Spring Colors of Atlanta | Kodak Portra 400 | Shooting Film
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Spring Colors of Atlanta | Kodak Portra 400 | Shooting Film

The warm air wrapped around me as I walked down the street in Virginia Highlands and headed out in the beautiful Atlanta neighborhood to take some photographs– on film. Here are a few of my images on Kodak Portra 400, with a couple more black and white frames from the previous roll as well. Love…

Atlanta in B&W Film | Kodak 400CN | Shooting Film
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Atlanta in B&W Film | Kodak 400CN | Shooting Film

Shooting black and white film has a whole different feeling than color or even digital black and white. The image itself comes out wrapped in a thin blanket of nostalgia. And being committed to black and white for 36 frames at a time forces you to see the world in a different way, hyper aware…

Oscars Photo Lab vs. Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 4 of 5
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Oscars Photo Lab vs. Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 4 of 5

After I shot my first few rolls of film, I did a little experiment. I sent one roll to my local lab, Oscar’s Photo Lab, in San Francisco, and I sent the rest to Richard Photo Lab in Los Angeles. Richard Photo Lab is easily the most well-known film processing lab in the country today,…

Film vs. Digital | A Modern Day Comparison | Shooting Film, Part 3 of 5
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Film vs. Digital | A Modern Day Comparison | Shooting Film, Part 3 of 5

Film vs. Digital. It’s become clear that it’s no longer a matter of technical quality or megapixels. Digital is the norm of the industry. In many ways, it has “won.” But there are still a select few photographers who shoot 100% film even today, in 2011, and they are standouts in the industry. Jose Villa,…

Color Me Pretty | Kodak Portra 160 | Shooting Film, Part 2 of 5
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Color Me Pretty | Kodak Portra 160 | Shooting Film, Part 2 of 5

Is there anything more beautiful than getting back to the roots of what drew you to something in the first place? For me, shooting film has been an incredible journey back and a total jolting leap forward at the same time. Shooting film is humbling. You have to get back to basics in your technique,…

And Now We Wait | Contax 645 | Shooting Film,  Part 1 of 5
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And Now We Wait | Contax 645 | Shooting Film, Part 1 of 5

And now we wait. Yes, I shot film. Real, tangible, old school film. I’ve been seduced by film photography. I love everything about its look, the buttery softness of the highlights, the beautiful colors, porcelain skin tones… everything. So after attending Jonathan Canlas’ Film is Not Dead platform class at WPPI, I had a new…