Negative color film is a weird spot for me – I’m still struggling to find a place where I’m happy. The two leading contenders are Kodak Portra 400, and Fuji Pro 400H. They’re both supposed to be low-saturation, low contrast films, which works great when scanning to a DNG file – you can boost saturation and contrast in them [...]

I really love color reversal film. I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s the simple beauty of holding the developed film up to the light and seeing your picture there, clear as day. Maybe it’s that the colors of slide films feel like they represent the colors of the world that my eyes see better than color negative films. Now that [...]

I’ve slowly been whittling down the films that I use, and pegging them into specific scenerios. More and more, it’s becoming a choice between Tri-X and TMax. Initially, I was in love with the older films, and was afraid of TMax, because too much got lost in the shadows.But I’ve learned a few tricks, and I’ve learned that the strength [...]

The economics of film are different than digital. There’s a cost involved in every photo. Not that every photo isn’t some measurable amount of wear and tear on a digital camera, but somehow it’s less tangible than with film. You could take the cost of your film, of developing and scanning, add it all together, and divide by 36. Or, [...]

I know that I’m not the only one who thinks this, in fact, it’s probably the least controversial thing to say in the world, but I’m just going to go ahead and say it: The colors on slide film look gorgeous. I’m gonna follow it up with a lot more controversial statement: I prefer Ektachrome over Fujichrome.  Which is why it [...]

These are two of the heavyweights. Fuji’s Neopan Presto 400 and Kodak’s Tmax 400 are two of the big names in film, and I’ll be honest… I have only used one roll of Neopan. Looking at the film afterwards, it was like someone turned on the boring filter. I had them developed, and then scanned at about 4500px on the [...]