Studio practice

 Film camera   

I've wanted to learn how to use a film camera for a while and found this project a good opportunity to learn this new process and incorporate it into the work. I've attached a photo below of my notes about how to shoot film. 

The shutter speed is how fast the photo is taken when you click, you shouldn't go below 125 without a tripod as it could be blurry due to movement like unsteady hands. The aperture relates to the amount of light let in, the higher the aperture number the smaller the hole so less light let in and of course the smaller the number, the larger the hole meaning more light let in. In a place with lots of light you should use a higher aperture and in a place with less light use a lower aperture. It is easy to tell which aperture to use just by making sure the light meter stays in the middle, if it isn't the photo could be over or under exposed. The iso relates to the film sensitivity, film is made up of like tiny little grains, the higher the iso, the higher the sensitivity so a larger grain size.  

I chose to use the film camera to take photos to document my week as leaf person. For most of the images I was using a tripod and squeegee to take the photos of myself in place. I still need to be taught how to develop the film but ill learn that once I'm back at college. I've found the process of taking the photos to be relatively easy, I'm enjoying understanding how the camera works. I did have to remind myself to keep checking the light meter was level.