Anticipation

Here Comes the Bride! - Taken at my friend's wedding on my trusty D70s


So I'm sitting at home. I've recently returned from the post office where I have mailed 3 rolls of film to be developed at my favourite and only trusted place in England, Peak Imaging. 2 films are Kodak Ektar - a film that I have never tried before. The other is a B&W roll that I exposed at the wrong speed and have asked the lab to correct in development. There are so many uncertainties, so many magical possibilities. For me this is what the hobby is all about.

I have taken a lot of digital shots recently. I recently uploaded a bunch of photos from my friends' beautiful wedding - Click here to see them. I got some really good shots that I was really happy about. However, I hated the trawling, the endless decision making between 3 seemingly identical shots. The sheer volume of photos that you can take with digital is off putting at times. At the wedding there were a lot of cameras, but I glimpsed in the corner of my eye a young boy with an old pentax strapped to him with one of those hippy coloured straps. I was envious as he agonised and twisted the manual lens to and fro. Why? I don't know if he got better shots. I almost certainly took more keepers. I think it comes down to the fact that photography is not necessarily enjoyable. It can be a right chore. And if you feel this, you're not going to continue doing it for long. Film has me giddy with excitement just like the first film I took to a shop to be processed. I expect less too, even though developing prices have gone through the roof!

I am seriously considering selling all my digital gear and buying a brilliant compact film camera and a little digital for when it's absolutely necessary. I need to get back to basics so that I start taking more photos!

Looking forward to posting the photos on here as soon as I get them back and can finish the laborious process of scanning (+1 for digital there for sure!).