Hello,
I have been reading not long time ago on "The Online Photographer" the proposition of shooting during one year with one 35mm camera, one 50mm lens and one film. While this program might be a little bit drastic and create some form of withdrawal, there is some appeal to it as it is suppose to improve your understanding of key tones, composition,......
To date I have been trying out several films in both b&W and color, without really coming to any kind of strong consensus with myself regarding film choice which sometime feels a little big like chasing your tail
but most of the time just create anticipation of what a new film would look like.
Hell last week-end I even took out my digital rig for a spin after several weeks of inaction (I enjoyed the spot metering, the immediate feed-back both on LCD and on computer and hated the dynamic range even on well exposed shots)
So I am thinking of going in the "program" maybe for three months. Trouble is I am not even sure of what the "program" would be.
One ISO for one B&W and one color film - i.e. TriX 400 and Portra VC 400 or FP5 125 and Ektar 100
-or-
Only B&W two ISO - i.e. TMax 100 and TMax 400
-or-
TriX 400 period.
"Only" 3 lenses - i.e. all 3 Limited
-or-
Only the 43mm Ltd or the 50mm F1.7
"Only" the LX (not that the film body changes a lot of things apart from my own comfort), tripod as needed, incident and spot meter.
Does any of you has done this kind of exercise before? Any suggestion?
Cheers,
Luc