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Frey's avatar

😲😲 These are awesome shots Raf!! Colors and contrast are really good. Always loved photography but never really invested a lot on it! Makes me want to do now.

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

If you want to start, you can get a cheap camera (perhaps your family already have one?) and film, and ship me the film roll, I develop and scan it for you, so you don't have to deal with dev costs if you just wanna try! :)

I'm developing film for myself all the time and never hurts throwing an extra roll into the developing tank!

Cheers!

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Frey's avatar

This is great, Raf thank you! I actually don’t have a camera at the moment, but getting one has been on my list for a while now. Just one of those things that keeps getting pushed back πŸ˜…

I’ve also been unsure about the whole film shipping part since I’m currently in the Philippines I feel like the process might be a bit much cost-wise. But I really appreciate your offer and how open you are to helping out! Definitely something I’ll keep in mind once I manage to get a camera!

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

Oh, I see! Good luck πŸ€

Yeah, film is expensive :(

Let me know about your progress!

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Alicia Paley's avatar

Yay! I’m so glad you posted these! In my last post I asked if anyone had shot the Fuji 400 since I was winding down my last few roles of Superia. Your photos look great! I love the colors of the Fuji, although it’s no Superia. I still like it better than Ektar, which I’ve never been a huge fan of. It leans too red for me. My son and I are constantly having a debate over Ektar vs. Portra. He loves Ektar and hates Portra. He says Portra is too green. - Anyway, great work!

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

Nice stuff! Thanks for your note! And what an AWESOME discussion to have with a family member 🀩

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Alicia Paley's avatar

Haha! Yes, we discuss photography a lot. He is a very talented photographer.

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

Is he on Substack? I’d love to see his photos!

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Alicia Paley's avatar

He is not on Substack, but he does have a website.

https://jacobpaley.myportfolio.com

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

WOW. ITS SERIOUS SHIT.

(PardΓ³n my French)

😍

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Alicia Paley's avatar

Agreed! French and all! 🀣

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Alex Luyckx's avatar

These are great! While I'm not always a fan of colour films, I love your Ektar stuff, worked well in that Texas sun! Also Nick is a good guy!

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

Thanks, yeah, Nick is a long time friend. He is awesome!

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Xavier Delgado's avatar

I’ve become a big fan of the humble Fuji 400! Whenever I find it on sale I’ll buy it in bulk πŸ˜‚ I will forever miss Fuji Superia X-Tra, but this US made 400 feels to me like a Kodak film (Ultramax, Gold, something like that) doing an impression of Superia. Anyway, great shots!!

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Raf - Photographer  🎞️✨'s avatar

Love it I just bought some for $8.30 at B&H! If we sum that to the cost of developing it at home and a humble film camera, it's a very affordable hobby, actually cheaper than buying a full frame digital camera. Different animals, I know, but it's fun to see film being more affordable than digital!

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