It's been a while since I posted anything to photo critiques! But, with art school a couple of years behind me now, I could use some solid feedback. For the first time in a while, I've actually managed to shoot two bodies of work, yay! I would say that Wintertide is completed, but my Northern Ontario work is just the beginning (although I'm not sure when I'll be back up there, I do want to continue shooting old mining towns/mines).

I did also post both in Ontario, so I hope it's ok to cross-post here in order to get some more critical feedback. All of the images were shot with my Yashica 124 TLR, Northern Ontario is all TMax, Wintertide is a mix of Tmax and Portra 160 developed as black and white. All of the film was processed and scanned by me.

Northern Ontario 2016




























Wintertide





















I would love any suggestions/feedback!

1. Pretty good shot, not too interesting, would probably be more interesting in color.
2. Fantastic shot, well composed, love the lighting.
3. Not particularly artistic, but captures the place very well.
4. Not interesting, especially in B&W.
5. Neat shot. It'd be cool to use those concrete walls as leading lines for a subject.
6. Decent shot, could do with a clearer subject
7. I love this shot, especially with the different levels of garage doors.
8. Great shot as well. I like the low angle and how that makes the tracks look.
9. Beautiful shot, this is probably the kind of shot I would turn to B&W in post, because that definitely fits the aesthetic.
10. Not as good as 9, but also good and interesting with a good use of the rule of thirds.
11. In between 9 and 10, I like the combo of the sun and its reflection.
12. Interesting shot, though I would've gotten a bit closer to the wall.
13. I love the hole, maybe a bit overexposed for my taste.
14. Can't quite tell what I'm looking at, but it still looks cool.
15. I love this shot; the wall looks great with the cracks and the texture.
16. Great shot, I love the snow and the way the light comes from the right edge of the frame.
17. Really cool shot, definitely fits well with B&W.
18. Cool shot, with the indoor wallpaper exposed to the outside. Maybe it would be better if you looked right a little to further show how it's out of place.
19. I absolutely love the textures in this one, and the placing of the door in the frame and the fact that it's slightly ajar are both very aesthetically pleasing.
20. Neat shot, but there's not quite enough contrast to bring the subject out.
21. Good shot, I like how nature is overtaking the inside, and the lighting is nice, but the cardboard is a bit distracting.

I like the composition of number 3 the best. While black and white is effective for some things I wish I could see a little more color. You can still have that dark effect by making the blacks more inky in light room.

Be nice if they were numbered and in color.
With film you get one shot at it and a limited number of shots.

Some have good subjects, but other other than for documentation just aren't keepers. No color kills some of the others that would have been more interesting in color. Having watched B&W TV as a kid and having excellent color perception, I'm jaded... I like colors.

Film is a touchy medium. A modern digital gives you so much more control and bit depth.

I have a thing for seeing the colors and sharpness in peeling paint. A good way to create a dark tone and still keep the color is to change the temperature. It's all a matter of opinions really.

I like the third to last in b&w. It's like a still from an old movie.

Thank you all for taking the time to give me some feedback I appreciate it!

And thank you for the shot-by-shot feedback OkapisRule!

It's interesting that colour was suggested basically across the board, I think that I chose black and white just because I'd been doing exclusively colour film for years and years, and I wanted to try something different again. I have some colour shots that I took with my DSLR, but I was pretty "meh" about them.

With film you get one shot at it and a limited number of shots.

And then you still run the risk of messing up the processing or doing something else that's stupid and ruining shots!

Film is a touchy medium. A modern digital gives you so much more control and bit depth.

I do have a Canon 60D, I just prefer the process of shooting with my TLR. I find it slows down the instinct to fire off shots, and becomes more of a meditative action. But maybe that's just me. I find digital more akin to shooting 35mm, it has more of a snapshot feel, if that makes sense?

Posted by shadowedsmile I do have a Canon 60D, I just prefer the process of shooting with my TLR. I find it slows down the instinct to fire off shots, and becomes more of a meditative action. But maybe that's just me. I find digital more akin to shooting 35mm, it has more of a snapshot feel, if that makes sense?

What you describe helped me greatly when I was getting started with photography. I'm young enough that I started off with digital. Film does a great job slowing one down and it was very hard for me starting out not to hold down the fire button on DSLRs and use the "machine gun" approach to getting a decent shot.

With moving subjects it's great to be able to spam your camera, but in things that are still it's important to frame as framing is everything there. Film slowed me down and got rid of my bad habit even though I will never go back to it for anything serious. If you shoot your digital camera like a film camera with an instant feedback, you will always take better shots.

It's cool but your editing made me think it was sand rather then snow for majority of the pictures haha