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Night time, medium format questions?
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Hello there,
I’m a photography student and I have been asked to create an architectural panel.
I would really like to use the cement factory in Drogheda as my subject, but I need to know the correct equipment to have before I even think of going.
I would also prefer to shoot it at night, so if any one could help me out a bit with this, I would be very grateful.I’m not 100% sure on what film would be best to use at night with a medium format camera (first time using one) and what filters would be best appropriate.
Again if anyone can share their knowledge on this I would be most grateful.
cheers
Tommy
Hi Tor.photo.
I’m almost sure someone posted a night time photo some time ago of the cement factory in Drogheda and I recall someone else commenting on how difficult a subject it is to get a good shot of. Some of the lads would be familiar with this type of photography,film etc and one that springs to mind is MartinOC. Some of his night time shots of buildings are excellent. I will see if I can find the link to the previous post of the factory. Good luck with it.edit: just found the link https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?p=211780&highlight=factory#211780
One of my shots of the factory
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinhughes/3035330170/sizes/o/in/set-72157605989840589/
Best time I find is went he tide is going out and the sand is still wet to get reflections. Also around sunrise or dusk can be good to get some detail in the sky and keep exposure times down a little
I used to shoot allot of slide film at the cement factory years ago. Found Fuji Provia 100 and 400 slide films excellent. If I was shooting today I would use something like Randomway suggested Fuji 160S. No filters is best I think unless you are shooting when the sun is setting behind the factory but it normally only does this during the summer months….
Using a Polaroid back would be seriously beneficial also loaded with fuji instant film to work out exposure
Best of luck
MThanks for responding so quickly. I recon I will be shooting around sunset, so I’ll look into getting some Fuji 160S.
Thanks again
Tommy
If I were shooting at night, I’d go for tungsten slide film like Fuji RTP Tungsten 64.
It doesn’t suffer from reciprocity failure, if I remember correctly, I think you only need to add a stop of exposure for over 2 minutes of exposure.
I’ve posted about it in this thread https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?p=216002&highlight=#216002As it is a tungsten film, it will seem very blue which can have an interesting cooling effect for night time shots
Darragh
I’ve done some night urban shots as have been mentioned, but I’ve tended to use fast (800) MF films.
I’ve have used Kodak Portra 800, but this gives a grainy colour shifted appearance, great for creating an atmosphere, but not so useful if you want a clean shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjoc/4089115425/Fuji Pro 800 is an excellent, lowish grain, accurate colour film I think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjoc/4099561165/I haven’t used slower film at night, just started using a tripod recently, but when I’ve used it Fuji 160S is great.
Kodak Ektar 100 is too.Btw there have been a few discussions on architectural photography on here like this one
https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=33284
might be interesting.
Some kind of spirit level is very useful.Martin
Thanks for a your comments, I think I have a clearer idea of what I need to do.
Martin _ the tread was very useful.provia 100 for slides, fuji pro 160s neg colour,and acros 100 for b/w would be my choices
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