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Dan Milnor discusses the resurgence of film

Our lives are richer for someone having written another film vs. digital article.
 
faberryman said:
Our lives are richer for someone having written another film vs. digital article.
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It does start that way but it is another "Film is still alive and it use is growing" article.
 
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The author touches on three of the things that keep me in the analog world:
-the look of film, and the fact that chemical and somewhat unpredictable reactions occur;
-the independence from computers of the process;
-and the use of time. For me, the wait to see how the pictures turned out gives me an opportunity to digest that instant results don't. There's no wasted time in shooting film. Time is stretched and experienced
Thanks for sharing!
 
Pieter12 said:
"Film photography is as much about lifestyle as anything else."
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Apparently so is blogging about film photography without actually saying anything meaningful or relevant.
 
George Mann said:
Which shows that the properties that make film special has yet to be muted by the passage of time.
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For most people. It was not lost for a few stubborn people, like me.
 
Alex Benjamin said:
Apparently so is blogging about film photography without actually saying anything meaningful or relevant.
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You expect something to be meaningful or relevant in the internet.
 
Sirius Glass said:
You expect something to be meaningful or relevant in the internet.
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Stuff on the Internet are written by the same people who are in the real world. Therefore I expect nothing other than what I find in the real world, i.e., stuff that goes from the brilliant to the insignificant. I've read some great stuff about photography on "the Internet." This wasn't one of them. This was particularly bad, full of false assertions and clichés. No harm done, that said. A few waisted minutes on a rainy day while waiting for my film to wash. I've survived worse trivialities.
 
Authors and bloggers feel the need to write.
We feel the need to photograph.

There's a lot of "blah, blah, blah" out there...as well as a lot of photos that are "not interesting" to folks other than the person who photographed it.

And so it goes.
 
Sirius Glass said:
For most people. It was not lost for a few stubborn people, like me.
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I'm with Sirus on this one. I have owned a few digital cameras but never made the transition to full digital photography. There will always be the question concerning scanning but with limited space and no proper place for an enlarger and trays, it's the fastest and most efficient way for me to turn a negative into a positive. I like the process of metering, exposing and developing. Not to mention the joy that comes with finding you have done it correctly. Film is not a life style, it just a part of life we have always enjoyed.
 
Dan Milnor has a pretty decent Youtube site. He's a long-time pro who started with film, then went to digital, and now works for Blurb self=made photo books and uses whatever. Still loves film. He is great to listen to for great ideas especially in the pro market - he knows a lot of people in the industry. He also has videos on how best to make photo books.
 

I like Blurb. Did a self-made book with them a while back. And I'm sure Milnor is very knowledgeable. The problems with such blogs is that very knowledgeable people seem to think that actual knowledge is not something people need. So, because they've read a few stats about peoples' short attention span on the web, they decide to opt for shortcuts, baseless, albeit jazzy, opinions, and meaningless ready-made formulas.
 
faberryman said:
Our lives are richer for someone having written another film vs. digital article.
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I for one can't get enough of those things. They're pretty hard to find now, but it wasn't that long ago they were deadly serious. Now they're fun :>)
 
The OP selected one article from many that Milnor wrote as part of his job working for Blurb and showing it on their site. It's not his personal blogs. Lighten up.

Here are the pages that show many of his Blurb blogs that are deliberately short so people read them.

Photography Resources & Blog Posts | Blurb Blog

Browse Photography topics to find helpful tips and resources. Blurb is here to help you turn your ideas into professional-quality books, magazines, or ebooks.
www.blurb.com
 

Milnor is very knowledgeable. Unfortunately, this post seems to be a “phone it in” post, not saying much of anything interesting or thoughtful.
I guess a fellow’s gotta eat…
 
Oldwino said:
Milnor is very knowledgeable. Unfortunately, this post seems to be a “phone it in” post, not saying much of anything interesting or thoughtful.
I guess a fellow’s gotta eat…
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Watch his YouTube videos. They're more irreverent and extemporaneous. He tells it like it is. Being a pro himself for thirty years or so, he gives good advice for other pros looking to get ahead. Just keep in mind he works also for Blurb. So some of his comments would naturally favor books. Actually, that might be a plus anyway for a pro.
 
Are you all talking about the same six paragraph bunch of clichés and truisms?
I really don’t know about Milnor, he has a hypnotic personality, and occasionally, on the surface, some interesting things to say.
But his photography is mediocre and boring, and he seems to be doing this more and more for the fame and money (whatever little there might be in it).
 

No.

Check out some of his videos. They're more interesting and extemporaneous and pro advice.
 
Alan Edward Klein said:
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Check out some of his videos. They're more interesting and extemporaneous and pro advice.
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I watched numerous of his videos in the past, and found them somewhat entertaining. But I can’t remember a single good piece of advice or a good point.
Charm and style will only take you so far.
It’s a bit like Casey Neistat. His greatest asset is that he reminds people subconsciously of Alex Winter. The rest is hot air and film flam (sic).
 
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I heard some really good advice from him regarding getting your name out there in the industry. He's been down that road and knows the pitfalls. While I'm not a pro, it sounded very good. Another example, hire a curator to put your pictures together. Use a photo book not throw a bunch of photos in a box. He also had some great ideas about which types of media to use and mainly not to use and how to contact pros who then would actually look at your work. If you want to listen to a pro talk about the industry, he's had the experience. He was able to land himself a nice job at Blurb so he's no slouch. He's got an offbeat style and blogs in BW.

Here're some videos many of which provide great ideas for a photographer to get ahead. I'll let others decide if they're helpful to them.
 

Which can be boiled down to: “don’t sell yourself short” and “take the editing process very seriously, and present your work as well as you can”.
If you need advice like that, and take his advice as gospel perhaps you shouldn’t try getting into pro photography.
 
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