Since starting the journey of more film photography, I've played around with Kodak Gold 200 a bit. Both in 35mm and 120 size, I find the overall colors to not really be natural all, but to have hues of warmth and a slight lean to the green side. I'm not saying it's not often pleasing, just that you shouldn't expect it to be the most natural. That being said, it's an affordable consumer level film that can be used professionally in certain circumstances. Outdoors is one of those locations where it can often "shine". Below I'll throw up a series of photos, but one of things you'll notice on the interior shots is that bent of color to overly warm and a touch of green (at least to my eyes). Also, in goes without saying that after digital scanning the film, you can certainly edit the hell out of film photos, but I often choose to "let them be". Also, if you have a keen eye, you might notice the grain of Gold 200 to be a bit more prevalent than something like Portra 400...maybe even Portra 800. Enjoy some 120 Kodak Gold 200 photos of the recent wedding of Jordyn & Ethan.
Those look like some really great shots! I remember back when the Kodak Ektar film first came out. My dad was really excited about how much better it was going to be. We used to get Kodak film by the 100 exposure roll and then he would cut it down to make the size of roll he wanted. That way if he was just doing a quick shoot he could make eight exposures and not have to blow through a whole 24 exposure roll.
There is something about film that is hard to explain. A texture, a look, but I've come to believe that a big part of it is just what you were mentioning...the process. I think its the intentionality of the process that keeps me interested. I just need to figure out how to be more like that with the digital side :D
There are definitely some benefits to digital, but it also kind of makes it "easy mode". I think for me what I connect with most from when my dad had his dark room is the smells. The smells of stop bath and fixer are something you never forget.