From the course: Analog Photography: Shooting & Processing Black-and-White Film

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Furthering your knowledge of film

Furthering your knowledge of film

From the course: Analog Photography: Shooting & Processing Black-and-White Film

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Furthering your knowledge of film

I hope you've enjoyed this brief exploration of shooting and processing black and white film. It's just the starting place though. We explored the basic process of development of the film. We also explored the very basic process of darkroom work. We also talked about digital post production. I think the key that binds it all together though is the film itself. It's the starting place that gives you the unique artifacts of film that can't be duplicated digitally, no matter what filters you apply. There's the grain structure, there's the wonderful depth of field issues that you can create and the way they're expressed when captured by film. I hope this inspires you to maybe look for a camera, any camera. You can find them everywhere, online, garage sales, pawn shops. People discard film cameras all the time. Film's getting more and more accessible now and there's a host of varieties you can use for your explorations. The basic methods that we taught you of processing will hold true for…

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