Improving your photographs

[armie]

You should have looked at the negatives not the prints

Yeah I did.

the negatives will reflect the exposure

They did. But those photographs were a bit of a surprise at first.

 

[brancho]

Black and white machine prints from film are a waste of time as the usually lack any contrast or depth.

 

[AJB]

It depends on the printer (opperator), they can be very good, but generally most High Street printers, colour or monochrome, are pants!

 

[MrEd]

It depends on the printer (opperator), they can be very good, but generally most High Street printers, colour or monochrome, are pants!

agreed, there are places on the web that will do your film for you the old skool way, granted its more expensive and the turnaround is weeks not days but its good if you dont want to develop at home. Ilfords do a good service though, i use them from time to time for B+W on the rare occasion i use it

simple B+W developing at home isnt that complicated if you have the right room to do it in, we used to do it in the bathroom.

 

[Large Sack]

just a quickie. when setting up your camera for a shoot try to remember to take the white balance setting off 'auto' or 'average' 'awb'. Even on an Eos 1Ds mk3 the awb is not good and often puts out settings that are not compatible for your surroundings (light). Try and set white balance for the sort of light you are working in

 

[brancho]

As far as the white balance is concerned I now sort that on the PC in RAW with my SLR.

If you only shoot in JPEGS though adjusting the white balance is a good idea but will need to check the cameras instructions as my cameras both have a number of preset such as clody sunny tungsten etc.