The first semester of the photography course is all about going back to basics. Beautiful black and white photography using the tried and tested 35mm manual Film camera. In this 'technological world' that we now inhabit, the whole idea of not being able to scrutinise every single photo in an instant takes a little getting used to. The snap happy days are being replaced by carefully selecting a shot, manually adjusting your aperture and shutter speed and taking note of how the light is falling in the vain hope that you will get images worth printing! The funny thing is was that I grew up using a film camera, all be it an automatic one, so I should have been used to carefully choosing the composition that I wanted to photograph so as not to waste the film! Even the most basic element of loading the film caused me great anxiety and I spent the whole time shooting my first film worrying that my film would turn out blank - it didn't but on loading the next film I had to 'Youtube' instructions to make sure I did it right.
But patience is a virtue. Going back to film does take a little time to get used to but with each shot you gain more confidence and you start to visualise how each image will turn out. And the best part is, when you develop your film and you do get a nice print, it really is worth the wait!
Picture of my first 35mm camera
I have included the link from Youtube on how to load film into a 35mm camera - hope you find it as useful as I did.
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