I love the "short summary". Simplicity is very close to the 5 C's of cinematography, "Filmmakers" using film always considered Discernment and Economy, we had to or fail financially. Limitations...are really good as a part of the self editing process that makes us all better image makers. With 16mm and 35mm there could never be a botched roll, it was just too costly (even 50 years ago). Your short summary is a very good guide for the digital world. With digital we can experiment at a lower cost, but to become really good one must remain disciplined in focus, framing, composition, light and exposure. Shooting a few rolls of film every once and a while is a great way to learn or relearn some visual discipline.
Oh, and making contacts even 35mm sized let alone medium format sized contacts from what we shoot, mistakes and errors included are a fairly strict task master even for digital, maybe more so. As in WHY did I shoot so many of the same frames... etc.
I’ve been taking pictures for most of my 77 years. Not for money, my day job was too stressful. Making a print was part of the film process. Digital has the nasty aspect of always being viewed and shared on a screen.
Over the last 15 years I have been printing more. I refer to it as “Have and Hold”. Relatives get prints with text on the back. Street or bar pictures I return with 5X7s a couple of days later. Most people who work for me get informal portrait at the end of the day.
So I have returned to printing being the end step of taking a picture. To save money they get 4X6, but more often 5X7.
Printing sharpens my attention. Forces me to account. People pay attention to something they can hold in their hands.
I have a stand set out in the living room for viewing prints. Through out the day I can see the print from various distances and in different light. If I still like the print after a few days I'll go back to it for more refined editing. Having a print and giving it consideration over time is so helpful. Added bonus is I get to feel like I made something. A lot is learned by making a print.
I am not sure if this is the place - using an electronic screen, pad, refrigerator frame to pass family photos to loved ones does not sustain our bonds. Spend the money instead on prints, decent porcelain marker pencils. Your prints, or even Google books.
At the distant end they can hold them, take their time, carry about, and of course misplace them. All part of our life with relatives.
I am exactly of the same mind. I gift prints A LOT!!!. Also try some of those paint pens/marks, in white, gold, and silver. They. work great on any sort of print surface.
I love the "short summary". Simplicity is very close to the 5 C's of cinematography, "Filmmakers" using film always considered Discernment and Economy, we had to or fail financially. Limitations...are really good as a part of the self editing process that makes us all better image makers. With 16mm and 35mm there could never be a botched roll, it was just too costly (even 50 years ago). Your short summary is a very good guide for the digital world. With digital we can experiment at a lower cost, but to become really good one must remain disciplined in focus, framing, composition, light and exposure. Shooting a few rolls of film every once and a while is a great way to learn or relearn some visual discipline.
Oh, and making contacts even 35mm sized let alone medium format sized contacts from what we shoot, mistakes and errors included are a fairly strict task master even for digital, maybe more so. As in WHY did I shoot so many of the same frames... etc.
All of us need a kick in the butt every now and then, we all tend to get too lazy or rest on things we "know" without venturing elsewhere.
I’ve been taking pictures for most of my 77 years. Not for money, my day job was too stressful. Making a print was part of the film process. Digital has the nasty aspect of always being viewed and shared on a screen.
Over the last 15 years I have been printing more. I refer to it as “Have and Hold”. Relatives get prints with text on the back. Street or bar pictures I return with 5X7s a couple of days later. Most people who work for me get informal portrait at the end of the day.
So I have returned to printing being the end step of taking a picture. To save money they get 4X6, but more often 5X7.
Printing sharpens my attention. Forces me to account. People pay attention to something they can hold in their hands.
An iPhone or iPad or computer does not cut it.
Completely agree!!! the personal touch of writing on the print is the cherry on top!!!
I have a stand set out in the living room for viewing prints. Through out the day I can see the print from various distances and in different light. If I still like the print after a few days I'll go back to it for more refined editing. Having a print and giving it consideration over time is so helpful. Added bonus is I get to feel like I made something. A lot is learned by making a print.
I am not sure if this is the place - using an electronic screen, pad, refrigerator frame to pass family photos to loved ones does not sustain our bonds. Spend the money instead on prints, decent porcelain marker pencils. Your prints, or even Google books.
At the distant end they can hold them, take their time, carry about, and of course misplace them. All part of our life with relatives.
I am exactly of the same mind. I gift prints A LOT!!!. Also try some of those paint pens/marks, in white, gold, and silver. They. work great on any sort of print surface.