Hi - I could use a little advise on taking black and white photos.
My daughter is getting married this spring. She will be wearing a traditional white gown with a lot of white beads. He will be wearing I think a black suit - who knows what shirt type.
The photos would seem to be quite an interesting challenge, as there will be a wide range of lighting conditions and the exposure needed for her dress are quite different than his suit. In general, her skin tends to over expose relative to his skin tone.
Of course there is a photographer who will be mostly taking DSLR photos. I of course will be using film.
As is painfully obvious to many, color photos often don't hold up well. My father's wedding pics in B / W are still fine due to the silver make up, but my wife and I's wedding photos have already lost a lot of color.
I am toying with the idea of taking a few rolls of pictures with Tri-X or something similar. Some of this is for the "effect" and some for the idea that the photos will be around a long time - at least the negatives.
Despite my history with cameras, I don't have an artist eye, but I have used Tri-X back in the 70s and manged to stumble around with it and do a little developing in college. Nonetheless, I don't have time to get set up and goof aournd with developing B / W film right now, so I will need to find a pro film processing shop to do it, or can pay someone here if there is interest.
So, the questions:
- I found TX 135-24 Tri X pan at B and H Photo - is this a a good choice for a situation like this ? It appears to be a silver based film vs the other B / W films that are more like color C41 oriented.
- I have a Spotmatic F w/ 55 / F1.8 that I have had since new and just picked up an ME Super with a 55 and a Vivitar zoom (dang heavy one)
- I am really just staring to get back into taking photos. The last roll was Kodak pro 100UC, but it was mostly outdoor use. (still need to get it developed somewhere good and reasonably priced - ideally with a good scanner)
Most likely, I will shoot with one, and my brother, who is even less adept at photography, with use the other.
(sounds like the 2 stooges doesn't it )
Anyway, any suggestions for film choice and which camera to set up with color vs B / W ?
Thanks
Harry
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