the_jim
human
I recently had the fun task of shooting my niece's senior photos. Having no real experience with taking pictures of people that aren't my girlfriend/close friends and she having no experience with modeling put us in a bit of an interesting situation. I'm not super-stoked with the results and we'll probably have to reshoot, but that's not the point of this thread...
Half-way through shooting, I switched from Ilford Pan F+ to Kodak Ektar 100. On a wild hair, I did a conversion in PS3 to black and white (desaturate, plus some curves tweeking). Comparing the Ilford to the Ektar was very illuminating - the latitude and gradation to the Kodak film was, to my eye, absolutely stunning.
I can see why some modern b/w movies shoot with Kodak Vision (supposedly very similar to Ektar) and convert in post ('Control' comes to mind).
Anyway, here are two shots. First is the Ilford shot with a Rolleiflex T
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/6094399827/]
hannah by jamesfischer, on Flickr[/URL]
Here is the Ektar
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/6102646906/]
hannah by jamesfischer, on Flickr[/URL]
Which do you think looks better?
Half-way through shooting, I switched from Ilford Pan F+ to Kodak Ektar 100. On a wild hair, I did a conversion in PS3 to black and white (desaturate, plus some curves tweeking). Comparing the Ilford to the Ektar was very illuminating - the latitude and gradation to the Kodak film was, to my eye, absolutely stunning.
I can see why some modern b/w movies shoot with Kodak Vision (supposedly very similar to Ektar) and convert in post ('Control' comes to mind).
Anyway, here are two shots. First is the Ilford shot with a Rolleiflex T
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/6094399827/]

Here is the Ektar
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/6102646906/]

Which do you think looks better?