12 month project

[kjevans]

Hi,

I am thinking about doing a long term project to make a calendar for my local village.
One idea that I have come up with is to take a shot of a particular field once a month at the same time of day and at the exact same spot focusing on the same stationary object for twelve months, trying to get the full yearly life cycle as it were.

I have found a location where my shooting point is highly unlikely to change position throughout the year etc..

My real questions are; so long as I have a spare camera to do this, would it be easier to leave the same roll of film for the whole year or if this is advisable, do rolls of film vary in anyway noticeable even if they are the same manufacturer and type etc...?

Would it be best for me to try and get rolls of the same batch number?

Cheers..,

 

[mrtoad]

good idea..make sure the place has seasonal items...trees obviously and perhaps a river

you can clone out the garbage

 

[mrtoad]

Hi,

I am thinking about doing a long term project to make a calendar for my local village.
One idea that I have come up with is to take a shot of a particular field once a month at the same time of day and at the exact same spot focusing on the same stationary object for twelve months, trying to get the full yearly life cycle as it were.

I have found a location where my shooting point is highly unlikely to change position throughout the year etc..

My real questions are; so long as I have a spare camera to do this, would it be easier to leave the same roll of film for the whole year or if this is advisable, do rolls of film vary in anyway noticeable even if they are the same manufacturer and type etc...?

Would it be best for me to try and get rolls of the same batch number?

Cheers..,

films come in batches
but on a roll film you may have to freeze your spares
non pro film keeps without freezing for up to three years and keeps its punch

 

[The Matt]

I'm no film expert, but aren't you supposed to develop film as soon as you can after exposing? Leaving the film in for the whole year might cause you problems.

Also, you'd be putting all your eggs in one basket and be majorly set back if something happened to the film.

 

[mrtoad]

if you put the film in a dark place in the tub it should keep ok
amateur film doesnt degrade as much as pro does...it needs immediate developing iirc

you know about the film with the christmas tree on both ends..

dont freeze it again!!!!!! it has 'moisture' on it as it is out of the packet

and if you use a tripod..as you will..try fuji 50 as your stock..not the pro..just the joe blogs stuff..

also i think you may get better results with transparencies and have a lab process them
and waive the process paid part...

 

[kjevans]

Thanks for all the replies, I have a lot to bear in mind.

I am hoping to get the various changes kind of like seasonal as I live in a farming area, hopefully it will work out but I guess only time will tell.

I will probably aim to get my hands on a number of rolls from the same batch and eliminate one of the variables at least.

Cheers..,

 

[The Matt]

Another thought. Maybe you should try the same thing in a few locations. It'd be insurance against the particular field being paved over and made in to a tescos, or at least it just not turning out how you'd hoped.

 

[Hairyduck]

I'd be tempted not to stick to one location, many months will look very similar, I'd go for places around the village that lend themselves to the season

 

[kjevans]

Another thought. Maybe you should try the same thing in a few locations. It'd be insurance against the particular field being paved over and made in to a tescos, or at least it just not turning out how you'd hoped.

I'd be tempted not to stick to one location, many months will look very similar, I'd go for places around the village that lend themselves to the season

Great ideas.