This is just depressing to me having literally grown up in a darkroom.
"For years my process looked like this: load film and take photos, ....[blah blah blah]... the exported image."
"At first this was an exciting process for me. Then as the number of rolls increased, so did my effort to do this for 36 frames per roll."
I shot black and white film sine the 70's, medium and 35mm. I would develop the negatives and prints myself. The complete process was a joy. I never printed every shot, but I put care into each shot I processed. I was careful when I took a photograph, because the cost limited how much I shot. This made me a better photographer.
I later started scanning my film with a Nikon CoolScan (this was in the late 90's) and i already started hating it. Then I started full digital and now I do not shoot anymore (I was semi professional with Art work published in national magazines).
"My part is now the part I can thoroughly enjoy, which is looking at the results I’ve snapped and finding inspiration to snap more."
Why do any of this just shoot digital if you do not care about the process?
Digital provides a back up for me. I’ve had negs go missing in the mail, sometimes they get damaged or scratched. So I pay for the basic scan from the lab and do it again at home. Sometimes friends will ask for a digital copy, or I need a copy for the web. I also can’t print enormous enlargements at home, so sometimes I will do a scan and (sacrilege) pay a printer to make a copy.
I don’t see how any of this detracts from the joy and presence of shooting analog, nor is it mutually exclusive with home developing and printing. Film certainly isn’t getting any cheaper either.
Noaidi · · focus · HN ↗
"For years my process looked like this: load film and take photos, ....[blah blah blah]... the exported image."
"At first this was an exciting process for me. Then as the number of rolls increased, so did my effort to do this for 36 frames per roll."
I shot black and white film sine the 70's, medium and 35mm. I would develop the negatives and prints myself. The complete process was a joy. I never printed every shot, but I put care into each shot I processed. I was careful when I took a photograph, because the cost limited how much I shot. This made me a better photographer.
I later started scanning my film with a Nikon CoolScan (this was in the late 90's) and i already started hating it. Then I started full digital and now I do not shoot anymore (I was semi professional with Art work published in national magazines).
"My part is now the part I can thoroughly enjoy, which is looking at the results I’ve snapped and finding inspiration to snap more."
Why do any of this just shoot digital if you do not care about the process?
throwaway219450 · · focus · HN ↗
I don’t see how any of this detracts from the joy and presence of shooting analog, nor is it mutually exclusive with home developing and printing. Film certainly isn’t getting any cheaper either.