There are hundreds of workflows on how to shoot, develop, process and print or share your film photography to the internet.
I am a photographer on a budget, I finding cheap and accessible ways for my photography and get images I wanted. Got back to my storage bins and pulled my Nikon F SLR load a 35mm color negative and start shooting. When I was scanning my negatives with a HP Scanjet G3110 Photo scanner, I was not flattered with the scan output. Until I hit a magic button in Photoshop which is black and white. Now I can do more and play with it.
I am a photographer on a budget, I finding cheap and accessible ways for my photography and get images I wanted. Got back to my storage bins and pulled my Nikon F SLR load a 35mm color negative and start shooting. When I was scanning my negatives with a HP Scanjet G3110 Photo scanner, I was not flattered with the scan output. Until I hit a magic button in Photoshop which is black and white. Now I can do more and play with it.
BASIC WORKFLOW
Settings and process will be different with gears you have.
Shoot click, snap, done!
Develop If you have the gadgets and capabilities developing film that's good. But, those are stuffs I and most people don't have. Try to find a photo shop who do film scanning.
Scanning Now this is the tricky part. You need an access to a film scanner. There are cheap flat bed and film scanner you can buy or you might have a friend that you can borrow. You can also check your local photo shop if they have film scan services to do the job. I use a HP Scanjet G3110 Photo Scanner, a document and film scanner. It's an old scanner, so it is not working as good like the new ones. You might have a better scanner and it's good for you.
Post Process You might have film scratches and minor tweaks in your photographs. You need a photo editing app to take out scratches and spots, color corrections, dodging and burning, black and white conversion and saving your image. Some times I leave the film scratches for a grungy effect.
Print or internet Let's make it cheap. A deskjet printer will do. Use a photo paper of your choice and hit grayscale and photo quality in your printer preferences. Choosing color printing options on not calibrated printers might result to color casts on your black and white images. In grayscale mode, most printer use black ink cartridge only.
Shoot click, snap, done!
Develop If you have the gadgets and capabilities developing film that's good. But, those are stuffs I and most people don't have. Try to find a photo shop who do film scanning.
Scanning Now this is the tricky part. You need an access to a film scanner. There are cheap flat bed and film scanner you can buy or you might have a friend that you can borrow. You can also check your local photo shop if they have film scan services to do the job. I use a HP Scanjet G3110 Photo Scanner, a document and film scanner. It's an old scanner, so it is not working as good like the new ones. You might have a better scanner and it's good for you.
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| Raw scan at 600ppi using a HP Scanjet G3110 Photo Scanner. |
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| Picture on top: Nana Wolf, lead vocals of Lycantha a goth band in the Philippines. Below: Blue Galindez, a hardknock. |
Print or internet Let's make it cheap. A deskjet printer will do. Use a photo paper of your choice and hit grayscale and photo quality in your printer preferences. Choosing color printing options on not calibrated printers might result to color casts on your black and white images. In grayscale mode, most printer use black ink cartridge only.
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| Grayscale printing on a Kodak inkjet photo paper using an Epson ME OFFICE 1100 desktop printer. |
