It’s been a while since I’ve taken photos with nay of my film cameras.
It’s a process I really enjoy as it’s much more methodical than shooting with digital.
Most of the time you shoot one image one time and you move on.
What film does most for me though is that it makes me pay attention to what is going on.
Sounds stupid I know but for some reason with digital I get caught up in the lighting or the exposure and it takes away from the moment.
Using a digital camera I also think about the editing process as I am taking the image.
I know certain colors edit better than others and that again takes your mind off of what you are shooting.
This is why I am a big fan of shooting with a digital tech for my client's work.
With a digital technician on a photo shoot, they’re like your spell checker while you’re writing.
They look at every image as it comes into the computer and they look for mistakes Ex. overexposure, bad crops, unexpected glares in the image etc.
Another point I like about film is that I am much more confident with my film camera than I am with digital.
People seem to be more excepting of me getting in there face with a smaller camera and a big digital camera almost screams journalist. (Most people don’t want to end up in the news)
When it comes to film vs digital it depends on so many factors.
I’m not into the technical side of photography. Yes, I know it but I don’t think it makes much of a difference in anyone's work because at the end of that day what is in your photo matters most.
Film is also very costly every time you shoot and then get it developed and scanned.
To get to a conclusion here is money wasn’t an object I would be shooting film all the time but it is so I shoot almost exclusively on digital cameras.
If you’re thinking about shooting film give it a shot and I’m sure you’ll have a blast.
All the best,
Atticus
(All the photos featured below are photographed on 35mm film.)
