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.
Film was so much less time consuming. I really miss the time. I miss the look of film although that is less and less an issue. Digital has made me lazy. I don't think I pay as much attention as I did with film (to the surroundings). I like the ablility to tweak things in digital though. I went digital with weddings last-of all the things I shoot. I still have all my film cameras....you just never know...
sharon
I used to shoot film and enjoyed it... but I didn't LOVE IT.
The problem for me is that I don't see what's captured by the camera as the final product, so the idea of shooting an event and then sending the film off to someone else to develop and print doesn't do it for me.
I'm not into over the top retouching or anything... but I enjoy FINISHING my photos myself. In fact I enjoy that part as much or more than the actual shooting.
At the same time I would not have the time, nor the space to actually have a darkroom.
So the reality is that the whole thing would lose A LOT of it's appeal.
I would have been much more likely to have gone into creating mixed media portraits. Wether that would have been a sustainable business I don't know
p.2 #10 · If digital technology did not exist.....
I shot film in college. It defiantly gave me a different feeling to my work. I think I got more joy out of film because of all the work that goes it to it. But I haven't really done color film. You would defiantly see different results out of me. I still break out the old TLR sometimes, but haven't at a wedding.
p.2 #13 · If digital technology did not exist.....
MTBtrials wrote:
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.
This is why I liked Black & white film better it can be handled by the individual from shooting, custom processing-printing, and presenting to a clinet/friend/etc.
Nothing like running the old Tri-X ( the current grade is kinda based on T-Max film) and checking out the beautiful grain.
p.2 #14 · If digital technology did not exist.....
One thing I feel is interesting, with the talk of the 5d being 'full frame', 24x36mm, the same effect , depth of field, existed with 35mm film for decades.
Even moreso with 6x6 & 6x7, plus if you were a tough guy/lady shooting with a 4x5, camera. more expensive per shot but forced one to think about their setup before pressing the button.
p.2 #16 · If digital technology did not exist.....
In some ways, I miss film. However professionally my first wedding was the only one I have done with film. My 4x5 still gets pulled out for some zone system work now and again.
p.2 #17 · If digital technology did not exist.....
I wanted to be a wedding photog back in the film days. I never liked the look of digital as much as film, but have since then embraced digital. I think I'd like to offer fine art film photography with digital in the future.
Of course, I couldn't experiment nearly as much, and I'd have to limit myself to just one or two shots of the same setup...
p.2 #19 · If digital technology did not exist.....
flash wrote:
[Film was so much easier than digital.
Gordon
So, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say....film still exists. Maybe you aussies just don't import it? I've never seen how film is easier though. Hell, digital basically tells you wether or not you got your shot right. Film...not so much.
p.2 #20 · If digital technology did not exist.....
vbjimmie wrote:
So, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say....film still exists. Maybe you aussies just don't import it? I've never seen how film is easier though. Hell, digital basically tells you wether or not you got your shot right. Film...not so much.
I think digital, to a point, makes one a little lazy as it gives one the thinking "i can get it right in photoshop if there's a mistake". For film, you had to get it right in the camera which forced folks to shoot lesser frames and have more keepers.
I started shooting digital like film for many things and the keeper rate went waaay up! Sitting at a computer correcting images is not so much fun!
I think I only owned a film camera ever before getting my first digital camera. 