The World In Black And White – Short Update

Hello hello, just wanted to give everybody another squirt of eye candy in between the few pieces I’m currently working on. What better way to do that than with some awesome possum B&W film photography ?

Film photography happens to be my third favorite hobby (which is really still saying something), and something I do on the side to get some subject matter or inspiration. Plus I mean, come on, who doesn’t love messing around with an old analog camera ? I especially love working in medium format, which you’ll learn very quickly if you follow me at all.

Hope this manages to satiate you guys during the content gap, enjoy.

Really like to see what I can do with multiple/double exposures. The effect can definitely turn out pretty great from time to time.

There’s something about the tangible nature of film photography that really excites me. The process of trying to get everything perfect in camera , chemically developing the film yourself, and then testing out different exposure times to get the perfect print. It’s definitely a labor of love, it’s an experience that becomes very intimate. You’re no longer just holding down the shutter button and taking 5-10 shots just to make sure you get what you want, and then post processing the hell out of it. Nope, you only have 24-36 exposures, and you better believe you want to make them count, and then you run home excitedly to see how they turned out instead of just glancing down at an LCD screen. It’s a great feeling, it certainly makes you think more about each shot in terms of composition, exposure, aperture.

Honestly, buy an old used film camera and go give it a shot, you might just  find a new passion. Worse case scenario, you’re out $20 and have some cool pictures.

I probably sound like a total geek after all that, but I don’t care, it’s a fantastic outlet and source of inspiration. I’ll always be a proud darkroom junkie : )

P.S. I have no problem with digital, and do use from time to time as a sort of litmus test for a shot, I just really love the process of film photography (if I didn’t make that inherently obvious in the previous paragraph).

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Feature image is a long exposure of 3 seconds taken with a Pentax ZX-50 – Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO – All photos are original works 

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ZAKK ZIEGLER