As of writing this line, it has been thirteen years since I took my first film photography course and developed my first roll of black and white film by hand. That was 1996—film photography was just how it was done back then.
These days digital photography has the majority of the photographic market share, leaving film photography, and those of us who still prefer film photography, as some sort of strange or exotic beasts in the world of photography.
I say strange or exotic because, at least from my experiences, there doesn't seem to be much middle group about how people respond when they find out that my camera records to film instead of bits. Either it is the strange—people who peer down at me quizzically as if there is something wrong with me, or that I'm ignorant since I haven't jumped on the digital bandwidth. Else it is the exotic—people who for some reason or another, seem to believe that I am going above and beyond by sticking with film for my photography.
So why film photography?
There are many reasons why film photography is my preference over digital photography. Notice I used the term preference, not film photography is better than digital photography. I've seen plenty of photographers who seem to react to notion of doing things any way other then their way as a slap in the face. The way I see it, digital photography has many different characteristics versus film photography. Given a photographer's personal and professional needs, those characteristics very often do make digital the correct choice for those photographers. For the world view of photography that I find myself working in, film fits in very nicely, so I've decided to stick with it till the bitter end.
Now, I'm not going to leave the topic of film photography at that. In the near future I intend to write a series of posts on some different aspects as to why I prefer film photography over digital. Keep tabs on the blog and you will see those arguments trickle in over time.
by K. Praslowicz ~ March 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments
A goodhearted laugh at some confusion I had with another photography between my Mamiya RB67, and a digital camera.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ February 28th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Just a few random thoughts about photography I've spewed out over Twitter over the past few months. This is the kind of stuff you're missing out on by not following me. ::hint:: ::hint::
Woke up this morning and found my camera in my bed. Great. Now I'm that guy.
Bad art openings make me feel like [...]
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by K. Praslowicz ~ December 29th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Twelve photos depicting my street photography adventures through Duluth, MN during the course of 2009. One photo for every month.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ November 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
Infrared Street Photograph from Duluth's, 2009 Christmas City of the North Parade.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ November 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Comparing Ilford SFX 200, Rollei Infrared 400, Efke IR820 and Efke IR820 Aura for use with an infrared flash modified Olympus XA2.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ October 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments
A few thoughts on the recent discovery of the Vivian Maier cache of negatives.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ September 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Everything old is new again.....Photography 180.
"Digital? You're talking to a man who shot 180 rolls of medium format film in the last two weeks!" He shouted. (He didn't really shout but it seemed like it). He's got a digital SLR but only uses it for clients who (and I'm paraphrasing here) [...]
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by K. Praslowicz ~ July 3rd, 2009 | 8 Comments
Are the Legacy Pro films really rebranded Fuji films? I've got a smoking gun.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ April 22nd, 2009 | 6 Comments
Flashback to late 2008. Digital has completely obliterated 35mm sales. Kodak, Fuji, and Ilford are about to shut down their film processing lines and go under. Digital SLR owners worldwide cheer in a unified rejoice as they drink the blood from the severed heads of film photographers in the jubilee that followed once they've finally [...]
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by K. Praslowicz ~ April 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Simple tip to help you load film like a rockstar.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ February 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
How to scan curled negatives flat using a glass insert, and packing peanuts.
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by K. Praslowicz ~ February 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Today's topic: Sports Photography!
Wait? Don't I shoot film cameras that lack motor drives and 300mm lenses? Don't I use crazy contraptions that won't focus for me and often require me to stop shooting while I empty it? Yes! Yes I do! And I'm proud to say that I enjoy shooting sports with them.
I've come [...]
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by K. Praslowicz ~ June 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment
The images that I pick as my favorite from yesterday's shoot with slowly be filling up the Grandma's Marathon 2008 set at my Flickr account.
For now, the first two images I've deemed as keepers. More will trickle in as I process the film & images.
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