21 Film Photography Hacks & Tips

Here are 21 of the best film photography hacks and tips that I've learned over the last few years. As always, these are absolute gold because of course my tips are amazing.

I referenced the app Milanote, which is really handy for organising and planning shoots, I also use it day to day because my brain is far too scattered if not.

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[Photovintageguy]

Colorplus has a vintage look. So it’s kinda cool for your own snap shots. More of a memory than just perfection.

[brunoalves-pgeo]

3:20 that photo is amazing and not easy to spot at all. Only a photographer with a very trained eye would be able to spot this composition.

[eddyhoughton]

8:37, the warm-up. Love it. Actually, I've done a bunch of work recently with two analogue cameras back to back, (one with colour, and another with b&w film) and my mobile phone. I take the same shot with all three, then I snap a view of the two cameras so I can record what shutter speed and f-stop the cameras were at, and when the film is developed, I can compare and see what worked the best. Guess what, 50mm prime lenses work really well on f8 and f11, surprise surprise! I'm told that back in the day, professional photographers would test critical shots out with a Polaroid before using their main cameras.

[sputumtube]

Perhaps attend a night school course in photography for better understanding and practical help. Input from the tutor (and fellow students) can be invaluable. When I completed my A-level course, I was humbled by how much more 'vision' my fellow students had. This made me realise how 'narrow' my view was. It helped me to improve a lot.

[Jerry]

I don’t agree about overexposing. shoot at speed and work the negative in post. Both in development and printing, or scanned and in Lightroom or Photoshop. Overexposing can blowout highlights. And make it look flat. A properly exposed shot gives you the best image and the most dynamic range. If you overexpose everything then you don’t know what you’re doing. Use aperture to control Depth of Field. f/11 to f/22 gives you the most depth of field for images you want everything in focus. f/1.4 to f/5.6 gives you a shallower depth of field to help concentrate on your subject. f/8 is a good compromise between the two extremes. Shutter speeds are what you use to convey action. Whether it be stop action with fast shutter speeds or motion blur will slow shutter speeds.
I also don’t agree with you on zoom lenses, yes prime lenses are better, but you can get good quality zoom lenses. One of my favorite lenses was a 28-200 zoom lens with great quality and sharpness. I was also able to get shots that you can’t get with a prime lens.
I would say the majority of pictures taken are boring with poor composition and technical quality. Those that aren’t bad are good for scrap books and photo albums. Or some memory of a trip or something pictures we might frame. Very few pictures are worth putting up on the wall or even published.
You might get one in a roll of film. I know, I worked as an army photographer and shot thousands of photographs. I ran our darkroom and developed mine as well as the others in the office. I also worked at a one hour photo lab and developed thousands of rolls of film. It was like looking at the same pictures over and over again, from the bad to the good ones.
Composition is important as well as your settings.
All that comes together in the camera, but that’s only one half of photography. The second half is in the darkroom, first with processing, and the second is working the image. Rarely is picture ready to go after development.
Pick the film that works for you, but use the right ISO for the lighting conditions that give you the most reciprocity.
Soft light hash light depends on what you are going for. Either could be good or problematic.
Flash photography you could take a class alone on it. But basic flash photography isn’t too hard.

[mlzs_]

Color plus and gold 200 both cost the same in my country

[meditationpoetry]

"nothing matters do what you want" lol

[TrainsAndTrees]

My tip is to throw away you digital camera. With film you tend to think about your shot instead of just shooting away and hope for something good.

[danieldevine]

Aperture part - f/16-22 would be bad due to diffraction. Would avoid like the plague

[RadionessYouTube]

you look sorrowful, is everything okay?