A Beginner Guide for 35mm Film Photography.

Today I want to give you a beginner guide for 35mm film photography. I‘m going to cover everything from choosing the right camera, loading your roll of film and shooting. I hope this video can help you start with this amazing way of practicing photography.

Chapters:
00:00 - 00:27 - Introduction
00:27 - 01:07 - How does film photography work?
01:07 - 03:57 - Which camera to choose
03:57 - 04:56 - Where to buy cameras
04:56 - 06:33 - Understanding your camera
06:33 - 07:53 - Which film to choose
07:53 - 10:32 - Loading your film
10:32 - 13:12 - Shooting & Exposing
13:12 - 14:32 - Getting your film developed
14:32 - 15:07 - The end

Music used in this video:
- Far Away Feelings - Jamie Rutherford
- La Parisien - Jakub Pietras
- Passionate Choices - Mansij
- Releaved - Meod
- Slow Evening - Kitrano
- Some Notes - Tomer Baruch
- Sunset Views - Warmkeys.
- The Girl With The Cat - Tomer Baruch

Links to my Gear (USA)

My main video camera and digital photography camera
The two lenses for the camera:

My secondary digital camera for casual photography:
The two lenses I use with it:

Other gear I use to make my videos:

(all links are Amazon-Affiliate links)

For my German friends, here are the links for .de

My main video camera and digital photography camera
The two lenses for the camera:

My secondary digital camera for casual photography:
The two lenses I use with it:

Other gear I use to make my videos:

(all links are Amazon-Affiliate links)

[marysnyder]

I've watched a lot of "beginner" videos for 35mm these past few days and this one has by far been so much more helpful than any of the others. Simply a great teacher.

[itsrp]

I'd like to point out there's no shame in using a point & shoot. It's easy to carry everywhere and effective in capturing moments where u don't have a few seconds to manually focus.
a lot of my fav images I've taken were on a p&s.

[DennisTrovato]

I recently shot my first roll of 35mm film in 21 years on my great-grandfather's old Voigtländer Vitomatic II, which has been laying around in the basement untouched since his death in 2001, which coincidentally was also around the last time I shot film myself on one of those cheap Fisher-Price toy cameras because I was 9 years old back then. Everything still worked perfectly and it was a real thrill to get those negatives back from the lab.

[silkegoossens]

Not only is it a very decent video, but your voice is so soothing?? Could honestly keep this on loop

[elias_martinelli]

perhaps one of the best informational videos about 35mm photography on youtube - i have processed numerous of rolls of film myself but i still enjoyed watching

[nixotypical]

Absolutely smashing video, answered most of the questions I had about film! Can't wait for my first roll to come in!

[andrea-tibc]

Now this is a real beginner guide! I cannot tell you how stress I was looking for a video like this to help me operate my Olympus OM10. You are a lifesaver! You were the only one who actually explained the lever, the knob turning to indicate film was correctly loaded, and everything else! Now I can finally used my film camera

Thanks so so much!

[maxjewell]

Am i interested in film photography? yes. Buuuut i watched the entire video twice because it is so beautifully filmed, narrated, and scored.
I feel healed.

[mayralopez]

I just want to thank you so much for this video. I took a film photography class back in high school about 11 years ago and fell in love. I went through a rough patch in life and completely stopped shooting. I recently took my camera off a shelf and decided to shoot again but was iffy about me remembering how it all works. This has been the best For Beginners video I have come across in the past few months and explained every single thing I was questioning. Thank you thank you!

[teocrawford]

Hello hello, for everyone who needs a little introduction to film photography, this is what I would explain to a beginner - I hope this is helpful! :)



Have a good week,
Teo

[fatmaabdulhadi]

I am so glad this video was recommended to me by YouTube. I’ve learned everything I need in order to finally start shooting film in just 15 minutes. Thank you so much!!!

[VoltageNostalgia]

You are very good at explaining things. You use few words compared to others yet you make more sense

[scrtpassword]

I wanna add: the general rule of thumb to avoid the half exposed first shot is typically two or three pull of the film advance lever.

Also don’t be scared to buy expired film. The photos can still be processed. Colors might be unpredictable but that’s perfectly fine!

Apps are a good and cheap light meter. But since we’re going old school cool here, I recommend learning the sunny 16 rule and work out the exposure in your head!

Lastly, don’t forget you only get 24 or 36 shots per roll. So you really gotta think about your shot before taking a picture. Which is a great contrast to our trigger happy fingers on modern digital cameras/smartphones.

[emilyg.]

This video was extremely helpful! I just purchased my first point and shoot from a local camera shop and am completely new to film cameras (besides the usual disposable one). This was extremely easy to understand for a beginner like myself and informative!

[nurzhamalsmatullaeva]

i can't explain how much useful this video was. moreover it boosted my confidence to start cause i was sitting for hours hesitating to open my new camera. Also wanna pinpoint how great your video aetheticallly THANK YOUUU

[rickylee]

One of the better tutorial on basic operations/ use of film cameras. You put in a lot of efforts to produce this video. You touched on the essential points without “unnecessary” details for a beginner. Keep it up.🙏

[bekaemery]

I'm an absolute novice in all things photography let alone film photography! I recently found my granddad's old agfa view finder and I really wanted to try it out. Thanks for the very concise and helpful video, I'm really hopeing this will be a hobby I can really get into 😊

[yogijems]

This was exactly the video I was looking for thank you! Also the colours, music, tone of voice and editing was all very relaxing and easy to watch

[littleelephant]

i’ve had such a mental block on confidently using my film camera for two years - thank u for changing that !

[rafaelenamorado]

I’ve looked at so many videos but you explained the process the best while still keeping the video entertaining your editing is crazy keep it up bro