Last Thursday we had our first introduction to studio practice learning
how to set up the foam board, backdrop, lighting and camera and setting it up
safely. I got the chance to photograph with a medium format Bronica camera
using an Iflord Delta 100 black and white film. I was very excited to
experiment with medium format as I had used 35mm at A level and have always
found analog photography really interesting compared to digital photography.
Until I have developed the film tomorrow I am unaware whether the
photographs came out however I found using the light meter to balance the
aperture, shutter speed and iso really helpful (recording what we used for each
frame to compare to each other afterwards) which I want to practice with more
in both natural and artificial lighting. One main thing I forgot to do was pull
out the light sensitive screen however luckily the Bronica will not take the
photograph with the screen in; therefore I will need further practice with
this.
I have found this process really enjoyable as a step up from 35mm
processing and can’t wait to be inducted into colour medium format as well as
large format photography.
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