What's your film workflow like?

[pixelbrain]

Hi guys, moving my question here due to it gng OT in another thread..

Really new to shooting film & would just like to know how you guys usually go about handling the negatives after development..

I'm curious to know if printing from lab scanned jpgs (@ 4 base) will give the same results as sending the negatives for printing (for prints from 4R to 8R). As most minilabs are digital anyway, I reckon it should be the same? (ie. negs will be scanned before printing anyway).

As such, would be great if you guys could share how you get your prints done, especially for those who self-develop b&w at home. Do you send in your negatives, or the digital files you've scanned yourself?

Also, I was recently told by one of the minilabs that 4 base scans are good enough for printing up to 8R, & would like to know if this is indeed true..

Would really appreciate the advice..

cheers/

 

[Yoricko]

Mine (B&W) -
1) Shoot pictures
2) Develop at home
3) Dry in toilet / my air-con room
4) Gaze at the negatives that are drying
5) Stare at it with awe
6) Remember moments
7) Sleep / Do Something while drying
8) Scan at 2000DPI / 4800DPI depending on needs
9) Import to Lightroom
10) Slight PP, Export
11) Upload

Don't usually print ...

 

[FLiNcHY]

I just send my rolls to fotohub. get the negatives back and scan them into my com using my epson v700 scanner at high resolution

do some light touching up in photoshop like contrast, sharpening.

make sure the pics look great to go. then i print using my hp B9180 inkjet printer using hahnemuhle paper.

film looks great straight out of the scan, the colors and all. But sometimes you just have to give it a little touch up, like brightness, contrast, and sharpening just to make it look even more amazing

 

[bene123]

Mine is Shoot: Dev on Monday. Get back on tuesday and scan......

 

[mmmel]

Mine: Develop (colour sent to lab / B&W done at home), scan at home, straighten and/or crop in cs3, upload! Don't usually print..

IMHO film workflow is more straight forward and a lot faster as compared to processing digital files.

 

[pixelbrain]

tks for the insight.. been very informative for me..

cheers!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

wa, you guys scan so high res? I scan my film at 1600dpi only! haha!

High res takes too long...

My workflow would be self processing for B&W or lab process for C41.
-Scan at 1600dpi
-Crop film edges away
-Adjust lighting for under or over shots. Most of the time I leave them as they were.
-Post on flickr!
-My films are stored in sleeves & numbered parallel to the soft copies. I store the films in a clear folder that has about 100 pages. 10 sleeves per clear folder page.

Numbering the films parallel to my soft copies on the computer allows for easy filing & locating should I need to scan them again.

 

[fuwen]

1. Take photo (colour negatives)
2. Finish 1 roll send Kodak shop near my house for developing (3R matt normally)
3. 2 days later collect the prints
4. Prepare photo taking details and select shots for enlargement to 4R, 5R or S8R
5. Send negatives for enlargement
6. Collect enlargements and put all into albums.


Sorry, no value add at all after taking the photos all out sourced : D

 

[adamadam]

I send in my scans

 

[mamypoko]

1: Develop at home or at Konota (B&W and color respectively)
2: Collect from Konota whenever I pass by (I work pretty near the area)
3: If at home, develop, hang to dry for 1 day so the film doesn't curl when I scan.
4: Scan at 1600/2400 DPI depending on format, higher res for smaller format.
5: Crop black edges, adjust contrast slightly in PS.
6: Post and enjoy!

Still looking for the best and cost effective way to store my films, too lazy to do so these few days!

I'm okay with both film and digital workflows, just that for digital there are usually at least 2.5x more pictures to sort out and edit per shoot.