Inspire me
Recently I’ve tried to make my life more streamlined. I’ve tried to clear my room, my wardrobe, my inbox, my make~up bag of STUFF. I just seem to own a lot of STUFF. And clutters of STUFF leads to a cluttered mind and an unproductive lifestyle ~ for me anyway. I’ve been bagging for charity, binning, donating to friends and Ebaying anything I don’t need or use.
I came across my camera, my film camera that is, and just thought to myself ‘I don’t use it, I’m all about the dige these days, let’s EBay!’ I then checked on EBay to see what the same models were fetching and the resulting search lead to nada ~ A whole lotta old school film camera’s where you can hear the film wind on and not a lot of money going towards them. I decided against paying to list an item and receiving nothing in returning and went for a vow to start using her again. The last time I did take her out was to Australia in 2010. Like we all used to do I came home, handed in my film to be developed and waited. I went old school….We don’t go back there enough.
The always inspirational Jamie Beck posted a series of black and white photos yesterday that had been double exposed but turned out to be a beautiful mistake. It reminded me of receiving my film back on returning from Australia. The pictures were so different to digital. Sharper, clearer, more natural. Of course there’s always a couple of duds but it makes you think more carefully about taking the photo in the first place. Only 36 pictures allowed remember….
I’m on a mission to use my film camera again. Now….mmmmm…..where to get a film….
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I love cameras with film. The excitement of waiting for it to develop at Boots was almost too much to bear sometimes, the disappointment when they didn’t come out and the fun of finding photo bombs or things you’d forgotten on a night out or holiday. Whilst digital is good, the immediacy of it all had made us so vain because we take, we delete, we retake. Viva la film x
Exactly ~ We take, we delete, and then we retake because we’ve become vain! And I find that I keep looking at the photos I’ve taken over and over again ~ whilst still on the holiday!! ~ and it almost takes the enjoyment of actually being there!
You get that film my friend NOTHING can beat the thrill of collecting and opening that envelope of snaps….nothing
Eeeek! As a v relative convert to film I am v excited for you…just returned from a trip to San Fran, my first film only vacation. The lack of availability of the old cannon fire approach was surprisingly refreshing! Hope you’ll share some results… X
Oh I will! although I don’t know whether I could do a film only holiday. That’s hardcore. PS. Love your blog!