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

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Removing the film and preparing to process

Removing the film and preparing to process

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

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Removing the film and preparing to process

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We've made it back into the shade after our trip out shooting in this beautiful, early summer day in Oklahoma. And the one thing I want to do before I take our film into the lab, which is in this case the kitchen here, is show you some things about unloading film properly. I didn't want to do this out in the field, because it's really best to avoid direct sunlight while you do this if it's at all possible. If you're stuck in the sun, at least turn your back and shade the camera with your own shadow as you unload it. The film canister is fairly secure as far as light, but it's best not to take any chances with the work we've put into these images. All these cameras are going to be a little bit different as far as how you deal with the film at the end of them. I know on some of the more modern 35mm SLRs when you loaded the film they actually electronically find the end of it, advance it all the way, and then every time you expose a frame they'd rewind it rather than winding it forward…

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