Recent Film Images - Harman Phoenix
Analog images from old cameras, and a new film stock
Here I am, returning to the cameras that started my photo journey. There are film options that didn’t exist 30 years ago, like the Harman Phoenix 200 that I just got back from the lab. I won’t go as far as replacing my digital cameras with film. However, it’s fun to put 36 exposures through a fully manual camera again. Here are some of my favorites from this roll.
Phoenix is a unique film. Warm to the point I want to call it a color cast. And grainy. Overall, it gives it a very vintage feel. Some of the shots that really didn’t work were ones where the image already had a deep orange color (sunsets). I think the next time I shoot a roll of this, I might avoid landscapes completely and try things that are just not as warm to begin with.
The first two are from Otsego Lake. Both were taken a little while before sunset, with warm tones already in the sky.
Next are some flowers at the south end of the lake, around the same time of day as the lake shots.
I will be experimenting more with Phoenix in the coming weeks. Let me know if you have tried it, and if so, what your experience is with it. And let me know what you think about the look of this film. So far, it seems like it may be good for certain types of images, but I feel it’s only a niche film for shots where you want to get that old faded postcard feel. But I will try some different subjects with the next roll and see how it goes.
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Love how you leaned into Phoenix for this. These images are good examples of what the film can do.