airfrogusmc wrote:
So are you processing your negatives and what developer are you using? Processing your on B&W is a great way to control contrast? Developer/film combos are just as important as the film choice for a look and then temp and agitation are also tools you can use to control contrast. If I still had a darkroom I would still be shooting film in some capacity,
As you are pointing out I think that we all need to find what works best for us and the way we see and work, whatever that might be.
I strongly disagree that digital is not photography. It\'s just not film and I personal love both. I have no desire to make digital images that look like film. If I want or if I need the film look, I would shoot film.
Alan - I also strongly disagree that \"digital is not photography,\" but like Nozolino\'s work and his ethic of \"cutting to the bone\" that he expresses in some if his interviews.
After ten years of digital, I shot three rolls of Tri-X developed by a small custom lab in Chiang Mai owned by two women who came to love film at university. Two of the rolls were developed in D76 (one at ISO 400, an other at 1600); the third roll was \"stand\" developed in Rodinal 1:100 for one hour. This is a custom lab in the old tradition: they\'ll make custom prints with burning and dodging under the photographer\'s supervision. If I were living in Chiang Mai, my search for a film processing-printing-scanning solution would be over. As it is, I still have to find a solution for scanning.
