Digital may have advantages of it's own, like speed and image fidelity (or even megapixels for those that think it matters.) The problem that digital photography has presented is "instant gratification." Many will argue that the little screen on the back of the camera was 'god send' and made a huge jump in the right direction. For some years, the digital technology seemed to make everything easier, more fun and exciting to use. After some time, I realized it really wasn't all good-- the overhead cost of working in digital is actually far higher than analogue. Other than that, the instant gratification of being able to see your image immediately led to laziness...
Watching people shoot, I realized that less and less photographers were calculating exposures, flash output or even planning out their compositions correctly-- one could always check the screen or fix/crop it in Photoshop. If I had a dollar for each time I heard someone say one of these phrases...well, you get the picture.
To attempt and remove myself from these bad habits, which I've caught myself doing as well, I began making it a point to shoot film again. The return of this medium into my work allowed me to take things slower, think everything through a bit better and re-connect with the 'art' and technical aspect of light, time and composition.
Here are a few recent images taken with my Diana which shoots square format and half-square on 35mm film-- they were scanned using an Epson V600 scanner. These photos were taking on various different types of film ranging from crisp and clean 100ISO Fujifilm to red-balanced film by Lomography. You gotta keep experimenting as you go-- that's what its all about (oh, and having some fun!)
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