SHOOT YOUR SHOT

After picking and loading your film camera, the most exciting part about the process begins. With film, there are different amounts of exposures that rolls can have (typically 24 or 36) which means you can take that many pictures for each roll of film. Because of the limited amount of shots, the process to shooting film is more important and setting up the perfect shot is done so through the view finder and artistic choices.

Like normal cameras, film can be shot at different times and doesn’t have to be used in one sitting. Although outside of the camera, film does expire (this can be checked on the film’s box), it can give a cool look to photos after they are developed and a technique that some film photographers use is shooting with expired film.

There are many methods when it comes to shooting film and this can be explored based on what type of photos you are after. Film photography can be used for fun, for business, and for anything in between it is really a versatile medium and can be changed through every person.

Another cool technique is called double-exposure film. This is done tyoically using manual SLR cameras and not advancing the film after a shot. Double exposure photography is when one exposure meshes with the next, creating a piece of art that can be really cool and interesting.

I accidentally did this method the first time I shot film with my point and shoot camera when the counter reset. My pictures came out double-exposed because of this but sometimes it makes the image more cool. Film cameras as well as all cameras are super delicate so making sure to be gentle with them is important.