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These pictures come from some of the first rolls I'm home scanning with a #valoi system. I'm using the #valoieasy35 + #fujifilmxt5 + #negativelabpro. My computer is on the verge of crashing every time I ran #negativelabpro, but I'm liking the results!

#photography #believeinfilm

Photograph of a hair salon with an awning. The word "Babel" is written on it in a very 80s font. In the foreground, there is a car.

Fotografía de una peluquería con un toldo. En él se lee "Babel" con una tipografía muy ochentera. Delante, en primer plano, hay un coche.

Photograph of a neon sign with the word "Records" in the window of a record store. Other signs and the store's awning can be seen around it.

Fotografía de un neón con la palabra "Discos" en el escaparate de una tienda de discos. Alrededor se ven otros carteles y el toldo de la tienda.

Photograph of the iconic Tío Pepe advertisement in Puerta del Sol in Madrid with a blue sky, partially covered with clouds.

Fotografía del icónico anuncio de Tío Pepe en Puerta del Sol en Madrid con el cielo azul, cubierto parcialmente de nubes.

I share a turning point in my film journey: discovering flaws in lab scans — missing details, overexposed areas, and tones that didn’t reflect the negative.

Trusting your own interpretation is key in film photography

Unfortunately, due to some technical issues, this video is a bit shorter than I originally planned.

#shootfilm #keepfilmalive #filmworkflow #negativelabpro #epsonv800 #filmscanner #kodakgold200 #ilfordxp2 #blackandwhitefilm #photography #believeinfilm

https://youtu.be/nUTKOxCKBuA

@kaiser_franz "...If #NegativeLabPro fulfils their goal of making a standalone, that would also be a big step - I love how NLP renders my negatives..."

A stand-alone negative conversion alternative is Filmomat SmartConvert (https://www.filmomat.eu/smartconvert). I think there may be a free trial on that. I keep thinking of giving it a try and then forget. (I don't have LR or PS.)

First attempt at B&W reversal in #darktable via #negadoctor. Don't remember offhand which camera/film stock this was (likely #IlfordHP5 or #KodakTriX) but it was scanned via #NikonD850 and I edited straight from the RAW file. This is from a few months back.

I used negadoctor and the monochome module, then because the image was pretty flat I cranked up the contrast. I may have overdone it, but I really like high contrast B&W so others may disagree.

I also took a digital camera out and about today, and I think that will be my first foray into a digital RAW workflow with darktable.

Clearly, I have a lot to learn - but I'd love to get away from Adobe. If #NegativeLabPro fulfills their goal of making a standalone, that would also be a big step - I love how NLP renders my negatives so having that happen on the front end (either on my MacBook or via WINE on my Linux machine) would also be a game changer.

As always, open to suggestions!

#FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #DevelopYourOwn #FOSS #Linux

A dilapidated wooden door to a utility shed. The shed is clad with galvanized metal siding. It's a black and white film image, the contrast is relatively high and the grain present, but in my opinion pleasantly so.

Druidenhain - leider größtenteils abgeholzt 📷 Leica M6 - Voigtländer 35mm Ultron 🎞️ dubblefilm Daily

#bnw #schwarzweiss #bw #dubblefilm #dubblefilmdailybw #leica #leicam6 #LeicaSociety #Voigtländer #voigtlander #voigtlander35mm #35mm #Ultron #analogfilm #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #shootitwithfilm #keepfilmalive #shotonfilm #filmcommunity #onfilm #negativelabpro #valoieasy35 #valoi

Freising 📷 Leica M6 - Summicron 28mm/f2 🎞️ Fuji Neopan Acros

#bnw #schwarzweiss #bw #analogfilm #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #shootitwithfilm #keepfilmalive #shotonfilm #filmcommunity #onfilm #negativelabpro #valoieasy35 #valoi #film #fuji #neopan #acros #leica #leicam6 #LeicaSociety #summicron #28mm #summicron28

My new blog is out
"Rediscovering the Negative: Why I Scan My Own Film"

Like many photographers rediscovering film, I assumed a professional lab scan was the best possible outcome — some kind of objective truth of what my negative contained.

Clean curves. High-end Noritsu or Frontier scans. Digital perfection.

But the truth?

A lab scan is someone else’s interpretation of your negative.

https://photography.myvortexcloud.com/blog/analog-workflow/

#FilmIsNotDead #scanfilm #epson #negativelabpro #photography #workflow