My goal in shooting Kodachrome 64.

An image which I could not capture on Kodachrome 64.

I was trying to learn how to compensate the exposure for the luminance values of the subject when I was shooting film.  Side film is different from print film.  With print film, you shoot for the shadows.  You make sure that you do not lose detail in them.  With slide film, you expose for the highlights to make sure that you do not lose detail in them.  This is similar to the CMOS sensor in my digital camera.  I must shoot for highlights and make sure I do not lose detail.

I decided that my goal in shooting this one roll was to see if I have learned anything from the immediate feedback provided by my digital camera.  Could I shoot this roll without blowing out the highlights?  I thought that I could use my digital camera as a tool if I were in a doubtful situation.  For frames 11 – 14, I stepped out, trusting my judgment and did not use my digital camera to check the exposure.  I still feel confident that I exposed it correctly, though I have not seen the processed slides.

A factor that has complicated my learning the intricacies of exposure is my eye being pulled to the point of greatest contrast.  I used to shoot into the sun.  It was part of my desire to be moved by the light.  I have approached my learning photography with the assumption that light is 95%.  I guess part of the 5% is to learn the limitations of your equipment.  I used to look on the sun side of the trail and now I look on the opposite side of the trail.  There, my equipment has a fair chance of capturing what I see.

I think that I have changed, as mentioned above, in what I perceive as a subject based on the dynamic range of the image.  I have learned that I must choose things that my camera can capture.

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