I learn something new everyday! Pretty much. Into my twelfth roll of film, i make a really bad mistake, using the wrong ISO film. ugh. Its one of the banes of film photography i feel, that once you start cranking through the ISO200 film for outdoor shots, you’re pretty much stuck with it for the whole roll until you’re done. Which means you can’t swap from outdoor to indoor shots so easily. Unless you are using iso100-400 film that lomography sells… at least thats what i think? i don't even know how their film works. But so far, i am getting really nice shots from film and i am really learning a lot as to how to capture light nicely. By the way, the higher the iso number, i.e. 100 —> 1000, the more sensitive the film is to light, thus higher ISO film are meant for outdoor shots. Digital cameras on the magical green auto function button just does everything for you, making it extremely versatile as compared to film cameras.

So what happened was that while at Art Stage, I used ISO400 and the shots turned out good!! the lighting there was really good and it was indoors. So while i wondered since National Art Gallery is also indoors, it should be alright right?? WRONG. Btw, i went to
National Art Gallery over Valentines weekend and brought my camera along, hoping that i can get some nice shots!
I think my blog has the randomest of things, from replica guns to nerf blasters to photography, but my blog is here to tell the story of my life. What each chapter of my life entails, the story i lead, aside from the clockwork school/assignments schedule.
Here is the difference of having proper light and having insufficient light, with ISO200 film.
Proper lighting:
Insufficient light:
“Then why not use ISO400 film for everything??” some may question. That’s because using such a high ISO film outdoors will only result in overexposure, making your photos turn out wayyyy too bright. Just imagine as you toggling the brightness setting on Instagram all the way to the brightest. But sometimes, low light along with the right shutter speeds gives me some nice lucky shots that i discover after developing the negatives.
Film photography is really fun because you really need to understand light and how to take the photos, although sometimes it'll feel quite shitty if you enter National Art Gallery only to realise that the lighting isnt as bright as Art Stage. Lesson learnt, always be armed with different ISO films and remember to plan ahead and learn how to judge light better haha. Afterall, life is one huge learning lesson so there's always so much to learn and discover!