Steve Smith
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When I shoot with one of my old beater cameras, he acts embarassed (I *think* he's acting).
My son, also 14, does the same thing.
I don't think he's acting though!
Steve.
When I shoot with one of my old beater cameras, he acts embarassed (I *think* he's acting).
but the commonest response was along the lines of "enjoyed your presentation, but I don't have time for stuff like that...."
Went to the local camera (mostly digital) club last night with a bunch of images from the postcard, alt, lith, and group print exchanges I've taken part in. Just wanted to show them that there are people all over working with film and various non-digital processes - and talk about how inspring it has been to me to see the work of others.
A couple of folks were asking questions after, about where to get supplies, but the commonest response was along the lines of "enjoyed your presentation, but I don't have time for stuff like that...."
Eh...I sincerely doubt that they never used film. I'm younger, and as a kid I used film all the time. Digital only really took off about 6/7 years ago.
It's strange how they all managed to have the time for it when there was no digital alternative.
Steve.
Maybe focus on their current inetrest in digital photography and show them that you can do the same subject much better in film media anway they want. Fuji Velvia 100 will smoke any exotic super expensive digital camera images.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/ronnie_angel/Valley Of Fire Nevada/crop0008-copy.jpg
I would be more concerned about promoting good pictures than just any pictures done in a certain media.
The film bigots and the digital bigots are both wrong! And I dare say we have more then a few film bigots here :-(
Hey I love film too, but lets not go over the top here...film stopped "smoking" the "exotic super expensive digital camera" years ago. There is just too much proof of this literally all over the internet, museums, galleries, etc...
Yes, that was the time when the public began to accept lesser quality images, like flat wedding albums of my friends and family, paper or aluminum. for the reason of cost. Same time when my friends and family show me flat pics that they jet ink printed from their point and shoot digicam and was so happy about it. My heart just break in sorrow, but long as they're happy. I say, blimey... what a lovely photo as much as I hate it.
From vinyl to CD, who won? The lower quality and less costly mp3.
The bottom line here is to promote the very foundation of analog photography, that is film. Once film die, our film camera, chemicals, paper, enlargers, and dedicated scanners will be nothing but a paper weight. Our developing and printing skills? At the death of film it will be nothing but memories. Long as film is selling, our printing and lithography will be there. After film is gone Apug will be a glass plate online forum.
For pro digital photographers, that's their livelihood. I'll leave them alone and lets' face it, they have the market. But... we can motivate the public to appreciate the beauty of film photography and use it, anyway they want, long as they keep the market alive on the very foundation of analog photography.
But Ron, who you going to influence by bashing digital? Why can't you help them live together in peace?
I am not bashing digital, I have 8 digital cameras, 3 in Leica glass and a D300. I use both media and they both work for me.
I have a Canon G9 that I call a poorman's M8, also I made tons of photo in Spain with my pocket rocket Panasonic LX1. Of course tons of Trix, Fp4+ and Ektachrome 100G in Spain.
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