Did you know that where you live can affect your film? We are lucky enough to have film shooters send us film from all around the world! We thought it would be helpful to talk about shooting film in humid or wet environments. You can see in the image below that there is faint writing and numbers […]

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Humidity Effects On Film

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Because of the increased latitude of Portra 400, we’ve received many requests to scan and edit Portra 400 to look like Fuji 400H. Because of this, we want to let you in on a little secret! Our lab can make them look similar to save you a few extra bucks. We understand most people won’t be shooting these two […]

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The Portra Looking Fuji Conundrum

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Film is a beautiful medium but it does come with a small set of tradeoffs. One of the biggest things that makes film different than digital is it is especially sensitive to color reflections. These reflections can be caused by walls, grass, stone, neighboring objects, or even the clothing you’re wearing as the photographer! In the […]

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Handling Color Reflections

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We love when clients reach out to us to communicate what they’re wanting for their scans! One thing that is helpful to know is if you want your images scanned for the highlights or for the shadows. This is most applicable when images are silhouetted, or when you are shooting in a scenario where there is […]

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Scanning for the highlights vs. shadows

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We get asked all the time about how to handle traveling with film.  Is it ok to put it in my bag?  Do I need to hand check it?  What ISO’s do I need to worry about?  They would not hand check my film, am I screwed? As a team who travels A LOT and almost […]

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Traveling With Film

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