Shoot 2-Comparison

This is my 2nd shoot it was taken In the Forrest linking it to the artist Richard long who created his art around walks where he would pick up objects every 20 steps to create some art at the end of the walk. I used 2 cameras so I could directly compare film and digital .A Nikon film camera and a Cannon D1200 Digital, which both used a 50 mm lens, this was to get the cameras the same opportunity to take the picture.  I went down to the forest and walked and every 100m I took a picture. This was so I would take pictures of lots of different things. Some pictures on the film came out very under exposed which was due to the lighting in the forrest, Where the digital camera has a built in flash, the film camera did not which was a disadvantage, but is a feature in the digital camera. I found that over all the quality of the digital camera was better but the process of film is more involved and what you do in the dark room which shapes the final product of the picture. My favourite picture was one of the first I took, which was the one with the  tyre hanging from a tree. Originally when I developed the picture I put the negative into the projector back to front, so the picture came out very different to what was planned. This is something that can be changed in photoshop, but is also something that can only happen in film accidentally. I also found that the way the pictures are printed are different, with the projector stretching the picture with the film vs the digital picture. This is probably due to my ability to use the projectors to I don't get a distorted image, this can be seen in the picture of the wooden structure. The film camera was a 35mm film which is a compact film format. It produces average quality negative resolution which I would get a better quality if I used a 120 film camera, which I will use in my next shoot, by using a TLR camera, taking influence from Vivian Maier. 

The picture is taken of a structure that was found in the forest. It was taken with the 2 different cameras at the same distance with the same type of lens. It was a surprise to see that the results of the pictures was very different. I like that the colours in the digital creates a modern look while the film is very washed out and makes it look very old. I found that when I was in the dark room the grey scale contasted well, but the scanner doesn't do the photos justice.

This is my best shots from the shoot. I haven't edited them but I have been fair to both sides of the comparison and have left them in the state I shot them in. I found that the film camera had a smaller focal length than the digital. There is a lot more detail in the digital than the film. I still prefer the Film as it feels satisfying to get a picture out of the dark room. Even though the quality of the digital looks nicer and more professional. I like how in the film the picture isn't as cropped as the digital. This also allows you to see the refection in the water more clearly, which adds more context to the location and what is around the tyre