This was hands down my favorite shoot of the summer. The location, the colors, the adventure. It was perfect! After Part 1 of Lora and Teds amazing wedding weekend, we moved on to Day 2. Day one was non stop fun and celebration. In hind sight, as we were climbing the biggest rock covered hill EVER (ok so maybe I exaggerate, but if you were there you would understand), I realized that attempting an adventure of this magnitude after we were all completely worn out from the previous days festivities might not have been the best thought through plan I have ever had. Ted being the mountain man that He is, walked the hill like it was his usual Sunday stroll. While Lora and I occasionally looked up at each other from carefully watching every step we made with looks that said “What the hell are we doing? Dear God, I can’t breathe.” However, when we got to the top and it opened up to the most beautiful lake, glacier, blue skies, and mountain peaks I have ever seen, it was SO worth it. It was breathtaking and I know there were multiple times during the shoot that I giggled like a little kid at what I was seeing in the back of my camera.
Ok, on to the fun film vs digital part of this. So lately, I’ve been seeing the digital vs film argument still going on in the industry. Seriously people, just let it go. 😛 So on this day, I shot both. Why? Because I can, and because I like to. I’m not gonna give you the whole why one is better than the other speech because it just isn’t true. To me, each has its place and purpose. There are things film can do that digital can’t, and things that I can do with lighting and digital that I would never be able to capture on film. I like to keep both in my arsenal. I am a huge fan of Fuji Pro 400H. When it comes to blue and green tones, it blows me away every single time. Another statement I keep seeing made by photographers, is that you can’t get the same intensity of color on film as digital. Wanna bet? 😉 There is a trend these days on over exposing and pushing film to give a pastel type of pallet to the colors. However, if you are like me and love depth and intensity in your tones, you can most definitely still capture that on film with proper exposure as you can see below.
So instead of separating the images into two posts I mixed em all up together. Some color, some black and white. Figured I would leave it up to you to figure out which is which ;). Gear list and settings listed below the gallery at the bottom.
Gear Used: All Canon Equipment – Canon EOS Mark II, Canon EOS Mark III, Canon EOS 1N, Canon Series Lenses: 17-40mm 4.0, 24mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4, 135mm 2.0. Sigma 35mm 1.4. Canon 580 Ex II speedlights, Pocketwizard Flex and Mini triggers.
Film: Fuji Pro 400H, 35mm, Rated at 200 and pushed one stop. Spot metering (I expose for the shadows)
