{"id":810,"date":"2012-05-19T09:33:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2012-05-19T09:33:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:33:02","slug":"revisiting-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/revisiting-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Film"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canon AE-1 Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m loving digital photography. \u00a0I love my Olympus E-M5 and all the modern convenience it brings. \u00a0But sometimes you just want a different experience. \u00a0I have a few old manual focus cameras, and my most recent is my dad’s old Canon AE-1, which still works just fine. \u00a0I have a fair amount of Canon FD glass that I use with my digital cameras, so I figured I’d run a roll through the AE-1 and give it a spin.<\/p>\n

I got a roll of Portra 400 and am in the process of working my way through it. \u00a0Film is far too expensive for me to shoot full time, and I like digital way too much to ever go to film more than just a few times a year, but I’m actually pretty excited to get this roll developed. \u00a0I’ve just been taking some portraits and such, but it’s already been a different experience. \u00a0When I shot film before, I was not a serious photographer, and simply used film in my Samsung ‘compact’ camera. \u00a0These few forays into film SLR shooting the past few years (about once or twice a year) is the only serious film work I’ve done.<\/p>\n

Still…there’s something about a super-simple mechanical camera, with a minimum of controls. \u00a0I feel more alive in the moment…waiting for just the right shot. \u00a0I also feel I am paying more attention to my technique. \u00a0I’m more aware of camera shake and subject motion, and I’m make sure I’m truly set before taking the shot. \u00a0I think working this in for purely digital shooters may help remind them that technique matters.<\/p>\n

We’ll see if this translates into decent photos, of course. \u00a0I’ll be sure to post the results when the roll is developed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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