A roll of soft frames
The result is not perfect, but it is honest. The shift showed up bit by bit, then all at once. Between walking with a camera and shooting film, the second one taught me more.
The process
A 50mm lens helps, but it is not the point. Most of the editing happens weeks later, when the memory has faded. You can get unexpectedly far with a tripod and some a steady hand.
Second thoughts
The patient part is hardly ever the hard part; consistency is. The best frame on the sheet was the one I very nearly did not take. Most problems with film stock turn out to be problems with time.
I print little first, then decide what deserves to be larger. Half of the work is deciding what to leave out. I tested the soft version first. It did not last. A friend once described grain as hushed work, and the phrase stuck.
grainfilm stockthe darkroom