Entries in Film (21)
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The last shot from the first roll of black & white film I shot on the Nikon F3.
Giraffe shot on film
Part of the same series of animals shot in black & white film with an old Nikon F3. I'll put them all together at some point and create a gallery, but for now I'll keep posting these photographs one at a time here.
I've said it before, but I'm really enjoying shooting with film. A couple of weeks ago I bought a film scanner so I'll be uploading some of my old stuff.
Another llama from my Nikon F3
Another one from the same film roll I shot on the Nikon F3. I love this camera. I might do a gallery with all the black & white animal photographs I've been shooting recently.
Deer in black & white, shot on film
From that same first roll I put through the Nikon F3.
In case you missed it, I explained earlier why I'm all of a sudden posting photographs of animals.
Llama in Black & White, shot on film
Another one from that same first roll I ran through the Nikon F3 I was lucky enough to win from Rob Boyer. I'm really happy with the results and the fact that I got quite a few that I really like on the same roll.
I'm really loving shooting film again and the F3 is an amazing camera. I've been collecting my thoughts as I use it and will write something once I have time to put it into something coherent. Life has been hectic these last few weeks, but I'm hoping to spend some time catching up on my photography and this site in the coming weeks.
I'll also post new images as soon from the F3. I sent a couple more rolls to get developed and was supposed to pick them up last week but didn't get around to it. I'll get it tomorrow though. That's one thing about film. It takes time to actually get your photographs. One roll took me almost 3 weeks to finish shooting because I wanted to make every frame count. Then I sent it to the lab for processing and scanning, which took another 4 days. Then I've missed closing time so there go another few days.
Totally worth it though.
Horse in Black & White, shot on film #2
Another photograph of the same horse as this one.
Horse in Black & White, shot on film
Another one from that first roll of film through the Nikon F3. I love the look.
Eagle in Black & White, shot on film
Another photograph from my first roll of TRI-X 400 shot on the Nikon F3. I explained why I'm posting photographs of animals all of a sudden in a previous post, so I won't repeat myself here. I'll just say shooting film again has been a lot of fun.
More film photographs - A Rhinoceros
This is shot number 5 from the first roll of film I ran through the Nikon F3. Shot's 2, 3, and 4 were just more zebras, but came out pretty lame.
If you've been reading my site you may be wondering why the heck I'm suddenly posting photographs of animals. It's a good question, since I haven't done it before and I'm by no means an animal or wildlife photographer. I actually think I quite suck at it.
However, there's a good reason for it.
As you may know, about 18 months ago I had a baby girl and I photographed the birth. That experience made me realise that I didn't shoot my family and friends enough, and since then I've been obsessed with photographing every single moment. Sometimes I go for a walk with her and, since I carry my camera everywhere, point at things and ask her if she want's a photo of it. She usually says yes.
I also read books to her at night, and a bunch of them are about animals. She's learning the sounds they make by looking at the photographs.
So, I took her to a zoo and started firing away. I'm now thinking I should do a bunch of them and make a book of animals to show her. So here we are. Shooting a bunch of animals for her.
