Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => : jharr May 27, 2019, 07:11:33 PM
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From my brief read, PhotoWorks film was the second incarnation of Seattle Filmworks (the original Cinestill). PhotoWorks is C-41 color negative film with no remjet, so it could be developed by any lab or home enthusiast. I got this roll from Bryan. It was just the one roll and I have never shot this before, so no room for experimenting. I was fortunate that it had the original canister and there was a "process by" date printed on the label (12/09). I assume that these were never marketed with a cardboard box like other major film brands where the box has the expiration date and the canister just has a simple label if any at all. I loaded this into my Nikon N2020 with the original kit 35-70 f/3.5-4.5 zoom and was planning on doing a photo walk in the late afternoon/dusk in an area of town with lots of tall buildings. Light was going to be hard to come by, so instead of rating it at EI 100 like I should have, I just shot it at box speed. Even then, 200 is not really a 'low light' film. But this is how I roll. I shoot, I take chances, I see what I get and I'm often pleasantly surprised. Now I figured expired film, underexposed would probably have some noticeable grain. I was right. Even in the daylight shots that are not under-exposed (as much), the grain is moderate to severe. I color corrected each shot individually, maximizing the histogram of each channel in the Epson Scan software, then adjusting a little for contrast in PS. Here are the shots I thought were worth looking at (see the juggler shot in the Memorial Day 2019 weekend thread).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944269241_9f0195cf8f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EUTK)
N2020-PhotoWorks-004 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EUTK) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944269171_c9e452449c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EUSx)
N2020-PhotoWorks-005 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EUSx) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944250513_2ee674ff1f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPjR)
N2020-PhotoWorks-008 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPjR) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944250428_5695cdcfc5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPio)
N2020-PhotoWorks-010 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPio) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944237112_c955614112_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EKkN)
N2020-PhotoWorks-012 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EKkN) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944250233_074c5a2461_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPf2)
N2020-PhotoWorks-018 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPf2) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944250058_c74cb0102e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPc1)
N2020-PhotoWorks-019 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPc1) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47944250938_c9f8c21dd5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPsb)
N2020-PhotoWorks-025 (https://flic.kr/p/2g3EPsb) by James Harr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/), on Flickr
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Those look great James! The grain looks kind of like some not-quite-desert Ferrania that I had a while ago ... large but very pleasant :) I especially like the high contrast night shots (the one in this thread and of course the juggler)