Price increases on film will make me a better photographer.

[Keith]

And I've always had a theory that the way to counteract rising alcohol prices is to drink more ... surely it applies here too! 🙂

 

[btgc]

And I've always had a theory that the way to counteract rising alcohol prices is to drink more ... surely it applies here too! 🙂

drinkers may turn into country liquor to save on costs, this is like digital photography 🙂

 

[ruby.monkey]

Price increases on film will make me a better photographer.

It might work - Lord knows I couldn't get any worse.

 

[Gumby]

Makes sense. If each exposure costs more, than won't I be more careful to get a good shot off. kind of joking but kind of true, too.😀

I've been feeling that way since 1982.

 

[Gregoyle]

Also remember that film bought intelligently in 2014 will be cheaper than film bought haphazardly in 2012.
...
Every year my film cost would have doubled if I simply went to the local camera shot when I needed more.

Good point! For some reason my local shop has a relatively competitive price on Tri-X, but their Ilford films are insane. I could have bought a 100' bulk roll for what I would spend on around 6-7 rolls there.

-Greg

 

[thegman]

I think it (increased film prices) would cramp creativity ... that's it!

I think in theory that makes sense, but...

By that theory, 35mm photographers would be more creative than medium format photographers and those in turn, would be more creative than large format photographers.

Also it would imply to those people who the money is less important (i.e. wealthier people) would be more creative too.

Would it too mean that digital photographers would be more creative than film photographers, as 'film' is basically free to them?

I think it also implies that if film is cheap (or indeed free), we'd all go on creative splurges, but in reality, we probably just have more selfies, pictures of our cats.

I certainly get the theory, and it should pan out in reality, but I think we could probably agree that it's not been shown to be true (yet).

I think Facebook, Twitter, etc. shows that if you give people the means to make photos at will, for free, they'll just turn out more rubbish, not be more creative.

 

[shadowfox]

This will apply to *a lot* of people:
Don't go to Starbucks for coffee, don't go to cinemas to watch movies.
There's your fund to buy film and photo-chemicals.

I wouldn't even call those "sacrifices."

 

[Margu]

"five or six rolls of Kodachrome in half an hour" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3Nd8iETOc

 

[jsrockit]

Shooting less would mean learning less and taking lesser risks. I would just take the boring shots. At least that's what I would do

I agree Pramodh... and I'm glad we've converted you. 😉

 

[cz23]

Makes sense. If each exposure costs more, than won't I be more careful to get a good shot off. kind of joking but kind of true, too.😀

I actually find the reverse to be true. One of the keys to creativity, it seems to me, is to be able to work freely, without limitations. Constant censoring because of cost seems very limiting to me. That's one thing I appreciate about digital.

John

 

[kkdanamatt]

It's all relative, as they say.
I'm a bit older (71) than most of you guys, so I see things on a much longer scale of reference.
When I started taking photos in the early 1950's, 35mm B+W film was $.50 and color slide film was $1.00 (not Kodachrome because it was sold only with processing included.)
Film prices really haven't gone up that much when you consider that gasoline was $.17 a gallon and our home in NJ cost $11,800. Today, that same house is $250,000 and gas is $3.50.
Here's an old ad for GAF color film. How would that ad play today?

 

[Chris101]

It's all relative, as they say.
I'm a bit older (71) than most of you guys, so I see things on a much longer scale of reference.
When I started taking photos in the early 1950's, 35mm B+W film was $.50 and color slide film was $1.00 (not Kodachrome because it was sold only with processing included.)
Film prices really haven't gone up that much when you consider that gasoline was $.17 a gallon and our home in NJ cost $11,800. Today, that same house is $250,000 and gas is $3.50.
Here's an old ad for GAF color film. How would that ad play today?

A bit too gruesome for today's advertisement, eh? Where I work, the grounds are often used for forensic photography classes. They use pink chalk to represent blood.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Price increases on film will make me a better photographer.

Go ahead, buy single roll film on ebay with $15 delivery.

You could also switch to LF and silver plates. Very slow and expensive. It will helps you to become famous.