I need to have a reason to go out more and look at the world so I have decided to use photography as a good excuse. At the same time, I am having a bit of a retro moment and thought it would be nice to try taking pictures using film cameras again. Some of my pictures will be new ones, but some might be old photos that I have found in my collection and decided to show here to anyone who takes a look.

 

My poor eyesight is starting to make using some of my well-loved film cameras difficult to use now. Auto-focus is something which can help tremendously so more will be taken using digital cameras. Sometimes though it just has to be film so those old cameras will come out from time to time.

 

It has taken me some time to realise why I haven’t liked so many digital photos. As I edit them I am really trying to revive the magical look of 35mm slides. With those slides the white balance is fixed so that a golden glow from low sunlight shows through in the photo. Auto white balance is my enemy now!

 

Now a change is happening, not in what I photograph or even how I do it. I have experimented with computers and software, even trying Linux for a while. But now I think I have a settled workflow which includes both film scans and digital so hopefully producing photographs will be easier.

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