Adventures in Film – Kitsap Documentary Family Photographer

I’ve been toying around with film for the past couple years, but in a very non-committal way.  Shooting film is not the cheapest hobby, especially when you are learning with one hand tied behind your back.  And by one hand tied behind your back I mean shooting with a camera quickly approaching 40 years old that no longer has a functioning internal light meter.  (And the ability to read light is, you know, sort of the entire basis of photography.)  But, no one has ever claimed I liked doing things the easy way, I’m massively sentimental about the camera (it is a hand-me-down from my father and the camera I learned to really shoot with), plus I’ve actually gotten some pretty good results with it.

But as I have fallen in love with the process and the results more and more I could really start to feel the camera holding me back a bit.  So earlier this year I purchased a used Nikon F100 and, boy, does a fully functioning light meter and auto focus make a whole heaping word of difference.  I’m still only scratching the surface of what I need to learn.  Shooting film and shooting digital are two totally different beasts, but I feel like I’ve definitely been given a huge push forward.

Below are a few images from the (few) rolls I’ve shot over the past several months from both cameras.  And there will certainly be more to come.

Camera: Konica T4 – Film: Porta 400 – Lab: FIND Lab

Remaining images:
Nikon F100 – Porta 400 – FIND Lab