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In a benign example of the YouTube algorithm's radicalizing influence, in a little over two years, I went from watching videos about developing film at home to

In a benign example of the YouTube algorithm's radicalizing influence, in a little over two years, I went from watching videos about developing film at home to following some large format photographers' channels and purchasing a large format film camera. There actually isn't that much difference to digital if you're primarily concerned with the end result, but the experience of taking the photos couldn't be more unalike. One example: Yesterday I went on a hike and I carried only four sheets of film with me, meaning I was limited to taking four photos total during the whole day. There's something very freeing about that. Perhaps it's not feeling pressure to come home with a memory card full of images that I then need to cull through. In the end, I only took one and I won't know how it turned out until I develop it next weekend.

igouy 5y ago
> In the end, I only took one and I won't know how it turned out until I develop it next weekend. Did you take that one because you felt pressure to take a photo? The old 8GB memory card I use is enough for about 300 raw files. I frequently go on a hike, and not-infrequently don't take any photos even though I carried camera equipment with me. otoh if I take 100 I won't know how they turned out until I process the raw files, sometime in the coming months. (I do move them to a computer and rename them asap to limit accidental loss.) There's something very freeing about having the space to experiment and learn and play, at minimal expense.
- igouy 5y ago
  > rename them asap to limit accidental loss That's to say, I have a script which simply renames the files YYYYMMDD-SEQUENCE_NUMBER where YYYYMMDD is the day the rename was done.