Vim & Vigor
I'd be lying if I said there wasn't even a small part of me that decided to do film in order to validate my passion for photography. It's so easy to be labeled a phony when you started in the modern digital era. So while that is a small part of my new-found joy... I must say that vast majority of my desire is far more noble. I am now enjoying my passion in a whole new light... and it really is an incredible feeling to have a final image that you know you had your hands on the entire way from capture to display.
It's really inexpensive (You can get a Seagull or Yashica TLR for like $150, film is $3.75 a roll, and an entire darkroom with chemicals for $50 if you don't go the luxury route) to get into film photography. Black and white processing at home is shockingly easy... and honestly even E6 (slide) film isn't super hard once you have the basic concept. I highly highly highly recommend anyone who's never done it to give it a go.
Rolleiflex 3.5F with Kodak Tri-X Pan 400, developed @ 1600 & scanned by myself. Just experimenting... tint added in Lightroom.
Vim & Vigor
I'd be lying if I said there wasn't even a small part of me that decided to do film in order to validate my passion for photography. It's so easy to be labeled a phony when you started in the modern digital era. So while that is a small part of my new-found joy... I must say that vast majority of my desire is far more noble. I am now enjoying my passion in a whole new light... and it really is an incredible feeling to have a final image that you know you had your hands on the entire way from capture to display.
It's really inexpensive (You can get a Seagull or Yashica TLR for like $150, film is $3.75 a roll, and an entire darkroom with chemicals for $50 if you don't go the luxury route) to get into film photography. Black and white processing at home is shockingly easy... and honestly even E6 (slide) film isn't super hard once you have the basic concept. I highly highly highly recommend anyone who's never done it to give it a go.
Rolleiflex 3.5F with Kodak Tri-X Pan 400, developed @ 1600 & scanned by myself. Just experimenting... tint added in Lightroom.