Month: June 2026

Why Negative Film Rewards Exposing for the Shadows

Why Negative Film Rewards Exposing for the Shadows

Photographers who arrive at film after years of shooting digital usually carry one habit that quietly sabotages their negatives: a fear of overexposure. On a digital sensor, blown highlights are gone forever, so the safe move is to underexpose slightly and lift the shadows later. Color and black-and-white negative film behave almost exactly the opposite […]