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Where to develop film from a model shoot?

Chamak

By Chamak, 1735230157

Hope everyone had a great Xmas!

I found an old point and shoot film camera (old Olympus 35mm one) in the shed and was hoping to use it along with my usual DSLR in my next shoot.

Does anyone know where's best to get the film developed if it's a shoot with a model? Would you just go to a supermarket (there's a Max Spielmann shop inside my local Tesco) or are there more "pro" places that you would send your film to?

My concerns would be both about quality of development process and if the content is shot to levels that doesn't seem appropriate for a supermarket.

Thanks in advance for all your help :)

ThePictureCompany said, 1735230998

Analogue World.

May not be the cheapest or faster but great quality development and scanning, if you need it.

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CalmNudes said, 1735233591

Depends what you levels you mean.   A very long time ago now I worked in a one hour lab, and we really didn't care provided nothing suggested anything criminal. Printing was semi automatic and you could see what was coming out of the machine from the street, and when there was anything a bit fruity, whoever was printing put something in the way to avoid upsetting passers by. I suspect he pressed print more than once for some of them. 

When I was still shooting film, stuff similar to what's on my port now would go through Boots or Jessops without a word. 

If you're shooting C41 film (colour print and Ilford XP mono) the machines that process it will give negatives that are identical unless run by someone deliberately not changing chemicals when told to. Temperature control and the time the film is in each chemical is all automated.  If you're going to scan negatives and treat the prints as proofs questions like customer service probably matter more.  

If you're shooting mono that needs to be processed by hand, doing at home in the bathroom with a changing bag is part of the fun. But there is considerably more scope to louse up and if getting someone else to do it for you, get a good recommendation. 

Pixelcomposer said, 1735237042

Takeiteasylab.com 

jmbphoto said, 1735237731

I've only shot "fruity" content in black and white, which I develop myself.

If I did colour, I'd use analogue wonderland (which I use for "normal" film already) - I may warn them of the content type just in case one of the team take their kid in for work experience or something...

Bullets said, 1735238953

Chamak said

Hope everyone had a great Xmas!

I found an old point and shoot film camera (old Olympus 35mm one) in the shed and was hoping to use it along with my usual DSLR in my next shoot.

Does anyone know where's best to get the film developed if it's a shoot with a model? Would you just go to a supermarket (there's a Max Spielmann shop inside my local Tesco) or are there more "pro" places that you would send your film to?

My concerns would be both about quality of development process and if the content is shot to levels that doesn't seem appropriate for a supermarket.

Thanks in advance for all your help :)


you might enjoy the process of developing it yourself?  you can pick up a Patterson Development tank for about 30 bucks.
If your doing black and white film the Chemicals are cheap!  if your doing colour its more expensive.

You can just photograph the negatives with a backlight and invert them in Lightroom or Photoshop.
(for colour negatives there's a plugin for Photoshop https://grain2pixel.com/ ) 

~B

Chamak said, 1735257474

Thanks everyone for the advice, the levels I was thinking of would be lingerie or maybe implied so nothing too out there but just thought it might be a bit awkward at my local supermarket!

I think I might try analoguewonderland and takeiteasylab over my next few shoots. 

In the future I'll think about learning to develop myself but just not sure I have the time/equipment/space over the next few months