Wow, quite a few lol. The main one is, no matter how sunny the day was, I rarely got good results shooting faster than 1/60 - occasionally a good one at 1/125, but it is rarely worth going faster than that. Don't overcompensate for a really sunny day - I shot a whole role, bracketing at speeds like 1/125 and 1/250 because it was the sunniest day I had shot on, and only one photo of the entire 36 actually worked. That was an expensive lesson to learn!

I mostly shot at F. 11 or 13, sometimes 16. Make sure you have a lens with an IR focusing guide on it! This is invaluable lol.

Plants are great, and so are white buildings - anything else will just turn out very black. While this can sometimes be what you want, I found the best results came from light-coloured buildings that reflected the IR from the sun.

Apart from that, take as many roles as you can afford to, and good luck! Generally, only take one roll at a time so you can see what's working. Take notes of the lighting conditions and such for each photo. I used a lot of bracketing to get the best light for each photo, a list of the brackets for 1 photo (taken 4 times) would look like this:

Shrine through flame _{(Just a short title so you can recognise the photo later)}
11. Bright sunlight | F13 1/60 infinity _{(focal point)}
12. Bright sunlight | F13 1/30 inf.
13. Bright sunlight | F13 1/125 inf.
14. Bright sunlight | F16 1/60 inf.

Have a notepad and don't lose it. I couldn't believe how helpful it was to look back on the notes about what the light was like (sunny, moderate, overcast, etc) and to compare the results between sent of bracketing to other sets.

Sorry this was so long lol. Should have sent it in a note.

Good luck!!

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