Expired Film Can Be Cool Too #photography

 

So..... a few weeks ago, I found a roll of exposed film that I had forgotten about. Thing is this film was shot something like 20 to 21 years ago.  Haha! 😅 So by the time I got it processed, the colour dyes have already faded and I got some really funky colours.

I did some cleanup and "developed" it in Photoshop.  After which I made a Black and White version which I feel actually looks quite cool.  There's a lot of grain which is not always desirable but it this case, the grain actually helps to make it look quite romantic and mysterious. 

I'm honestly not sure what film I used.  I'm guessing it's a Kodak film of some sort.  After I got the roll of film back from the lab, the edge code was no longer even visible. I'm also not sure where this roll of film was shot.  I'm guessing that it's on the road trip I made along the California coastline on Highway 1.

There is another shot on the roll which looks like the Bixby Bridge.  I'll work on that shot on another day.

If you wanna check out my other shots on Instagam, you are welcome to.  And I welcome comments and critiques either in the comments section or on IG. 🙂

Statue of Liberty - cleanup #bnw #photography

I've come to realise the importance of storing negatives properly.  I failed to do so in the past because I just assumed that I would not be needing them anymore because I didn't have access to a dark room and still don't.  I once bought a flatbed scanner that can scan negatives but I never got around to using it to its full potential because I was really very busy.

This is when Covid19 helped me.  Although, I think it would have been better if this virus didn't come into the world.  Still, it did give me more time to do things and one of the things I did was finally go through all my old photos, negatives and learnt how to use my Canoscan 8800f.  I also subscribed to Adobe's Photography Plan and finally started to learn how to use Lightroom and Photoshop properly after so many years of wanting to.  I really never needed to use either properly because my work didn't require it and it remained one of the things I have always wanted to do.