Daniel Madsen Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Does any one have specific 35mm SLR picture taking exercizes that they do regularly to improve shooting film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted January 10, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 Does any one have specific 35mm SLR picture taking exercizes that they do regularly to improve shooting film? Hi, Shoot on reversal, use your lightmeter, not the one in the camera. Then you will see how good your readings are! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted January 10, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 Also, learning how to setup a lighting can be improved with an SLR camera. You can do some underxposing/overexposing tests, contrast tests etc. Though the result would be different with a motion picture film, as well as from one stock to another, it would improve you the learning of reading an image and the relationships beetween instrument values and results on a screen. Projecting slides allow you to analysing carefuly your results as projection time is not a problem, though, on the other hand, such tests done with a movie camera and stock would be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted January 10, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 As a learning exercise, shooting with color reversal film is a better option. Shooting color negative film can be misleading, as so much depends on how the prints are made. Most paper prints are made using automatic printer exposure determination, or may even use digital correction (e.g., Kodak "Perfect Touch"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickson Sorensen Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hi, Shoot on reversal, use your lightmeter, not the one in the camera. Then you will see how good your readings are! Stephen Get Kodak Ektachrome 160T Professional EPT There is also a 320T speed available. This is a tungsten color balance film. Shoot indoors and mixed light sources you can learn a lot about how different artificial lights affect mood, skin tones etc. Shoot outdoors at night. Car head lights, street lamps etcetra. Try to keep your exposure time around a 60th of a second. This is close to what you often have in most cine cameras under normal shooting conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted January 10, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 Get Kodak Ektachrome 160T Professional EPTThere is also a 320T speed available. I second that. It's the stock I use with my students as to teach them keylight and contrast tests before they do it with a motion picture camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd3stp233 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Still photography is also very useful are learning composition and framing of shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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