film choice

Hello,

 

I have a friend's baby baptism soon, could you suggest me a print

negative film to do some photos ? should I use a consummer film or a

pro film ?

 

I will use a 50/1.8 lens and/or 28-105 lens, the flash is allowed in

the church, the baby will have white dress

 

Thanks for your suggestions

You'll definetly want to go with a pro film, in case the family wants enlargements. Is it a big cathedral type church?

it is a small church

Kodak's Portra line of films (400), I've found work quite well for indoor pictures. If they're using florescent light, then Portra hadles quite well. Even VC does really well without the colors ending up with that ugly green tint that everyone loves to hate. I personally haven't had much luck with Fuji under florescent light.<br>

If they don't use florescent lighting, it should still work fine.<br>

If you don't want really saturated pictures and the lighting isn't florescent, then you may want to look at Fuji NPH or Portra NC, they produce some nice results.

Thanks Kevin. They use tungestan light.

I asked a local photography shop for the advise (i had in mond the portra NC or the Fuji NPH cause i saw some nice photos of weddings done with these films), the shop advised me the Royal Gold, I think this film gives very saturated colours , right ?

 

I think I will try the portra NC

Yes, Royal Gold is going to be more saturated than Portra NC.

A baptism is all about skin tones. Forget about saturation and high contrast and go for a portrait film. Portra 160 or 400 will do fine. A consumer film won't handle the colors that well.