A topic very near and dear to my heart Mike! As I have stated before; shooting film makes you a better photographer.
Today, pictures taken with cell phones and the like have promoted such laziness, such ugliness, that apps have literally been developed to delete the images shortly after they have been shared! Perhaps this is one laudable technological advancement :)
I shoot digital, but with professional equipment; and with all the care and attention to detail that I used to strive for when shooting film. Digital photography itself is not a bad thing, the problem is most people are taking pictures with digital devices and believing its photography...
There's also the film grain factor that you could recreate in Photoshop but you get naturally on film. The shot I took at the waterfall with my iPhone has more sharpness to it but the same angle with film is far more brilliant; plus I hadda factor in the light refraction off the water cascade which I overestimated by 1 shutterspeed notch!
I now have the Spotmatics BIGGGG brother, the K-70 digital, which takes some amazing pics for our food/recipe site we're developing, is convenient and I can throw it into complete manual mode though the myriad of settings is difficult to understand without spending a lot of time with the manuals!
I’m kind of stuck in disbelief that you can still get film developed at a drug store in the United States in 2023. That said, I always tell my kids how much richer and more enjoyable older movies are, like two of our favorites Ben Hur and the 10 Commandments, because they had to be so creative and innovative with special effects, and the acting, sets, and costumes still carried so much of the drama. So many new movies can be absolutely boring with their crazy effects and chase scenes replete with explosions. Give me Ben Hur’s chariot race any day of the week.
In high school, I was in the photography club. We did all the photos for all the school events including sports and yearbook, We shot in black and white and developed the film and printed our own photos. Everything you have said about taking pictures on film was a pleasant reminder and admonition that I need to get my own 35 mm camera back in service. I no longer have the darkroom equipment, but there were some mad skills honed there. Many times, we shot in less than ideal lighting conditions at basketball or football games and with filters and adjusted exposure times, you could get some really nice action shots on paper. Personally, I enjoyed nature shots and did a lot of photography at my uncle’s farm and at the beach. I eventually replaced my Pentax K-1000 with a Cannon A1 and shot roll after roll through the 80’s well into the early 2000’s. Time to reacquaint myself with an old pastime with a new outlook. Thanks, TKD!
It's amazing how this topic has touched off such great conversations here; more proof that the endless discussion of the rot & evil that is in this world. The Good, True and Beautiful are also still in this world as is He!
A topic very near and dear to my heart Mike! As I have stated before; shooting film makes you a better photographer.
Today, pictures taken with cell phones and the like have promoted such laziness, such ugliness, that apps have literally been developed to delete the images shortly after they have been shared! Perhaps this is one laudable technological advancement :)
I shoot digital, but with professional equipment; and with all the care and attention to detail that I used to strive for when shooting film. Digital photography itself is not a bad thing, the problem is most people are taking pictures with digital devices and believing its photography...
There's also the film grain factor that you could recreate in Photoshop but you get naturally on film. The shot I took at the waterfall with my iPhone has more sharpness to it but the same angle with film is far more brilliant; plus I hadda factor in the light refraction off the water cascade which I overestimated by 1 shutterspeed notch!
I now have the Spotmatics BIGGGG brother, the K-70 digital, which takes some amazing pics for our food/recipe site we're developing, is convenient and I can throw it into complete manual mode though the myriad of settings is difficult to understand without spending a lot of time with the manuals!
Well anytime you want to "talk shop" - let me know; I could go on for days about this stuff --- Just ask my wife!
I’m kind of stuck in disbelief that you can still get film developed at a drug store in the United States in 2023. That said, I always tell my kids how much richer and more enjoyable older movies are, like two of our favorites Ben Hur and the 10 Commandments, because they had to be so creative and innovative with special effects, and the acting, sets, and costumes still carried so much of the drama. So many new movies can be absolutely boring with their crazy effects and chase scenes replete with explosions. Give me Ben Hur’s chariot race any day of the week.
CVS AND Walgreen do film developing (you can still get a passport photo there but they take it with a Samsung) at almost all their stores!
So cool! Makes me want to get a film camera, too
In high school, I was in the photography club. We did all the photos for all the school events including sports and yearbook, We shot in black and white and developed the film and printed our own photos. Everything you have said about taking pictures on film was a pleasant reminder and admonition that I need to get my own 35 mm camera back in service. I no longer have the darkroom equipment, but there were some mad skills honed there. Many times, we shot in less than ideal lighting conditions at basketball or football games and with filters and adjusted exposure times, you could get some really nice action shots on paper. Personally, I enjoyed nature shots and did a lot of photography at my uncle’s farm and at the beach. I eventually replaced my Pentax K-1000 with a Cannon A1 and shot roll after roll through the 80’s well into the early 2000’s. Time to reacquaint myself with an old pastime with a new outlook. Thanks, TKD!
It's amazing how this topic has touched off such great conversations here; more proof that the endless discussion of the rot & evil that is in this world. The Good, True and Beautiful are also still in this world as is He!