Pictures of Pictures
So I recently came across these pics that I took in my college photography class. They're photos I took with black-and-white film using my dad's hand-me-down Minolta (my first love). I adored the class, but honestly, I still remain divided on what I like better: film or digital.
As an artistic-y person, I feel like I SHOULD prefer film. But as someone who hated (H-A-T-E-D) loading rolls of film onto a processing reel, parts of me would choose digital over old-timey film solely for that fact alone.
Either way, I think it would have blown my then-21-year-old mind to know that, in my thirties, I'd be able to digitally capture the photos I painstakingly processed in that tiny darkroom. And that I'd do it using my phone. That's small enough to tote in my purse. And that also plays music and checks email. And also that email even exists.
(Okay, maybe it blows my thirtysomething-year-old mind, too.)
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I guess everyone is different. One of my favorite college memories is going into the dark room and loading up the film into the metal canisters, and then magically watching the negative expose itself onto the paper. Even if that meant that one time I even ripped my lip off while cutting the film with my mouth because I forgot the scissors or spending several hours just to develop a handful of pictures.
Many times I would forget to eat, and luckily my girlfriend brought me food to the studio.
Nowadays, even though I use photography for my work everyday, and I am extremely appreciative of the digital photographic advances and Photoshop, the passion is nothing compared to that first love.
The other issue I see is that unfortunately the quality of a couple of good photos is hidden among thousands of horrible pictures. In the old days, the setting up of the camera, the flash, and making sure everything looked just right though the viewfinder made almost every picture count.
I guess I'm just an old soul :^)
beautiful pictures, amy.
beautiful pictures indeed! you are so talented in so many ways!
I recognize a handsome young man in one of those pics. Great writing.