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There is much that makes me nostalgic about film but I regret its loss as an educational tool the most. Learning photography is about learning to slow down. A
by mustpax 16y ago
There is much that makes me nostalgic about film but I regret its loss as an educational tool the most. Learning photography is about learning to slow down.
A finite roll, an arduous and tactile development process all encourage patience and being methodological in a way digital photography doesn't.
- hartror 16y agoIn my case I learnt on digital and the freedom of digital meant I have been able to continually experiment unafraid of wasting film (and money). The learning process for me has been a mixture of reading the basics and a large amount trial and error. I started snapping away but as I have learnt what works I spend more time deciding the what, where and how (so now I am the annoying relative that takes ages to take the family photo).
- shard 16y agoFilm and developing doesn't really cost that much. Comparing the cost of a film camera (used) plus film and development, you'd probably have to shoot hundreds of rolls to equal the cost of a digital body.
- mustpax 16y agoI did not mean to say film is the only way to learn photography; it clearly isn't. The art transcends any tools used to perform it. I just feel nostalgic for my journey from a n00b to non-n00b and how the challenge of film contributed greatly to it. More power to you, and to anyone, who masters the art regardless.