Fishie's Diary: First roll of film!

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

First roll of film!

Hey guys!

I am sooo excited to be finally able to share this very first roll of film I've taken! I started this roll last July, and since there are only 36 shots (edit: there are actually only 35 shots...someone enlightens me on why), and every shot is precious, I only finished it in February this year. I took so long to finish the roll to the point that I couldn't even remember what I've taken on it HAHAHA.

The photos are mainly landscape and cityscape shots, since I'm surrounded by skyscrapers and stuff. I am so in love with the richness of colours. And I love how every photo has it's own unique tones and colours. Especially with the light leaks, spots and grains, they further give every photo its unique "identity", in a way.

The photos below are shot on a Fuji Superia 200. Seeing how interesting the photos turned out, I'll definitely be shooting more film in the future. Hopefully on a film SLR though!

And, here are some things I've learnt from shooting this roll:

Point-and-shoot film cameras don't work well in backlight conditions. The photos just turned out really dark. Hence, rely on your DSLR if you're looking for some photo with a dramatic lighting or some yummy lens flare.
There will be distortion, especially if you're taking photos of buildings with horizontal lines.
Also, the shop which processes your film will actually twitch the exposure, contrast and colour of your photos when they print them out. Hence, always remember to ask for the unedited versions! (Thanks Juliana for telling me this. Now you know why the colours of the photos you send for printing always turn out slightly different from your digital copies :P)

Anyway. Here are the photos! Some are terribly underexposed or overexposed, while there are a few shots which are quite similar. Also, pardon the quality of these photos, as I scanned them using my own scanner and painstakingly cropped each and every one of them.