barren, film, iceland, landscape, minimalism, road I don't have much experience shooting and processing analog film. To be true: not any. But I was always interested to put my hand on it and an opportunity arised. Recently a patient of mine - some may know I'm working as a manual therapist - visited Iceland and showed me the pictures she had taken with her small Minox cam. Some of them turned out to be really good - but I immediately saw potential for turning something good into something better, if modern digital imagery techniques were applied. So I asked if I could lend the negatives and brought them to a professional lab for scanning. Then these pictures got the same workflow as my digital files. And do you know what? I'm quite satisfied with the results. Film's behaving differently, of course - two things strike me most: first of all due to the grain - this one was shot on Fujifilm 200 ASA - analog images have more roughness about them if compared to the smooth results modern digital SLR cams deliver. But this kind of textured aesthetics really appeals to me. Secondly - each type of film has its own, very specific color profile which always is a result of many years of development. Of course, I could've come up with similar colors if this picture was taken digitally but the look of the analog negative lead me instantly to a specific direction for my color workflow which yielded an result I'm reasonably satisfied with.
Anyway I am and I will always be a digital boy - I guess. But after these positive experiences I'm considering to buy a small analog cam - probably an Olympus MJU II - and shooting film from time to time for the sake of variety and a nice change from my normal workflow.Collaboration between Helena Pyka (photograph) and Eike Maschewski (post processing)....so if you have anything to grumble about the composition, the DOF or anything else that is camera related, don't blame me - it was the photographer ;-)Having said that I'd like to invite you for further collaborations. So if you like this blog and you are interested in how your own favorite photograph turns out when my postprocessing style is applied to it, just drop me a line and we can discuss all necessary details. Of course, I will accept only pictures that do appeal to me and meet certain quality standards. BTW - this is also my entry to this week's photofriday theme barren.
