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I’m actually a recent Cinematography graduate, not really a photographer, but as you might imagine I have a pretty good knowledge of photography. I believe I should have stills as part of my portfolio. I shot some kodak film I bought from a drugs store with OK results (It was Kodak MAX, I went and bought myself some Kodak Portra and Fuji Superia for my second test) . I got it processed at Walgreen’s, I asked for a picture CD and no prints. The pictures looked like they were not scanned the way I would have done it. I do not have access to a dark room anymore and know I can’t develop negs myself. With a digital file I can color correct in Photoshop and then print into a nice binded album. When I took Photo 1 we were told the portfolio should be print optically from the negs and matted. Is it ok to do digital prints from film negs? Any advice in general? How do one hour photo places compare to professional places (all this film is C-41 anyway)?
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Personally, I think the fact that you are putting some photography into your cinematography portfolio shows that you are creative, cross-media literate, and multi-talented. Good for you!
Regarding your prints, you’re right – the best-quality scans aren’t going to come from Walgreens, Walmart, Target, etc. If your scan needs to be top-notch, it needs to be drum scanned at a photo lab. Unfortunately, this is quite expensive and I’d only advise it on images that you need absolute top quality scans from. Also, the quality of the lab makes a huge difference…you should get greatly superior service and the best quality at a local photo lab, versus a one-hour place.
The digital/film debate is still raging, but the world of photography has changed enormously in the last few years and almost all of the pro photographers that I know shoot, at least in part, with digital equipment (I switched to exclusively digital several years back & haven’t look back). I think that most pro photographers would agree that it is perfectly acceptable to make your portfolio prints from digital files scanned from slides or negatives. As long as your prints aren’t larger than 8×10 or 11×14, you should definitely get nice, crisp, vibrant prints. At larger sizes, the quality will depend most on the way the image was scanned.
I hope that is helpful to you. Have a good one!
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