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In this increasingly digital age, film is now beginning to meet its match. We're seeing improved image sensors on ultra-high end professional camera rigs, and beginning to see quality on the scale of todays medium format and large format cameras. Not to mention the ease of use and convenience of digital. Does this sound the death knell for film photography as we know it?
After reading many articles on the subject and seeing various works in my time here on dA, I'm inclined to say that film photography has its place, and it's definitely here to stay for the foreseeable future. There are many areas of photography where digital is just not up to snuff with film images. Street photography for one, digital point-and-shoot cameras don't come close to delivering what a quality rangefinder can, and good luck trying to capture your close-in street scene with a bulky dSLR. While digital has taken over fashion photography, nature, and especially experimental photography I still see as bastions of film.
As a film photographer myself, albeit one with a limited budget, digital is not something I can afford in the short run, while it may have a lower "cost of ownership" in the long run. I definitely understand why people go digital, you don't have to screw around with film, you don't have to wait for developing or do it yourself, and you can take as many photos as you like, discarding the rest. However, the aforementioned things are what keep me coming back to film, not to mention the investment I've already made in film equipment.
For me, it's the thrill of clicking the shutter and knowing that you've taken a great picture, then waiting for the processed print or negative to confirm that feeling. It's knowing what film will give you the results you want, and what you can get away with before you exceed the limitations of your equipment or yourself. It's about seeing the picture, and taking it, never looking back.
I've gathered some samples of film photography from several participants in a thumbshare post I made specifically for this purpose. Hope you enjoy.
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After reading many articles on the subject and seeing various works in my time here on dA, I'm inclined to say that film photography has its place, and it's definitely here to stay for the foreseeable future. There are many areas of photography where digital is just not up to snuff with film images. Street photography for one, digital point-and-shoot cameras don't come close to delivering what a quality rangefinder can, and good luck trying to capture your close-in street scene with a bulky dSLR. While digital has taken over fashion photography, nature, and especially experimental photography I still see as bastions of film.
As a film photographer myself, albeit one with a limited budget, digital is not something I can afford in the short run, while it may have a lower "cost of ownership" in the long run. I definitely understand why people go digital, you don't have to screw around with film, you don't have to wait for developing or do it yourself, and you can take as many photos as you like, discarding the rest. However, the aforementioned things are what keep me coming back to film, not to mention the investment I've already made in film equipment.
For me, it's the thrill of clicking the shutter and knowing that you've taken a great picture, then waiting for the processed print or negative to confirm that feeling. It's knowing what film will give you the results you want, and what you can get away with before you exceed the limitations of your equipment or yourself. It's about seeing the picture, and taking it, never looking back.
I've gathered some samples of film photography from several participants in a thumbshare post I made specifically for this purpose. Hope you enjoy.
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:thumb50626550: :thumb43035519:
I Slack
Haven't really had too much in the way of stuff to put up in the last year, and it's a shame. But, here's 3, that's all I have for now. More to come so long as I find the time to get out there and shoot.
A couple new ones
Nothing too in depth really. The three black and whites are test shots from my new camera and lens. I'm pretty impressed with the results. The camera itself (a Voigtlander Bessa R) is brand new, however, the lens (a 50mm Leitz Summarit f/1.5) is almost 60 years old... I guess it just goes to show, old Leitz optics can compete!
Now it's time to go take some more shots with it, but I can't seem to get into people photography, which is something rangefinder cameras excel at. I'll just have to keep shooting the way I normally do, and see how the results differ between it and my SLR cameras. Just going to try and keep myself busy, and by that I m
There's supposed to be a subject here, bu
So, some interesting, life-altering things have gone on in the last month or so.
First and foremost, the most important thing, is that my relationship of a year and a half ended a bit more than 2 weeks ago. It's all for the best as far as I'm concerned, for both parties involved. With that, the apartment is now mine, though it's taken some work (and still some yet to come) to get cleaned up, the way I want things. So it's a big transitional period for me, and things seem amplified by the fact that I'm working nights, and can't seem to figure out what day it is.
I had toyed around with the idea of moving back into Portland, but I realized th
Abandonment and Urban Decay
For sometime now, Urban Exploration or UE for short, has been something that has interested me and has taken prominence in my photography. I thought it might be interesting to provide a window on the documenting of abandoned and decaying structures, and the people that seek them out.
For as long as humanity has been building structures, be it of wood, stone, steel or concrete, there has always come a time when that building has outlived its usefulness and it has been demolished or left to rot. These can be anything from a church, school, factory, prison, house, or hospital. Many times everything related to the function that structure provide
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thanks for the news..love to hear that