Shooting film felt good

[David_Manning]

Just got back from a little three-day Texas road trip with the family. Shot 13 rolls of film in a Nikon FE2 and Contax T3.

It really felt good. Loving the anticipation.

 

[muser53]

Hey David, Now you have us waiting to see the results of all your fun.

 

[oftheherd]

Looking forward to seeing the photos as well.

 

[David_Manning]

Both🙂

It was a "vacation, so my wife wants prints. I of course want scans.

I'm not patient though, so it's quite a labor of love to shoot film in such large quantities. Also, it's C41 color so it's going out the door today.

 

[Kenj8246]

David, you're just up the road, by Texas standards. I'm down in College Station. Howdy, as they say here in Aggieland.

Kenny

 

[boomguy57]

I love the anticipation. I often hold film and send it out every other month or so; by the time I get it back I have forgotten a good amount of what I shot. It's like Christmas!

I eagerly await your results!

 

[fotomeow]

Just got back from a little three-day Texas road trip with the family. Shot 13 rolls of film in a Nikon FE2 and Contax T3.

It really felt good. Loving the anticipation.

Anticipation? whats that? immediate digital gratification has erased this "endangered" concept.
BTW, I am in the same boat. Didnt shoot 13 rolls, but 1/2 a roll was enough to ask myself, WTF am I doing all this digi for?
Last week there was a thread titled, "I bought my first film camera!".
Hilarious concept, since most of us started with film cameras then went digi, rather than vice-versa.

 

[boomguy57]

Anticipation? whats that? immediate digital gratification has erased this "endangered" concept.
BTW, I am in the same boat. Didnt shoot 13 rolls, but 1/2 a roll was enough to ask myself, WTF am I doing all this digi for?
Last week there was a thread titled, "I bought my first film camera!".
Hilarious concept, since most of us started with film cameras then went digi, rather than vice-versa.

Not a hilarious concept at all--most people my age are in that boat! I'm sure your intent wasn't to be patronizing, but it came off that way 🙄

Back to the issue at hand, however: shooting film is great and waiting for results is one thing I like about it. Which is weird, since I am as fast-paced and digital as they come these days with the electronic gizmos and gadgetry 😛

 

[fotomeow]

Not a hilarious concept at all--most people my age are in that boat! I'm sure your intent wasn't to be patronizing, but it came off that way 🙄

Back to the issue at hand, however: shooting film is great and waiting for results is one thing I like about it. Which is weird, since I am as fast-paced and digital as they come these days with the electronic gizmos and gadgetry 😛

that was a light-hearted commentary on the changes in tech and the generation gap. If you take that personally and are offended,
except that I am sorry you interpreted it that way, and maybe try to relax and appreciate the diversity in the world we live in, as there are bigger issues in the world to get upset about😱

 

[David_Manning]

The funny thing is, sometimes I'm so busy shooting and traveling that I don't upload my digital images for a week.

The only real difference then is the lack of ability to chimp, and I like that...because I fall victim to the desire to see the results immediately like most any other digital shooter.

Another cool thing, which is just the way my brain is wired...the film I'll be holding was actually there to witness the vacation. My kids will one day look at the sheet of negatives which was present during their road trip🙂

 

[brainwood]

Another cool thing, which is just the way my brain is wired...the film I'll be holding was actually there to witness the vacation. My kids will one day look at the sheet of negatives which was present during their road trip

This is an interesting and often over looked quality of the physicality shooting film .
I'm away myself at the moment so I know where your coming from . My count - 4 rolls of APX100 2 rolls of portra and 2 rolls of ektar . The APX I get the pleasure of developing myself but the colour I will have to send away and experience that wonderful anticipation of the wait .

Chris

 

[jtm6]

My kids will one day look at the sheet of negatives which was present during their road trip🙂

I wonder if my kids will be able to locate a working computer, a copy of the raw software, a license for the software, with the approrpiate OS for the hardware and software, the correct cable, the external hard drive with all the files on it, ac adapters for everything, and be able to pick which files out of tens of thousands might be interesting enough to want to wait for them to open.

 

[boomguy57]

that was a light-hearted commentary on the changes in tech and the generation gap. If you take that personally and are offended,
except that I am sorry you interpreted it that way, and maybe try to relax and appreciate the diversity in the world we live in, as there are bigger issues in the world to get upset about😱

Not offended at all...I'm hard to offend. Just came off a bit patronizing.

 

[jtm6]

BTW, I am in the same boat. Didnt shoot 13 rolls, but 1/2 a roll was enough to ask myself, WTF am I doing all this digi for?

I'm convinced film+processing+scanning+printing is a great deal. I took my first two rolls in for processing and printing. At first I thought they all looked great. Must be the new camera system and maybe my approach, of course. 😉

But then I remembered I was testing the lens and camera by bracketing shots and intentionally under/over exposing. The bracketed shots all looked identical (and nearly perfect). In fact, all the exposures seemed good. I forgot to tell the lab to print as-is with no corrections! That put it in perspective for me. The cost of prints or scans seems kind of high, but paying someone to correct it and/or print and/or scan it for me at those prices while I eat lunch is a steal. Good labs don't get enough credit.

 

[robert blu]

I'm just back from a 10 days holiday "film only". As I wrote here in my blog, when I need "the photo" digital has advantages, when I just desire to enjoy myself taking photo I really like the film approach, slow and meditative. And editing the small prints is another journey...maybe even so important as the final result 🙂
robert
PS: film was Ektar 100.

 

[Contarama]

I think it is the anticipation factor that I like most. It feels really good when you get them back and they are kick@ss!

 

[goo0h]

the film I'll be holding was actually there to witness the vacation. My kids will one day look at the sheet of negatives which was present during their road trip🙂

Yes, I've often thought of that too. Of course so would a memory card, or anything else one was holding at the time, but somehow it means more to me that this roll of film went with me to, and returned from, Machu Picchu. It's a nerdy/geeky/sentimental thing, but I like it just the same.

I'd be curious to know where you went. Always on the look-out for interesting Texas road trips to take. I really want to go to Big Bend sometime, but from DFW area that's a really long drive, and hadn't had the time to do that yet.

 

[David_Manning]

I always said nothing could replace the family passing 4x6s around the kitchen table after a good trip. Talk about team building...

We started just west of Fort Worth, Texas and drove to the San Antonio area via US Hwy 281 and some smaller highways. Ate at roadside diners, stayed in historic Castroville. Our resort/hotel decided to drain and clean the pool during our stay which almost created a family mutiny. We ended up talking to a Parks department local, and swam in a clear, cool river. I told my daughters this is what summer is supposed to be all about. We saw some real American poverty too...so the trip was a real lesson in life and it's little blessings.

 

[robert blu]

I always said nothing could replace the family passing 4x6s around the kitchen table after a good trip. Talk about team building...

... We saw some real American poverty too...so the trip was a real lesson in life and it's little blessings.

Travel is always interesting and it seems you and your family are really doing it in the right way (with open eyes and curiosity). It's nice to know that in a world of "all included" someone is still able to make his own way and his own summer.
robert
PS: back to the film issue today I just bought a roll of Portra 160 in 120 format for the next weekend, not sure yet if for the Rolleiflex or the Holga...

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Red Hook is a very diverse neighborhood. I visit it a lot, and I find it very photographic. However, I would never want to be caught here at night, sorry to say it. For years, red Hook was considered one of the poorest parts of Brooklyn, but over the last 5-8 it has undergone drastic change. According to one of my customers, one of the houses on Coffey st was sold for around $3 mil, around 2009. but you travel east for about 5 blocks, and picture changes very much.
I like having my lunches at Fairway.