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Previously captured on film: Analog (Film) Photography - Film Pinhole Photography - Winter Jinx - Seaside Pinhole Photography - Theatre District at Sunrise, Buffalo, NY - On Main Street, Buffalo, NY - On the Road around Buffalo - Lake Erie Lakeshore on Pinhole - Erie Basin Marina on Pinhole - From Ohio Street - As the Names Change - Buffalo Classic on Classic Medium - One More White while Appropriate - More Winter in Hamburg, NY - Palace in Winter - A Shed - The Chimney - Road Trip 2018 in a Page - Road Trip 2018: The First Few Darkroom Prints - First Roll of Infrared Film - Road Trip 2018: A New Darkroom Print - Analog Colors

Zeiss Ikon ContessaFolding Rangefinder Camera I really love black and white photography and recently mostly in its analog form as it gives me the opportunity to make darkroom prints, thus going from start to finish without touching the computer. However, all of the colors of the fall season were an encouragement to step out of my comfort zone yet again and try some color. No, I would not be able to take it all the way to an analog print but I could enjoy the different color palette film gives and could also do the final step digitally and still have a print. There was also a new camera I wanted to test drive. I got couple rolls of Kodak color film, one Portra and one Ektar, and headed out several times. It always surprises me how long a roll of 36 frames feels.

Even though I am not set up to do darkroom prints in color I did not want to give up on the home development though. I went ahead and purchased the Cinestill Cs-41 home development KIT of chemicals, mixed them all up and jumped right in with my first roll. As every time, pulling the processed film out of the tank and hanging it to dry was very exciting. It was my first time shooting the camera and I was not sure how well it functioned and whether it had any light leaks. It was also my first home developed color negative. But yes, there were pictures!

Color negatives are tough to judge. Not only do negative colors look goofy but the extra orange layer that's put on them just makes the whole negative look almost monochromatic, until one looks really close. Then the cyan and other colors come out.

Custard LiteZeiss Ikon Contessa, Kodak Portra 400
Film photography: Custard Lite, Zeiss Ikon Contessa, Kodak Portra 400
 

Since darkroom is not an option at the moment the film had to go through my scanner and scanning color negatives is not all that straightforward. Yes, the software has some handy presets for a given film and scanner combination but that's really just the start. It feels like it's more art than science. It will be a long learning road ahead but I did get some pictures I liked from this roll. When the scene has a neutral (gray, or white) object the color tweaking becomes much more straightforward.

Since this roll, I have also finished and developed the roll of Ektar, and bought a few more rolls to still catch some of the remaining fall colors. I've enjoyed shooting one in Letchworth yesterday. However, as the colors of nature fade out I really look forward to returning to black and white. Winter is a really great opportunity to be on a lookout for strong monochrome images.

Enjoy The Beauty That Surrounds You! #etbtsy

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