@John ok Agreed 👌🏼

I agree. I’m getting back into film after a 25 yr hiatus. Not sure if I’ll ditch digital all together but right now I’ve noticed that my digital work has also improved by simply being forced to slow down with medium format film. I’m shooting less images and being more deliberate all the way around and the results are the proof in the pudding. Fun stuff!

@@RiceCake-ep9gu wrong. No amount of money entitles anyone to be a dick.

That's funny.Aggressive photographers.I guess it would be best to have some type of meeting about how to manage spots,because I would laugh in someone's face,trying to tell me what to do with my camera.There would be no conflict because the fact is,$700 body or $7000 rig,they both have the same creative rights.If it's a question of money spent,then those spots can be marked and reserved...

I believe it is imperative to go beyond ones comfort zone if you want to create meaningful art (or to be effective in any field, in general). I have been a film photographer for 40 years and I have been teaching film photography for 15 years now. I spend 8 hours a day in a darkroom, and if I didn't push my own personal boundaries in photography, I would have burnt out a long time ago. I am a long time large format, zone system photographer so that always keeps things fresh. I have also always loved pinhole photography, so when things get tiresome, I make a camera out of something I have never used before and go shooting. I use film, paper, litho, xray and whatever I can get my hands on to change things up. There is plenty of failure, but the process of figuring things out keeps the love alive. My daily shooters at this moment are my 3.25 x 4.25 Graflex (hand held) and a coffee can with paper negatives, and I am having a ball. I cycle through a tremendous amount of equipment to keep the technical aspect interesting.

Boring experience, digital.

How did you use filters, I have purchased a few Haida 75mm square ND filters to slip into the lens hoods.

It's for the elite who don't worry about the environment. Brendan's carbon footprint over the years dwarfs that of the entire population of Canada.

Not a bad idea.

I started shooting film again after 10 years of digital this spring, it’s the best thing I could have done for my photography. It’s isnt the “look” or nice cameras but the pace, doubt, relief and disappointment that make me push myself harder, think more and take the process seriously. I value digital and what it can do but the experience working with film again has given me has reminded how we should work, on the edge, nervous and questioning every decision, your videos put that across really well. Sometimes I get frustrated with the materialistic nature of photo content on KZfaq. the anxiety and pressure you put in yourself is good to see, open and honest and it shows how real, honest photography isn’t about money but mistakes, hard work and patience, I hope young image makers appreciate that in your content.

I'm sorry, I won't excuse the pun. I'll have to fine you.

Very well said mate. You should take a picture and no post editing apart from cropping

@@alfflasymphonyx thats not how it works. dont go full blown luminar or 20 layer photoshop edits but the sensor does see things different from your eyes so you need to get that image close to how you see it. wrong setting in your camera and the image looks different. a collor checker would be a good idea.

Beautiful images. I prefer the 2nd one. The image might not be balance, but I like the line it does. I found difficult has a landscape photographer, creating a emotion in my images. Thank you very much for sharing your experience!!!

Don’t forget the moon landing

I couldn’t agree more 5stardave, as a complete beginner I don’t wish to get heavily involved in post editing, I’m trying to learn from my mistakes and get better images in camera. Perfection in nature doesn’t exist and shouldn’t be forced, I will probably get slated for that comment but I’m trying to stick with that as an amateur photographer. If I was making a living from it I would probably fail miserably 😀

The Fuji film simulations are rubbish it’s just marketing. Provia is standard, velvia is landscape etc but they don’t look like the real films. I love Fuji cameras don’t get me wrong but I just don’t think the simulations are accurate. I shoot raw anyway.

@@tallaganda83 I like some of them very much, but I don't compare them to film directly, in my case it's the overlooked ProNeg for instance. It doesn't matter if you shoot RAW, I do too, you can also apply the film simulations to your RAW file and use that as a base to work from. Usually I switch through all of them in LR and decide which is the best base for that photo, then go from there.

It's a slippery slope

I say, just do it, since your processing lab won't process colour sheet film forever (e.g. colour slides). Shoot a bunch of them while you still can. One day, all we'll have will be dry plates and wet plates. So seize the day!

I have my eyes on a Shen Hao, I've been shooting a G617 for a couple of years...

I’m thinking of getting a 4x5 but the film is getting expensive, especially Kodak. Also worry about spending thousands on lenses, holders and the camera itself when the future of 45 film is unknown. Still super tempted though, especially movements.

@@jeromechiu I have confidence in Ilford being around for decades to come, if you can live with B&W. Unfortunately I do agree with you regarding color, hence my freezer-full of Velvia 50 (much to my wife's dismay)... though if Fuji does quit film altogether, that may give a bit more marketshare to Kodak's excellent C41 emulsions, allowing them to last a little bit longer

Same here, I felt it was too expensive en took too long to see the results. And did I know what I did wrong when I saw the unsatisfying result? No of course not. It took too long and I'd forget. I stopped taking pictures for a while and when digital was within (financial) reach I went for it and never looked back. Interesting to see Thomas keep trying (with nice results I must admit). However I'm determined to stick with digital. I even like the processing in the computer and not depending on someone else!

@@mariobaert8346 I used to do all my own film processing and printing. I even had a dedicated darkroom and could print up to 30x20 prints. But it took so long. And the smells of the chemicals annoyed my family - and were probably bad for my health! A whole evening to process maybe 3 prints. It could take a week to completely process a 35mm film. The computer is so much more comfortable and predictable and a lot faster.

@@alangauld6079 Yeah, same here and I only used to do that in black & white.

Well, I'm an outlier then. Grew up with film, earned part of my income with 120 and 4"x5" film processed at cost externally, saw the very early days of digital when quality wasn't up to the market, wishing it would hurry up and save me money and hassle but then 'left' for 15 years just before it took over. Came back and worked through so many digital cameras it's silly (Olympus OMD5 then Pen-F, Fuji XE1 then XE3, Sony A6000 then SonyA7Rii, Leica Monochrom 246 - all gone, usually at a ruinous loss - and now settled on my second Canon 5DSr) driven by chronic GAS and dislike for/struggles with 'digital' colour (mainly greens) until the Canon. BUT, I bitterly regret swapping my Linhof Master Technika for the Sony and have now been back to film, sparingly, for a year with a Technika IV in 6x9cm and Rolleiflex, plus some of the 35mm SLRs I lusted after as a kid. I love the cameras (more than the 'better' Canon) true, but it isn't just the mechanical loveliness of the machines or the steadying me down of the using, which can be a PITA, it's the subtle palette and tonal range of Provia and the fresh, 'light' appearance of Velvia on a Lightbox. They can be replicated to an extent, and digitising is obviously going back to digital, but there are differences I value. I'm sure I'm not alone.

@@kronkite1530 We live in a great time photographically. So many options for shooting. We can choose to shoot film cameras and/or digital ones. We can shoot film and then digitize it. We can shoot digital but with thousands of choices in lenses now. Vintage film lenses, toy lenses and adapted security cam lenses right through the spectrum of digital lens offerings from kit to the super sharp and really expensive. Something for every taste and wallet. It's a great time to be shooting :)

You are right, I like the a-symmerty picture very much. It's like the light AND the water tides away. Breaking the symmetry on purpose can make an image whole.

Spot on‼️