Square format cameras have been around a long time, since approximately 1930. With square format, a square is a perfectly balanced shape, which means that using the square format encourages the viewer to look around in the frame of the image in a circle. Comparing this to regular frame, it will encourage the viewer to move from side to side in (landscape photography) or up and down in (portrait photography), however not in a circle as a whole. To me square format allows focus on each part as you are looking around in a circle in the frame of the shot which is why many photographers may choose to do closeup shots of pictures such as; flowers, leaves, specific little features that really allow the viewer to acknowledge the whole of the subject.
Square format also carries a lot of simplicity, as using square format gives less space which keeps the composition simple, and gives a stronger image as you are “almost forced” into the image, focusing on the main subject that the photographer wanted you to notice.
Personally, I feel as though square format, is much easier to use than rectangular format as you are more able to make the main subject of the image stand out. But I’d say that rectangular format is great for landscape photography cause they get to move alongside the image seeing (leading lines or buildings in a row etc.)
. With these pictures took with square format
120mm film
120 film is a popular film format for still photograph. “It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film”
You can usually take between 12 and 16 photos on a 120 film roll.
120 film is much harder to find compared to 35 film , meaning that you won’t tend to find it in your local store. 120 film is a bit larger than 35 film, ” the more professional models can be heavy and unwieldy”
The film had also became more popular in the sub-genre of toy cameras. These are cheap cameras, tending to have poor quality, but photographers use the low-fidelity look to gain a certain aesthetic feed.
With 120mm film, it makes the shot actually seem more clear and has a dreamy slight blue tinge to it. In which i actually prefer the 120mm film compared to the 35mm film shot in this for being that reason.
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