the disappointment, part II

I had a new film developed a couple of days ago; a Kodak Portra 400nc shot with the Minolta SRT 101. The three images above are the result of shooting in bright sunlight in our snow covered garden. I don't understand why the images didn't turn out. It reminds me of my first disappointment when shooting with the same camera (and Fuji Superia X-tra 800) on a bright sunny day on a snow covered beach during Christmas. Does anyone know why this happened?

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my favorite films

Kodak Portra 400nc


Kodak Portra 160vc


Kodak Ektar 100


Fuji Velvia 100


Fuji Velvia 100F


Fuji Velvia 50


Rollei Retro 100

A little while ago I was asked by Tippi + Ella what my favorite films are. My favorite color negative films are Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 400nc and Kodak Portra 160vc. They all have beautiful color tones and fine grain. My favorite slide film is Fuji Velvia (100, 100F and 50) because of it's ability to capture light and the rich, saturated, often blueish color tones. I have not shot a lot of black and white film, but I have found out that I prefer the fine grain of Rollei Retro 100 to the heavy grain of Ilford Delta 3200.

I normally buy my films from Scandinavian Photo and Antonio Stasi plus I do swaps with my friend Mathias in Berlin (I send him Tim Wendelboe coffee beans bought at Kaffemisjonen, he sends me films). I normally have my films developed at Fotoknudsen at Galleriet in Bergen (they scan the films too). Slide films are developed at Foto-Sentralen in Sandnes. So far there are no labs in Bergen that develop slide film. Antonio Stasi told me he will start developing slide film soon though.

Rosa+eple asked me where in Bergen medium format film can be developed. I have so far never shot medium format (I would like to try though!), so I don't know really. Just ask around. I bet Antonio Stasi does.

What is your favorite film?

The Layup

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Showcasing bench from

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- All Seeing
- Brotha.Darkness
- Dan Elam
- Fr8Watcher
- Great Deku Tree
- Voluntary Amputaion
- Keystone Bench
- Snotty Pimpin
- The Hard Life

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Other unrelated news. I'm a novice when it comes to the technical side of photography. Tonight I'm trying to learn a little something about my external flash. So far I have only used it as bounce flash. It works well when there is a white ceiling in near proximity, but that is not always the case. Like today, when I was asked to take a few portraits inside a shopping center with no natural light, no ceiling to bounce the flash at, and only very, very ugly fluorescent light. Shooting the flash directly at a person has so far not been an option for me, because the flash will not be very flattering and I have no clue how to make it look pretty. After a little testing I found a trick of how to shoot the flash directly in my face and still look rather normal. The result is above. After a few minor tweaks in Lightroom (I have downloaded a trail version) the image is ok, but I still have A LOT TO LEARN - both about using my flash and processing my photos.

I wish there were beautiful natural light everywhere all the time! Sigh!

Happy Friday!

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the disappointment

I think most of you know by now how much I love to shoot film. But I must admit that sometimes shooting film can be a disappointment. Sometimes the photos just don't turn out at all, like the one above - and the other 11 frames I shot during our Christmas walk on my favorite beach. I'm no expert on the technical side of shooting film, so I don't really know what happened here, but I suspect though that the freezing cold temperature that day has something do do with the sad result. You should have seen the light - SO beautiful!

Another thing that I don't like with shooting film, is using types of film that turn out to give different results than I expected - in a disappointing way - like Fuji Superia 1600 and to some point black & white film in general. But sometimes it's the other way around; Fuji Superia X-tra 800 has turned out to be better than I expected.

I have noticed a tendency recently that I'm a little too impatient when I shoot film and I almost treat it like shooting digital - meaning I don't pay enough attention to what I shoot and how I shoot it. I have become a little too trigger happy. Shooting film looses a bit of its magic when I act like this. Maybe I have too high expectations.

In 2009 I shot 21 rolls of (35 mm) film, and last year I shot 32 rolls + A LOT of digital. I want to be better at editing myself; I will kill my darlings on my way to becoming a better photographer in 2011.

How about you? Any thoughts on disappointing (film) shooting or how to kill your darlings?

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the reflected proof

Everyone who knows me, know I’m an organized girl. Therefore it is no surprise that my photo archives are neat and tidy. Each folder is labeled with date and appropriate keyword(s). Folders containing film photos are also labeled with type of film and camera.

I picked up a new film from the lab today; an expired Kodak Press Chrome 100 slide film. (I have only found this source about it online.) It seems to be a beautiful film and I'm mostly happy with the results of the roll, but I think the fact that it is expired makes it grainier than it should be. It has been a little while since I finished the film, so it bugged me that I had forgotten which camera I used. Before I got the Minolta SRT 101, the answer was easy; 95 % of the films were shot with the Canon EOS 500N. Now I have a feeling the Minolta will take its place. When I saw this end of the roll shot I found peace of mind ;-)

Edit, replies to comments:

Kitchu:
Shooting slide film is not different from shooting "normal" film. All films have different capabilities when it comes to color tones, grain, sharpness etc. In my experience slide film have a superb ability to capture light.

Kevin asked:
Do you scan your own shots and if so, what scanner do you recommend. Also, do you use Lightroom or Aperture to organize or is it with your standard operating system?

I'm lazy; the photo lab scans my films. I have no clue about scanners. I do not use either Lightroom or Aperture; I use my own manual folder system. I name folders with date first and then keyword, for example "241210 Christmas Eve". That way the folders are sorted chronologically. Folders are then sorted into months and years.

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Åmot Gard VII

Minolta SRT 101, Fuji Superia 1600

The end of my Åmot Gard photos, for now at least. I hope I will get the opportunity to go back and take more photos one day. It's an amazing place!

Also, I'm not super happy about this film that I used. This is what I wrote on Flickr about it:

I tried a new film; Fuji Superia 1600. I thought the high speed would make it great for this time of year. I expected grain, but I think it’s too much. I will rather stick to Fuji Superia X-tra 800. I was rather happy with the shots taken indoor in rather low light. Still I think the 800 is better.

let it snow

Before: Minolta SRT 303, Fuji Superia X-tra 800, no post-processing


After: same as before + "winterize" and "snow" in Picnik

The forecast says we will more snow in Bergen today.

winter