coreyweekley
088.365 : Tactile
Project365 is really amping me back into photography. Awhile ago, I wanted to jump back into film, but had no motivation to do it. Why go back to waiting for your prints when you have instant gratification on the back of your digital? Why does it seem that those of us who learned on film, always get called back to it?
I think, for me, it's the feel and smell of negatives and the chemicals we used to develop them. I remember being alone in that pitch black darkroom, threading my 35mm film onto the stainless steel spool. I remember that we had to practice in the lab by closing our eyes and doing it all by touch. To this day, I could probably spool up two rolls of 36 exposure film in under three minutes.
I haven't returned to developing my own film yet, but I'm anxious to get a roll into the old camera and see how my old school skills stack up to my new school skills.
Always always always remember where you came from. That is where we learned our lessons, that is where we failed and got back up. There's is plenty of time in the future to do all that we want, it's the past that is fading away faster than you want to believe.
Hold on to who you were then to teach the person you want to be tomorrow.
And if you learned on film, try shooting a roll and see what nostalgia it conjures up.
088.365 : Tactile
Project365 is really amping me back into photography. Awhile ago, I wanted to jump back into film, but had no motivation to do it. Why go back to waiting for your prints when you have instant gratification on the back of your digital? Why does it seem that those of us who learned on film, always get called back to it?
I think, for me, it's the feel and smell of negatives and the chemicals we used to develop them. I remember being alone in that pitch black darkroom, threading my 35mm film onto the stainless steel spool. I remember that we had to practice in the lab by closing our eyes and doing it all by touch. To this day, I could probably spool up two rolls of 36 exposure film in under three minutes.
I haven't returned to developing my own film yet, but I'm anxious to get a roll into the old camera and see how my old school skills stack up to my new school skills.
Always always always remember where you came from. That is where we learned our lessons, that is where we failed and got back up. There's is plenty of time in the future to do all that we want, it's the past that is fading away faster than you want to believe.
Hold on to who you were then to teach the person you want to be tomorrow.
And if you learned on film, try shooting a roll and see what nostalgia it conjures up.