I've been asked to shoot some editorial for a new magazine this weekend, which is a first for me. The creative direction is right up my street, natural light and some interesting locations, and I get on really well with the model and team.
BUT, I'm panicking over what to shoot on. They want film, obviously, and their references are mostly 120 colour so I'm taking Porta 400 (flexibility for the if the light drops) There's probably not a vast budget for film and devving so I've got to weigh up getting the most number of shots possible, with highest quality and flexibility of portrait and landscape framing.
Soooo, my choices are:
Bronica 6x6 - more shots, can crop if needed, bit awkward to think about reframing whilst shooting
GW690 - less shots, better quality, composition 'in-camera', but can't see what I'm really shooting
35mm back-up; OM4 or MJUii for the lolz and keep it fun
What’s the idea of the shoot? That might inform the look/format/lenses.
If it’s all 120 colour … might be nice to have the 35mm ‘b-roll’ in b&w, shot with fill flash on the Mju (for instance) for a mini series within a series yo dawg.
Ideally a 645 mamiya with an AE eye finder and grip imo. 16 shots a roll and 645 will definitely be big enough for magazine size prints. See if you can borrow one
Otherwise Id just load Portra in as many cameras as you can carry, see what you feel like shooting on the day
I've been asked to shoot some editorial for a new magazine this weekend, which is a first for me. The creative direction is right up my street, natural light and some interesting locations, and I get on really well with the model and team.
BUT, I'm panicking over what to shoot on. They want film, obviously, and their references are mostly 120 colour so I'm taking Porta 400 (flexibility for the if the light drops) There's probably not a vast budget for film and devving so I've got to weigh up getting the most number of shots possible, with highest quality and flexibility of portrait and landscape framing.
Soooo, my choices are:
What would you do?