How to use a film camera: Canon

Hello everyone! Today I am going to teach you all how to use the Canon film camera. This is the first camera I got to handle myself because this is what I learned in my photo classes in school. I have used a regular digital camera before but it wasn't all for myself. In our photo class we get to borrow theses cameras for a day or a weekened and we give them back the next school day. There are others types of film cameras and they are all a little different. If you guys want me to make a blog post about the other cameras please comment below. 

Disclarmer: I do not own one of these cameras. If you would like to buy one yourself I know they sell them online for $100+. 

 This is the top view of the camera. You can see that there are 3 sections to it. There is a left a right and the lens area.

This is the left side of the camera. This part is important becuase this how you put the film in. Remerber this is a FILM camera. You have to put the film in manually and take the film out manually.

To open the back and put in film you have to flick up the lever and pull it up. 

After you opened the back it should look something like this. As you can see there is the view finder on the top. You put in your film cartridge on the right and slid your film across and into the left side. 

If you want a more indetailed explanation in how to put in film then comment below. 

This is the right side of the camera. Here is has the shutter speed settings and the shutter button. There is also a dial to show what how many pictures you have taken. 

This is the shutter release button. This is to take the pictures. 

This lever is to advance to the next shot after taking a pictures. You must pull this after every picture you take. If you don't the shutter button will not click. 

This area of the camera is the lens. 

The top area is for focusing. You turn it left or right to get the picture in focus. You mush focus the picture as you are looking through the view finder. 

I took this picture with my phone so it is not a very good picture but hopefully you can still see it.

To focus your image well you have to use the circle in the middle. What you have to do is line up the picture on the horizontal line in the middle of the circle. Turn the focus ring left and right until the image you are looking at is clear. This is hard to explain in words but once you take a few pictures and practice you will get the hang of it.

The bottom part of the lens is the aperture setters. This will determine how much light you are letting into the lens. 22 is the smallest amount of light and 1.8 is the most amount of light. If it is dark outside, then you should have your aperture on the lowest settings. 

There is a needle on the side when you look through the view finder. There will be a needle that will move up and down when you half click the shutter button. This makes it easy becuase you can stay on one shutter speed the whole time and just change your aperture. 

So yeah, using a film camera might seem hard but the more practice you get using the camera the easier it will get. I know my explaination wasn't the best but I hope it helped you guys or anyone who wants to do/try film photography. 

If you would like me to talk more about film photograohy or post some of my work then comment below. 

Thanks for reading and I'll see you at my next exposure. 

-Jessica

(Note: If you see any grammar or spelling mistakes please comment below and I will fix them as soon as I can. )

First time blogger

Hello everyone! 
Jessica here and I am a first time blogger.
I have never made a blog before and even if I did I wouldn't know what to write about. After talking with my best friend I have created this blog. This blog will be about photography mostly. I will mostly be writing about my experience when being a photographer. I hope to have reviews, tips and tricks, and even post some of my own pictures. (you can check them out on my Instagram page)

My Photography Experience 
I always loved to play with the camera when I was younger. At parties with my family I would always run around with my uncles camera and tell people to pose. As I grew up I never really took it seriously until high school where I started taking photography classes. In my sophomore year of high school I took a class called photo 1. This is where I started to take photography seriously. In this class we weren't using digital cameras, we were using film cameras. It was difficult to learn at first but I soon got the hang out it. Now here I am in my senior year of high school taking AP photo. I am also taking a digital photography class that will help improve my digital photography skills.

What to expect
No much... JK
I have some things planned but don't how often I will post.
My ideas:
Tips and Tricks Tuesday:  This is where I will post tips and ticks from my photography experience.
Free Choice Friday: This is where either I will not write about photography. I will write about anything that has when on. OR it will be something you guys will ask me to write about.
Shout out Saturday(or Sunday): This is where I will write a post about anything blogs, tumblrs, twitters, instagram accounts that I have enjoyed. I will try to shout out mostly photography related accounts because this is a photography blog first.

Those are my ideas that I was thinking about. Tips and tricks Tuesday might be post everyone week or two, and the others, maybe every moth? I dont know we will see.
And the rest of the days I will be writing about photography related things.
If you guys have any other ideas please feel free to comment bellow.

I am actually very excited to start this blog and hopefully I can keep up with it. Please all follow and comment and I'll see you on my next exposure!

Thank you to my best friend Jessica (FlytoFiction) for encouraging me to make this blog. Please go follow her!

(Note: Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes I make. If you notice any please let me know and I will change it right away)