For get pushed challenge set by Wendy to 'pretend that you are using an old film camera that only has a roll of 12 shots in it (B&W or color). Use up that roll of film knowing that you have no control of post processing when you send it away to get processed. So - just like the old days - you have to make every shot count with composition, exposure, focus, etc since you cannot fix it afterwards.'
Set my image quality to JPG fine and converted in-camera to monochrome. No post processing in LR. As I am used to shooting in manual mode, I found outside less of a challenge than photographing inside. Inside I wanted to check all the time if I needed to increase the ISO or decrease the shutter speed. We have a really dark house, so I struggle with the lighting. I really had to force myself not to have a look on the display screen.
Looking at the 13 black and white images on the laptop, the indoor shots tended to be a bit underexposed. If it were a roll, I wouldn't be disappointed though and keep most of them. I had a couple of which I was tempted to straighten (while I thought I had it straight in the camera when I took the photo!) or to crop, but the challenge was not to post process. That is also quite a nice side effect, just do with what you have, the photo with it imperfections.
What a great shot - it is so perfect that it looks like you may have processed it but I know that you did not!
You really took great pains to make every thing work - the composition, the lighting, and even thought of not looking at the display screen! (I probably would have forgotten about that one since I am so used to checking that right away that it has become a habit!)
It's a FAV!
@farmreporter thank you, it is really SOOC, no cheating. I usually don't use the monochrome in-camera because most of the time I find it too flat. With some of the images on this 'roll' because I had underexposed I would have wanted to lift the shadows a bit, straighten. But that's the charm of a 'film roll'.
You really took great pains to make every thing work - the composition, the lighting, and even thought of not looking at the display screen! (I probably would have forgotten about that one since I am so used to checking that right away that it has become a habit!)
It's a FAV!