Lately, I’ve been wanting to mess around with ND filters or pushing film speeds. I shot two rolls on my walk to the Piñata district. Walking through the Piñata District was driving me nuts because I stupidly went on my photo walk while I was hungry and the food smells formed the shape of a finger beckoning me like a Tom and Jerry cartoon. The two rolls I shot were…
A roll of Kodak Ultramax ISO400. The first half with a 4-stop ND filter, meaning I set my light meter to ISO25, and then over-exposing half a stop to make the film happy… the other half of Ultramax without the ND filter, so I set my meter back to ISO400.
“You are my density.”
A roll of Kodak Tri-X ISO400, pushed to ISO1600, but again with a 4-stop ND Filter, meaning I set my light meter to ISO100. Pushing the film two stops made this roll deliciously contrasty and hella freak nasty; just my style.
Nasty contrast for you nasty-ass hoes.
Kodak Ultramax ISO400 w/4-stop ND filter (metered at ISO25):
Kodak Ultramax ISO400 w/o ND Filter:
Kodak Tri-X ISO400 B&W Film, pushed to ISO1600 w/4-stop ND filter (metered at ISO100):
Between a fast lens, fast film, and an ND filter, you can really tackle a lot of scenarios hitherto undreamt of, dawg.