What's it like to shoot photojournalism using film in 2014?

rpavich · Apr 17, 2016

Ok...so it's a few years old, but I thought it was interesting.

This photojournalist (Mike Drew) takes a challenge to shoot a days work using film instead of his current digital gear. He shoots for a couple of Canadian newspapers.

It wasn't the most exciting thing in the world but I enjoyed it.

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CropDusterMan · Apr 17, 2016

Oh my gosh! I knew Mike when I lived in Calgary...such a cool guy, and his "On the Road with Mike Drew" column was
always wonderful. Mike shot with the Calgary Sun back then, and gave me a lot of great tips when I was starting in
journalism...truly one of the good people out there in the world. He had a great darkroom at the Sun where he printed
his personal B&W work, and through the years he shot a lot of great work in the Canadian landscape. The video is done by The Camera Store in Calgary, an awesome place with fantastic knowledge.

rpavich · Apr 17, 2016

CropDusterMan said:
Oh my gosh! I knew Mike when I lived in Calgary...such a cool guy, and his "On the Road with Mike Drew" column was
always wonderful. Mike shot with the Calgary Sun back then, and gave me a lot of great tips when I was starting in
journalism...truly one of the good people out there in the world. He had a great darkroom at the Sun where he printed
his personal B&W work, and through the years he shot a lot of great work in the Canadian landscape. The video is done by The Camera Store in Calgary, an awesome place with fantastic knowledge.

Well isn't it a small world!
I'll have to search out that "On the road with Mike Drew"..that sounds like fun.

CropDusterMan · Apr 17, 2016

All of the photographers loved Mike...he is a big guy with a big and gentle personality...and let me tell you,
this guy is a good photographer and printer and has a lot of experience. He would be the ultimate
professor at a photo school program.

Ko.Fe. · Apr 17, 2016

Lovely!

I went with film RF on Remembrance Day ceremony few years ago. Took normal IQ bw pictures. Local consul for whom I took pictures for election campaign with DSLR asked me for pictures.
I emailed him scans.
He never replied, never used them. He has his own magazine now and all PJ is with digital cameras.
But last Friday I went to document one event with M4-2.

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