D I S P OSA B L E
There’s something to be
Nothing wrong with that. It’s pretty awesome, in fact. But
said for the constraints
With film, you’re constrained by having a finite number
film photography imposes.
there’s real appeal to having to work the opposite way. of shots available to you and you have to slow the act of photography down, approach it with a little less abandon,
With digital you can pretty
a little more discipline.
indiscriminately click! click!
It’s a leap of faith too, a bit of a gamble, working with film,
click! and take a zillion shots of
or not. It’s an even greater leap when you’re shooting with an
because you can’t know in the moment if you got your shot
your subject because digital
old disposable you bought off eBay, because time may have
costs you nothing, and then
you’ve taken may be washed and warped with strange
you can delete! delete! delete!
any of this for days or weeks, until the film is developed, so
as your critical eye dictates.
had its way with the film in that little box, so the photographs markings and discolourations. And of course you won’t know there’s time to build up a nice little head of anticipation for what will be revealed. And then you have to go with the flow: you finally have the photographs in your hand and they either are or aren’t what you had hoped or expected, and even if that can be frustrating, it can be kind of a joy too, the little gift of having walked on the wild side where surprise and uncertainty lurk.
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