Seattle Family Photos on film!

Today I’m sharing some new Seattle family photos on film!  Yes, you read the title right.  I’m shooting a bit of film again.  Why, you ask?  Several reasons.  

Why Film?

Film is where I first got started.  Film is the first photography medium I fell in love with.  I remember the delight in shooting  a roll then going to my photography class in Georgia where I learned how to develop and process film.  I remember looking through all the negatives on a light table to see the images, then printing my favorites in the darkroom.

Everything was done at a slower pace.  It wasn’t instantaneous (and voluminous) like digital.  Between pressing the shutter to developing my negatives, I had time.  Time for feelings like anticipation and nervousness, then glee (or sometimes heartache) to take over with each newly developed roll.

Shooting a bit of film again is causing me to slow down.  I’m more deliberate when I press the shutter button instead of holding the shutter down and overshooting.  Shooting film is helping me think more about each shot and what I’m trying to accomplish .  It’s helping me analyze the light better.   Lastly, it is challenging me again!

I had forgotten how film can still record light and highlights so much better than digital.  Film has this crazy latitude with capturing highlights and shadows, and I was curious.  I just wanted to compare the quality.  Film greats like Elizabeth Messina and Jose Villa and Jonathan Canlas swear by it, but can I, a regular ol’ portrait photographer accomplish the same results?

And the last major perk:  It cuts down my processing time on the computer!

Film Gear Used

So this film roll is Portra 400 * taken with a medium format camera, the Pentax 645N.  It was developed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.  

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I hope you enjoyed these new Seattle family photos on film! If you want to learn more about shooting film, grab my free Film Cheat Sheet!

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