Film Photography (Black&White)

It's been quite some time since I've blogged about something because of what seems like never ending deadlines! Not that I'm complaining of course these past few weeks I have been doing what I absolutely love doing and that is taking pictures albeit with the added stress of written coursework but other than that I'm having an amazing time getting into the routine of uni and meeting awesome new people who have also taught me new things. It's so nice to be around people interested in the same thing as me, they all have their unique way of working with the camera and I feel I have learnt WAY more in these weeks than I have in two years of Photography A levels. I have a bit of time between now and the next few deadlines so I thought I'll do a little update post.
 We have three modules but one focuses entirely on photography and the way cameras work. We finished a digital project on urban landscapes (I'll put images for that up soon) and have now moved on to the film project on street photography. Now I must admit I absolutely HATED using film, the confusion over how the hell it works and all that processing just put me right off. At the beginning we were given a full introduction into how to load, unload, process, expose and develop the film, as the project went along I saw how film can make images look so much more authentic and I started developing an interest to it now I like film just as much as digital.
We have started off using Ilford HP5 35mm with an ISO of 400 which is the standard film that people normally start of with and then go on to use medium format and then large format. Next semester (which is after a month of Christmas holidays yaay) we will start using medium format which I am really excited about now that I know more about what I can do with it.

Just added some of my favourite images by Henri Cartier Bresson taken during his 'indecisive' moments where the subjects didn't know they were being photographed.