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Fuji 400h is pretty much all I shoot. Just over expose it by a stop or two and you should be good to go.
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LOVE IT! I grew up here but moved around for undergrad and grad school. I ended up coming back here because I decided that no other city was such a perfect fit for my family and I. It's my favorite city in the US just barely in front of San Francisco.
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asked by AdamMMoore
Honestly, I have my assistant hold their hand up enough so that no light is going into the lens. It sounds and looks silly but it totally works for this. :)
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I've honestly never messed around with tri-x but I do know you can push that film to some insane amount like 3200 and still have great results.
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There are a couple different ways to do this. With the Contax you can set the ISO on your film back to a stop or two over exposed or you can use an hand held light meter.
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If I were only using the internal meter on the Contax with 400h I'd set my ISO on the camera to 200 and then look at the meter in the view finder and make sure it was overexposed a little more. With a hand held meter I'd set the meter to ISO 200 and have the bulb retracted slightly tilted down. With 400h you can over expose like crazy and it will still turn out. If you are shooting in direct sunlight I'd try to stick around about a stop over exposed. Hope this helps.
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asked by tarakel
Congrats!! Awesome camera. I really don't use the internal meter ever and opt instead to use an external hand held (Sekonic l-358). But you're right, spot meter and center weighted can be very similar.
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Without any hesitation I'd say Jason Schwartzman. He is a brilliant musician, writer, and actor. Plus I had the opportunity to meet him once and he was way way cool. His wedding would probably be very hip but totally relaxed and fun. Plus I'm pretty sure Wes Anderson would be there.
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You bet! They actually just discontinued 800z but it is a great film. I usually shoot that film no more than 1/2 a stop over exposed. I've overexposed more than that before and it looks awful especially with skin. ick! I don't really shoot the 160C but I'd imagine the same rule would apply.
I'd pick up some 400h and just always over expose by at least a stop and up to 3-4 stops. That film will look amazing when it's over exposed and it's almost impossible to mess up...unless you underexpose. It's the film of the gods for a reason. :) -
asked by AdamMMoore
As a general rule I always say start with the glass. But It depends on the camera body. If it's a Nikon D80/D90 or higher then I say upgrade the glass because those bodies will be fine. So here is what I would get:
1. 50mm 1.4 and a fast wide angle lens like a 20mm 1.8. Another option is the 17-55mm 2.8f. I have this lens and it hasn't come off the digital since I bought it (granted it's because my fast glass is on my film cameras). As a side note, Zeiss lenses, although amazing on film, look like crap on digital IMO. They are just way too contrasty for digital.
2. A nice flash like the SB 900.
3. Apple Aperture. This application has made my life a million times easier. Not only does it do 90% of the post processing of my images it also makes image management a breeze and so intuitive. To top it off I also do all of my album design with it. I couldn't recommend it more highly. I could probably do without Photoshop and just use Aperture if I had to.
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It is an EXCELLENT camera to start out with. The optics are great and you can find them for really cheap (less than $300 for a whole kit). All of my medium format photos from weddings and engagements sessions before November 2009 were shot on one (ie probably my best portrait work IMO). I actually still have one as a back up for my Contax 645. I will say that if you have never shot medium format before there is a learning curve. I think I wasted 2 rolls before I got the hang of it so just be patient and email me if you need any help. :)
I shoot almost all on expired film but nothing more than a couple years old. Longer than that you get some funky-ness with colors and contrast which can be a fun look but not when you are shooting weddings and needing consistency.
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Awesome! Yeah, my Contax 645 with an 80mm lens is the perfect portrait length whereas on a 35mm it might be a little too tight and more of a telephoto.
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I don't believe so. I'd do some research but the way I understand it all medium format camera's focal lengths are different from 35mm. Along those same lines large format cameras differ with focal lengths from the others as well. Different film/neg sizes=different focal lengths.
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asked by AdamMMoore
At this point most of my strobist work has been with my digital so of course I chimped a lot to make sure I was getting it right. The times I have done off the camera flash photography with film I use a film stock that I know has a lot of latitude and then just make sure I over expose a stop or two. Usually I use a shoot through umbrella high camera right or left and then a rim light behind the subject. When I use more expensive toys of course it gets more complex but with my equipment that's my set up. I use a hand held meter to get the right exposure and then go a stop hotter for good measure.
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That's a tough question. At this point, I hope to capture the people I'm asked to photograph in a creative and artistic way. I hope to do work that I can be proud of and that my clients love. Personally, I'd love for it to be a full time career some day and that I will be able to continue to develop my own personal unique style. I think that answers the question…maybe?
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Not at all. When I first started getting into photography I was fresh out of graduate school and was just having fun. The more photos I took the more I fell in love with the whole process. A family friend asked me to shoot their wedding and the rest is history. I still would rather be considered a photographer who happens to also shoot weddings rather than only a wedding photographer. But the term "wedding photographer" shows up better in search engines so there you go.
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Lover of film photography, apple computer, indie rock music, and life.
