I have digital scans and negatives of my first roll of film. What’s the best way to get prints without losing the film feel? I know I probably should have gotten them during development, but it was my first roll and I wasn’t sure how it would turn out.
Just order prints as you normally would. Prints from the lab won’t be any different; they’re not darkroom prints
Or give them the negatives to print. Full analog workflow (maybe).
Set up a small darkroom and do them yourself. That’s one way, and if you shoot enough it’s more cost effective.
If you are doing black and white, The Darkroom does actual darkroom prints. You can find info on their website.
If you like the ‘film feel’ of the scans you got, send JPGs out to be printed by the company of your choice.
There’s gotta be a darkroom near you that you can go and use. Try local community colleges. Show them you’re about it and they’ll probably let you keep coming back. That’s what I do, hell I came around so often they offered me a job just a year before I finished undergrad.
If you want to shoot film, you should look in to darkroom classes. Analog prints are a delightful thing.
Shoot black and white film as a beginner as it is much easier to print.
If you’re shooting film and then scanning the negs and making digital prints, you’re just doing digital photography with more steps.