Running Costs of a Freelance Photography Business

The list below is a list of items that would need to be replaced and brought on a month to month basis to essentially run your freelance photography business in a successful way.

These items would be:

• Inks
• Bulbs
• Extension Cables
• Hot Shoe Adapter
• Film both Black and White, Colour
• Paper
• Chemicals
• Batteries
• SD Cards
• Card Readers
• Leads
• USB hard drives
• Lens Cleaners/Cloths
• Bag
• Charger

It is unlikely that everything in the above list would need replacing every single month on a regular basis, however I would need to set aside  approximately £200 per month to cover the running costs of these consumables.

Developing 5×4 Film.

Place the film into each slot this has to be in the dark booth, maximum of four negatives otherwise it can jam.

Once the film is in place you then need to push down the orange plastic part as this will keep the film in place.

Developing the film:

HC-110 developer

Kodak yellow 40ml ratio 1.31

1240ml of water which has to be precisely 20 degrees

9 minutes of agitation

empty jug then add 1280ml amount of stop for 30 seconds

Then add 1280ml of fix for 8-10 minutes

Then wash with cold water for 5 mintues

Large Format Camera – Loading and Taking a photo

1. In the dark or changing bag load film into double dark slides
2. Fix the camera body to the tripod
3. Do not attempt to continue without the camera being on the tripod
4. Open up the camera so the lens hole is at the front
5. None of the nuts on the camera need to be completely undone
6. Ensure the front and rear of the camera are in line and are level
7. Check the red dots are lined up (N.A. of the Sinar)
8. Ensure bellows are attached at the front and rear of the camera
9. Attach the lens and open the aperture
10. Move the lens so that it is approximately in focus
11. Use the dark cloth and the louper to fine focus the camera
12. Take light reading with light meter
13. Set shutter speed and aperture on the camera
14. Attach cable release
15. Close the aperture
16. Do not continue if the aperture is still open
17. Load film back into the camera or load polaroid back
18. Pull out dark slide and turn over, then push back in 1cm
19. Press cable release to capture an image
20. Push dark slide back into holder and remove from camera
21. Return to college process the film and print