{"id":82,"date":"2026-06-03T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:24:56","slug":"image-craft-and-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/image-craft-and-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog Photography Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"gfafe99\" class=\"section-gfafe99 gutentor-post-module gutentor-advanced-post-module wp-block-gutentor-p4 has-gutentor-block-shape-top has-gutentor-block-shape-bottom\" data-gpid=\"82\" data-l-ani=\"gp4-animation-1\" data-i-b=\"gutentor\/p1\" data-maxnumpages=\"1\">\n<div id=\"section-g4aecb1\" class=\"section-g4aecb1 gutentor-element gutentor-post-header wp-block-gutentor-e16\"><div class=\"grid-container gutentor-rm-ct-space-d\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-g-eas4691\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e15 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-5  grid-md-5  grid-5\"><div id=\"section-g-eas4691\" class=\"section-g-eas4691 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<div id=\"section-g8bfe3c\" class=\"section-g8bfe3c gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text wp-block-gutentor-e0\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-text\">The Blog for Analog Photography<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gbb5af2\" class=\"section-gbb5af2 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text wp-block-gutentor-e0\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Choose one of the categories or scroll down<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-g-55v1p15\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e15 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-5  grid-md-5  grid-5\"><div id=\"section-g-55v1p15\" class=\"section-g-55v1p15 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<div id=\"section-g298b6e\" class=\"section-g298b6e gutentor-element gutentor-element-term-filter wp-block-gutentor-e14 text-align-left-desktop text-align-center-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-filter-navigation\" data-gtax=\"category\" data-gpost=\"post\"><div class=\"gutentor-filter-wrap\"><ul class=\"gutentor-filter-list\"><li class=\"gutentor-filter-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"g-active\" data-gterm=\"gAll\" data-all-opt=\"all\">All Categories<\/a><\/li><li class=\"gutentor-filter-item\"><a href=\"#\" data-gterm=\"11\">Camera &amp; Lens<\/a><\/li><li class=\"gutentor-filter-item\"><a href=\"#\" data-gterm=\"21\">Zone System<\/a><\/li><li class=\"gutentor-filter-item\"><a href=\"#\" data-gterm=\"16\">Film Development<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-g-b71122n\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e15 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-2  grid-md-2  grid-2\"><div id=\"section-g-b71122n\" class=\"section-g-b71122n gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<div id=\"section-gf1f125\" class=\"section-gf1f125 gutentor-element gutentor-element-navigation wp-block-gutentor-e13 text-align-right-desktop text-align-right-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-navigation\" data-gpage=\"1\"><ul class=\"gutentor-next-prev\"><li><a class=\"gutentor-disabled g-nav-prev\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"g-nav-next gutentor-disabled\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"gutentor-post-module section-5c0922d8-02ca-4e38-a4e2-7614db1d7a5a gutentor-post-module-p1 gutentor_p1_template2 wp-block-gutentor-p1 gutentor-blog-list\" id=\"\" data-gbid=\"5c0922d8-02ca-4e38-a4e2-7614db1d7a5a\" >\n<div class='grid-container'><div class='grid-row' ><article class='gutentor-post'><div class='gutentor-post-item'><div class='gutentor-post-image-box'><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RollTracker.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gutentor-post-content\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/zone-system\/warum-fotografen-ihre-aufnahmen-dokumentieren-sollten-und-warum-ohne-daten-vieles-zufall-bleibt\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why Film Photographers Should Document Their Shots\u2014and Why Without Data, So Much Comes Down to Chance<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"gutentor-post-desc\">One of the biggest appeals of analog photography is the slower, more deliberate process. Every frame requires a series of decisions, and the final result remains unknown until the film has been developed. Only then can you see whether your expectations matched reality. When they don't, the search for answers begins.\n\nWhich film stock did I use again? What shutter speed did I choose? Was this shot taken at f\/2.8 or f\/11? Which focal length was I using? And which camera was actually loaded with that roll?\n\nWithout proper documentation, you're left guessing instead of learning.\n\n\nDigital cameras automatically record a wealth of information with every image: camera body, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and often even the location where the photo was taken.<\/div><a class=\"gutentor-button gutentor-post-button gutentor-icon-hide\"  href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/zone-system\/warum-fotografen-ihre-aufnahmen-dokumentieren-sollten-und-warum-ohne-daten-vieles-zufall-bleibt\/\"><span>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class='gutentor-post'><div class='gutentor-post-item'><div class='gutentor-post-image-box'><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-1300x1820.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260210-Rotes-Tor-II-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gutentor-post-content\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/handwerk\/warum-schatten-bei-sw-filme-wichtiger-sind-als-highlights\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why Shadows Matter More Than Highlights in Black-and-White Films<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"gutentor-post-desc\">If you only take away one rule from this article, make it this one:\n\n    Expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights.\n\nWhy this works\u2014and why film behaves fundamentally differently from a digital sensor\u2014is explained in the rest of this article, including the characteristic curves behind it and a practical example at the end.\n\nEvery light-sensitive medium\u2014whether a digital sensor or photographic film\u2014can be described by a characteristic curve: a graph showing how much output signal (image brightness) is produced for a given amount of incoming light. The fundamental difference between a digital sensor and film lies in the shape of these curves.<\/div><a class=\"gutentor-button gutentor-post-button gutentor-icon-hide\"  href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/handwerk\/warum-schatten-bei-sw-filme-wichtiger-sind-als-highlights\/\"><span>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class='gutentor-post'><div class='gutentor-post-item'><div class='gutentor-post-image-box'><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260709AnalogBasisAusstattung-1300x975.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gutentor-post-content\"><h3 class=\"gutentor-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/handwerk\/was-man-wirklich-braucht-um-den-ersten-film-selbst-zu-entwickeln\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What You Really Need to Develop Your First Film Yourself<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"gutentor-post-desc\">Have you ever experienced this?\n\nIt's Friday afternoon, and you're back at the drugstore for the second time this month. You drop off a roll of film, pay ten euros for development and scanning, and a few days later the images arrive. The quality is decent at best, but often fairly inconsistent.\n\nThe alternative is to mail the film to a professional lab, wait about a week, and pay closer to thirty euros\u2014this time for noticeably better results.\n\nIn the end, every roll costs somewhere between ten and thirty euros, depending on how much the improved quality is worth to you.\n\nAt some point, the obvious thought occurs:\n\nSurely I could do this myself.\n\nAnd just as quickly\u2026<\/div><a class=\"gutentor-button gutentor-post-button gutentor-icon-hide\"  href=\"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/handwerk\/was-man-wirklich-braucht-um-den-ersten-film-selbst-zu-entwickeln\/\"><span>Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g2fdf59\" class=\"section-g2fdf59 gutentor-element gutentor-post-footer wp-block-gutentor-e17\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-g-uuc3h5u\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e15 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-12  grid-md-12  grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-uuc3h5u\" class=\"section-g-uuc3h5u gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<div id=\"section-g-lmhle1l\" class=\"section-g-lmhle1l gutentor-element gutentor-element-term-filter wp-block-gutentor-e14 text-align-center-desktop text-align-center-tablet text-align-center-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-filter-navigation\" data-gtax=\"category\" data-gpost=\"post\"><div class=\"gutentor-filter-wrap\"><ul class=\"gutentor-filter-list g-responsive-menu\"><li class=\"gutentor-filter-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"g-active\" data-gterm=\"gAll\" data-all-opt=\"all\">All<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janrauwerdink-fotografie.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}