Film Vs. Digital

Colors in digital are more natural and accurate and more saturated than in film; with film colors are soft where in digital colors are stronger.

Contrast in digital is higher and has better quality than in film.

Film and digital captures the same latitude in a way. You can witness more tonal range and more obvious highlights in film than in digital

Film pictures are less sharpened than in digital; film produce smooth images.

Both digital and film have good resolution of fine details, although film images are more grainy and produce more noise even though the ISO and exposure is the same in both images (it depends on what every person prefers). Digital shows more fine details than film.

For the atmosphere i find that film cameras produce a better feeling than digital where it shows more emotions and tells more the story of every image and its mood. The image shows that it is film. You can notice in the images produced by film that it is not related to the meaning of technology and evolution of our days. It still preserves the feeling of old and negative photographs.

My Pinhole

My Pinhole Camera

Viewcam

This is a photograph of Charlie Chaplin taken in one of his movie sets between the year 1914 and 1930 because in the mid 30's the film color was created and the use of autochrome disappeared. The autochrome effect was added after the image was taken and it is a color ''screen-plate'' process.

The intention in the use of autochrome was to create and show the actual mood for this image where we can sense the relation between the colors and the feelings in this photograph.

I really like this image because it is really simple and it has a lot to show; the feeling u get out of it is really clear, it shows simplicity and sadness. It can get through any person who had the experience of struggle or who is just humble. The use of the pale colors and the choice of the background and the facial expression are amazing and related.

I can't imagine this image to be done in any other way. It is perfect the way it was taken and the way the autochrome was added. The only change that i can see possible is for this picture to be more sharp to get more clarity and details, and to be less grainy.

This is a Rene Bolduc photograph taken on a wet plate camera (Ferrotype 6x8). It's a humans skeleton taken outside where u can see a blurry landscape in the back. The title of the image is ''What's left of oscar, the skeleton of friend Bob''. The intention of the photographer through this image is to create a memory of a friend he lost; another intention would probably be simple attraction to the effect of wet plate photography that creates unique images. I really like this image because it has a dark mood and it is really abstract, you can't really tell what it is from the first look. I am really attracted to the blurry background that you can't really tell what it is but i am guessing is a landscape, and the way the skeleton is placed and shaped but u can't see how it is hanging there; it has a real chaotic feeling. I really like this photograph and the way it was done, the only change that i would make for this image is actually give the side of this image a burning effect where it would create a darker chaotic mood and feeling.

This is a photograph taken at the National Archives in Washington DC. and it is done by a wide angle pinhole camera that is aimed at the ceiling.

This image shows how wide a pinhole camera can be; maybe the photographer admire old architectural buildings which are really nice to photograph.

I like the extreme wide angle used in this photograph and the way it is done especially the position of the camera; it goes from the bright part of the ceiling till it gets darker at the bottom, all the edges are dark compared to the center of the image; the exposure of this image isn't determined but must have been between 30 sec and 1 min.

I wish there wasn't too many columns involved in this shot especially the two centered ones that seem extremely large compared to the other columns that are present in the image.

Cyanotype

This high-contrast cyanotype is composed of some rather abstract objects, which seem to be of natural and man made origins. The composition is top-heavy, yet has a sort of vertical balance.
It seems that the maker of this cyanotype used a variety of everyday objects. This can be seen as a reflection on the character of the artist. That he likes to used his "every-day" material. I appreciate the the high contrast ratio and the lighter tones in the central area. The clarity of the objects is well executed. I find the the focal points unclear.

Anna Atkins - Algae Cyanotype

This is an Anna Atkins cyanotype photogram of a british algae (seaweed), it shows all the stages of its life.

It must have been done for scientific purposes to study the plants life and development.

I like the mixture of the blue effect that represents the ocean with the algae that grows in the sea.

i would prefer if this picture was made with actual colors so it shows all the details of this plant and how it really looks.