Film Photography
Film is there a place for it ??
Hello all recently my blogs have been inspired by colleges with
questions and friends with passion today is no different. A great friend
Jim S. still shoots nothing but film in multiple formats. I love Jim
he pushes me all the time to shoot more film and actually got me a few
years ago to start shooting film again. (No that is not Jim but Actor
Ken Arnold)
As the business started to grow and change again for us I had less time for fun photography and I was classifying film as fun photography. Thinking back I should have never stopped shooting it with a few reasons coming up.
I was shooting an event for friends an older gentleman about 20 years older than I was shooting digital asked me if I know of anyone that wanted to purchase dark room equipment. We chatted and I laughed when he told me how happy he was when he stopped shooting film many years ago for the savings. I laughed because when I shot film I had no editing software there were a couple labs that did it all for me. Now I have the full Adobe CC setup, I edit I do video, I have other video programs, and I work with a couple of graphic artist. Wow has the industry changed. That is another story for us old folks later.
So the shots I am posting are medium format film low res scans and I shot these about a year ago. We did these when working with Actor Ken Arnold; we went over all of the digital files did our editing and had more than enough for him to have a years worth of material. Completely forgot about the film negatives, in fact lost track of it because when they came back from the lab we moved onto other work for clients and Ken was happy with digital files.
Not sure why I was going over these negatives more than likely spring cleaning at the office and the studio; but I posted the first one you saw on Facebook tagged Ken in it along with a couple of other ones. The post clearly stated they were film photos low res negative scan.
People were instantly attracted to the photos or the word FILM, you really never know which one in truth. So we have started to toss around the idea of offering film for some of clients more specifically headshots. Another photographer asked us why just do it digital and give it the right effect. Our response well it is not that simple and anything that creates more traffic and makes a product stand out from others is worth the extra effort. Your Thoughts??
As the business started to grow and change again for us I had less time for fun photography and I was classifying film as fun photography. Thinking back I should have never stopped shooting it with a few reasons coming up.
I was shooting an event for friends an older gentleman about 20 years older than I was shooting digital asked me if I know of anyone that wanted to purchase dark room equipment. We chatted and I laughed when he told me how happy he was when he stopped shooting film many years ago for the savings. I laughed because when I shot film I had no editing software there were a couple labs that did it all for me. Now I have the full Adobe CC setup, I edit I do video, I have other video programs, and I work with a couple of graphic artist. Wow has the industry changed. That is another story for us old folks later.
So the shots I am posting are medium format film low res scans and I shot these about a year ago. We did these when working with Actor Ken Arnold; we went over all of the digital files did our editing and had more than enough for him to have a years worth of material. Completely forgot about the film negatives, in fact lost track of it because when they came back from the lab we moved onto other work for clients and Ken was happy with digital files.
Not sure why I was going over these negatives more than likely spring cleaning at the office and the studio; but I posted the first one you saw on Facebook tagged Ken in it along with a couple of other ones. The post clearly stated they were film photos low res negative scan.
People were instantly attracted to the photos or the word FILM, you really never know which one in truth. So we have started to toss around the idea of offering film for some of clients more specifically headshots. Another photographer asked us why just do it digital and give it the right effect. Our response well it is not that simple and anything that creates more traffic and makes a product stand out from others is worth the extra effort. Your Thoughts??
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