First Roll: Kodak Double X

Sometime early 2019 a friend and local photographer gifted me a roll of Kodak Double X. This film is a cinema film, yes the kind they use for Hollywood movies. Famous movies that have used this stock were Schindlers List and the opening scene to 007 Casino Royale. So my approach was to give a minor attempt in creating some cinematic stills, was I successful? Maybe. However I was extremely excited with the outcome of this first roll and I knew also I would attempt to photograph different people and different light times to see what this film looks like in all avenues. Sometimes I found it tough because this film is a 250 ISO film and I overexposed a bit with rating it at 200. The last few shots with Ellen I took were much slower shutter speeds and it was key not to mess up and get motion blur.

Conclusion: Would I buy this film again? Without a doubt, this film was fun to shoot and I think I would always try to get cinematic looks with it just because that would be a fun challenge to do. My only complaint though, its only in 35mm and not in medium format (120)

Quincee Lark

A couple of weeks back Quincee and I had met up at her home to create. It had been awhile that I had created something for me. I always enjoy photographing portraits in a home. Lighting can be more dramatic, contrasty or help show off more of the persons personality.

Aside form shooting digital, I brought my Pentax 6x7 and Pentax K1000. I shot one roll of Portra 400 @ 400. For the K1000 I used Lomography's limited release of its F2/400 film. It was the first roll of 10 I bought. And to be honest it's not a film I will just use for whatever. Sort of like the fine china or special booze. Only break it out for special occasions! After developing at a local lab I scanned here at home on my Epson V600 and cleaned up in PS.