Autumn / 35mm

Olympus OM-10

Expired Kodak Gold 200

Oldies ~ Ilford Pan 400

All of these photographs were taken with a pentax k1000 & Ilford Pan 400 film. The first photograph and the last photograph are actually from my first ever roll of 35mm film which I don't think are too awful considering. All of these were developed/processed by myself. I have just started 'scanning' my old negatives with my DSLR hence the flash backs. Hope you like them! (plenty more to come).

-Ella-

Ilford pan 400

This is one of my favourite black & white shoots so far , although I haven't spent much time using black and white film. After watching a documentry on the photographer Jane Brown yesterday I feel inspired to explore more of B&W.

I developed/processed the film myself and spent hours printing in the darkroom.

Camera: Olympus OM-10

Film: Ilford Pan 400

Mist

This is one of my film photo's from my third shoot using Orlando (Olympus OM-10) I don't think I actually uploaded it to my blog because at first I didn't really like it but after hearing that my boyfriend liked it I decided to upload it to some sites to see what other people thought too and it turns out quite a few people like it. So here it is.

 What do you think?

Earlier today I uploaded it to my instagram account ( @redcurlsandacamera ) and it was re - posted by an account that shares film photographers work and it got a fantastic response almost instantly! It's small things like this that make me so excited.

-Ella-

Vintage film with a twist

I had some of these photos printed today ready for my college photography exhibition that's coming up and they look great printed , very pleased with the results. For anyone wondering , there is no filter on any of these :)

-Ella-

More crazy coloured captures

 

-Ella-

The post I've been waiting to write

I have waited WEEKS to be able to do this post! because I have waited weeks to get my film developed and Asda kept finding new reasons not to develop it. So after a lot of faffing around , here's my latest shoot.

Double exposure expired film (exp. 1997) that's been soaked in my own soup :) let me know what you think!

-Ella-

Orlando roll 5

These are from my roll of film using my Olympus OM-10. All of which minus the first were taken at a Zoo. Some of the shots turned out over exposed with very little contrast (for example the last one). I played around quite a bit with the ISO with this roll as it is expired to see different results.

I'm really pleased with how vivid a lot of the colours turned out in the majority of the photographs. 

-Ella-

Failure Flowers

 

Agfa £1 film (poundland)

Olympus OM-10

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AGFA £1 film (poundland)

Olympus OM-10

Ryan on film

 

Poundland film (AGFA)

Olympus OM-10

Why I prefer Film

Digital or Traditional?

I've had experience with both digital and traditional. As a kid I grew up with my dad using film cameras & I loved playing around with disposable cameras , when I started really getting into photography in 2012 at the age of 15/16 I started out with an olympus compact then a Nikon bridge camera and then in 2013 I got a Canon 600D and in 2014 I got a Fujifilm instax 210 (instant/ 'polaroid'). 

For me personally I find that digital is easier and maybe that's because I'm so used to it and still learning the analog ways however don't get me wrong , it's difficult using the manual mode on a DSLR when you're learning. A lot of digital photographers I've seen use a DSLR still haven't mastered the focus on their cameras...

So before you say photography is just pressing 'a button' it isn't & I challenge you to pick up a DSLR or SLR and take a fantastic photo considering composition , lighting & camera settings.

Different camera types

So in digital there's basically three different main options:

Compact
Bridge
DSLR

and for film:

Disposable

Instant

35mm

medium format 

Large format

What I've used:

Compact

Bridge

DSLR

Disposable

Instant

35mm

I absolotely love experimenting with different camera types , for my Final major project in my first year at college I bought a Fujifilm instax which produces 'polaroid' type photo's such as :

Why do I prefer film?
 I personally prefer it because I've learnt more since having my Om-10 (since December) then I have these past 2 + years using digital where photography is concerned. I've learnt more about aperture , shutter & ISO settings than when using digital and knowing more about the settings is such an advantage because it means I actually understand my camera which is important.

I also think that using film encourages you to physically have your prints rather than just storing them in a digital folder and never showing them off or being able to frame them. Keeping everything digitally leaves you the risk of possible corruption and never being able to retrieve them.

When I compare the two, quality wise through photo's I believe that film is much better quality. I love the colours and tones that film produces also I don't believe that there's anything wrong with a little grain in fact I quite like it sometimes. 

Which do you prefer? and if you've only tried one , definitely try the other!

-Ella-

First shoot over view

Olympus OM 10 , first shoot overview 

So I'm guessing by this point a lot of people have already seen all if not some of the images above from my first shoot using my om10 especially as I've posted them on 500px , Flickr , pinterest & tumblr. The roll was a 36 exposure however I only posted my favourites (the 12 above).

I had such a great time using my camera for the first time , it was so exciting waiting for them to be processed even more so because I used expired film so I wasn't sure how they would turn out.

The film I used was AGFA , ISO 200 and the expiry date was 2005.

Using the camera:

The camera itself has an auto shutter speed unless you get the manual adapter which I purchased after I processed the first roll and I am so glad I got it! I'm half way through shooting my second and I have so much more confidence shooting knowing I have control over the shutter speed. Some of my shots which I haven't uploaded came out blurry because I didn't have as much control over the camera as I wanted due to not having the manual adapter. 
I have honestly learnt more about how to use a camera properly in these past 2/3 weeks than I have in the past 2/3 years. Film photography has brought me right back to basics and I feel like I'm starting afresh!

on a side note: I've hit 11,166 views & almost 200 'favourites' on this photo :

That I uploaded to Flickr on January 5th which is the most views/favourites I've ever reached! which is super exciting!

Thank you all for your support

-Ella-

Negative Landscape

Olympus om10

AGFA 200 (expired)