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p.1 #1 · If digital technology did not exist.....

........would you still be a wedding photographer? Sounds like a crazy question but know digital has brought many into photography. If this were the world where Mamiya C330s, RB67s, Hasselblads , koni-omegas and even speed/crown graphics dominated, would you still do it?

I think i would still do it!
What's your take?

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:18 PM

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p.1 #2 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Heck yes.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:20 PM

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p.1 #3 · If digital technology did not exist.....

sboerup wrote:
Heck yes.
What did you like about film days?

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:22 PM

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p.1 #4 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I probably would have never got started... but...

Knowing what I know now, if digital went away, I'd definitely still do it.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:22 PM

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p.1 #5 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Tony Hoffer wrote:
I probably would have never got started... but...

Knowing what I know now, if digital went away, I'd definitely still do it.

Mr T.,
I've seen your work and have a feeling you'd migrate to it regardless of the technology.

Somethings on film I do not see in digital photos. Different feel.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:24 PM

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p.1 #6 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I miss my Mamiya, a resounding yes and double up on the prices. No digital would be at this moment be a godsend.
I'd dance the streets if alien bugs ate cmos and ccd and bob's ass

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:26 PM

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p.1 #7 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I did wedding photography in the film days and for me it wasnt as fun as digital is. Unless you paid a lot of money to a custom lab or did the developing yourself there wasnt much room to enhance the images and make them unique. I didnt understand a TON about lighting and such so I was pretty uninspired. The ability now to experiment with out having to pay to see the results brought me back to photography. But if there was no digital Im sure I wouldnt be a wedding photog again. But I do miss my Hassy!

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:29 PM

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p.1 #8 · If digital technology did not exist.....

jofoto photo wrote:
I miss my Mamiya, a resounding yes and double up on the prices. No digital would be at this moment be a godsend.
I'd dance the streets if alien bugs ate cmos and ccd and bob's ass

What makes you say this? I still pull out my mamiyas to shoot and sometimes drag a C330 and a Rb67 to shoot basketball ( it can be done!) . I;m not hip on Digital B&W.

I think a nice hand-printed 11x14 B&W portrait with a RB67 and a 127mm or 180 on fiber base paper blows the doors of a 5d and a L-series lens ( i'm gonna get shot for that statement!)

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:29 PM

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p.1 #9 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Tony Hoffer wrote:
I probably would have never got started... but...

Knowing what I know now, if digital went away, I'd definitely still do it.

This.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:34 PM

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p.1 #10 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Me thinks so. My biggest experience with film was in college and U's darkroom, but I've always enjoyed it. I've got little to no problem shooting film, but it would change my approach entirely.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:36 PM

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p.1 #11 · If digital technology did not exist.....

canonet wrote:
would you still do it?

Um, I did. For years.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:43 PM

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p.1 #12 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Um, I did. For years.

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Nov 02, 2009 at 07:44 PM

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p.1 #13 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Aberdeen Photo wrote:
Um, I did. For years.

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Me too and printed B&W for people.
But would you do it now?

If digital went away, i'd have a party and go back to being a printer again.

Nov 02, 2009 at 07:48 PM

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p.1 #14 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I still do. I have several clients that prefer a medium format neg to a digital image (though that list shrinks a little every year).

If digital blew up tomorrow I'd be the happiest boy alive. The "black box of magic" within photography would be back again.

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:01 PM

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p.1 #15 · If digital technology did not exist.....

It would kill one heck of a lot of the competition

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:11 PM

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p.1 #16 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Aberdeen Photo wrote:
Um, I did. For years.

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+1

And there'd be less "uncle Bobs" and I could start selling film and batteries again to guests at ridiculous prices.

Film was so much easier than digital.

Gordon

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:14 PM

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p.1 #17 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Beni wrote:
It would kill one heck of a lot of the competition

Now I do agree with this!

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:18 PM

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p.1 #18 · If digital technology did not exist.....

flash says :

And there'd be less "uncle Bobs" and I could start selling film and batteries again to guests at ridiculous prices.

Film was so much easier than digital.

Uncle bobs and their 5Ds ( yes, some have them!), all in one printers ( someone got one into a wedding reception and was selling prints!) and the myriad of point and shoots would be gone.

How was film easier/ Shooting it right and allowing someone else to print/color-correct it? I do dislike the time sitting at a computer doing my own correcting but thinking as if I shoot film and getting it right in the camera first.

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:21 PM

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p.1 #19 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I shot my 1st wedding with a RB67 and a 35mm film camera 5 or so years ago...

Nov 02, 2009 at 09:35 PM

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p.1 #20 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Yes. I would do thinks differently....but yes.

Nov 02, 2009 at 11:34 PM

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p.1 #21 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I would still WANT to be a photographer but I doubt my skills would be anywhere near where they are now...

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:29 AM

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p.1 #22 · If digital technology did not exist.....

yes....i was for 14 years without and went very begrudingly to digital....so i'd still be shooting...

Nov 03, 2009 at 01:34 AM

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p.1 #23 · If digital technology did not exist.....

Nope, cannot imagine my life w/o being digital

I think I only owned a film camera ever before getting my first digital camera.

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:00 AM

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p.1 #24 · If digital technology did not exist.....

i shoot 20-50% film nowadays so yeah. i'm not really a wedding shooter though (trying to get into it)

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:13 AM

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p.1 #25 · If digital technology did not exist.....

I think T hoffer said it best.

But more than likely you would have to drag my CMOS equipped canon out of my cold dead hands. I love the instant gratification, but if I were to get into film, I would probably have to process my own prints... that sounds like it's where the fun/magic happens with film.

Nov 03, 2009 at 03:55 AM


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