When it comes to a professional, high-quality standard, Ilford has always been at the top of its class. Needless to say, but their Delta 3200 series is one of our highest rated black and white film stocks and today you’re going to find out why. In our previous review of Ilford’s XP2 film stock, we
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When it comes to shooting film, the most versatile film stocks are usually the most well-known. With that being said daylight film stocks, specifically Fujifilm’s Superia X-TRA 400, are some of the most widely-usable on the market because they have such a wide exposure latitude. Fujicolor Supiera X-TRA 400 is one of the most affordable,
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Removing grain is a key feature photographers use in programs like Lightroom or Capture One. The ability to reduce noise and grain still has a long way to go, but research from NVIDIA shows just how far deep learning based technology is coming. NVIDIA AI removes grain and watermarks from photos In the beginning of
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Using Photoshop you can create some pretty incredible photo effects. From natural pastels and soft edits to dark/moody edits, there are a lot of options depending on your style. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a retro grainy film effect in Photoshop. Retro effects are popular in a variety of advertisements, social media
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Shooting film can be a tedious and long process especially if you are developing and scanning your own photos, but the results are always incomparable. You may notice the difference more-so if you are shooting 120mm or larger, but regardless, film will always have that slight difference in quality, which is why many photographers still
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When you think about film, Kodak always comes to mind, but one film in particular that has reigned for quite some time is the 200 ISO Gold series film in the Kodacolor family. This incredible film stock provides perfect, natural colors and also has a subtle grain that gives your photos an unmistakable, Kodak-style vintage
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Although film photography is seen as a dying field, it is quite the opposite and there are still tons of film stocks available for the photographers and hobbyists still looking for the best 35mm film out there. As a photographer and film enthusiast myself, I’m always trying to find new film stocks, old film stocks,
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While shooting any black and white film, Ilford HP5 Plus included, you have to think from a alternative perspective, something different than if you were shooting in color. You’re forced to know where your lighting is coming from and it how it will affect your image at all times. Granted you must do the same
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While shooting film, you have many variables that can change the outcome of your photos. For example, your film photos could come out differently depending on the type of camera, the process you use to develop your film, how you scan film, and the film stock. Today we’ll be covering the differences between film stocks.
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When you first learn to develop film, you’ll most likely make some mistakes. Making these mistakes is how you learn. From experience, I can tell you that once you mess up a few times, you’ll learn the right way to develop film, especially when the film you mess up is lost forever. With this being
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