr. Realtor with an Iphone which is really no sweat.
So here I go, film for fun, digital for business.