Film Photography for beginners
I realized after my first post many of you might not know what film photography is. You may have an idea but not really understand. Film photography is the process of capturing images on light-sensitive material instead of using a digital sensor. Film doesn’t have a memory card, like modern cameras, instead, it holds a roll of film. A film camera works by allowing light to pass through the lens and hit a strip of film. The film is coated with chemicals that react to light. When you press the shutter button, a small door opens for a fraction of a second, exposing the film to light and creating an invisible image. After shooting, the film needs to be developed. You can take the film to darkroom labs or develop it yourself, where it’s placed in a series of chemical “baths”. These chemicals make the hidden images visible and permanent, resulting in a negative. From there, you can get the images scanned or printed. Again you can scan and print them yourself or take it to ...