It's great that you are exposing (<g>) him to the features of film, I've also
done a similar thing recently with a college kid at my part-time job. He's
very interested, but there is also a great hunger from today's youth to ingest
all they can with regard to digital photography, and film is just a curiosity
to them, as I'm sure it'll be to your niece's friend. I can only imaigine it
conpares to the time when 35mm film was first made available to the masses.
Most
people wanted the new convenience, they didn't want to remain in the past.
Also, his field of graphic arts no longer holds any promise at all for a film
user, so don't think you'll get him to drop everything and convert to film.
I've also mentioned the same 3-D look that I see in my film shots as opposed
to my digital shots. I can tell you every time which photo is from a digital
capture and which is from film, wherther its my own shots, or someone else's.
That is THE MAIN reason I'm not running to the E-1 or any other 'system'
digital camera just yet. Yes, it's mucho convenient, you get instant feedback
if
you've captured what you intended to capture, and you can hand out prints to
people in a few minutes...BUT... why should I switch from the OM system to ANY
system that gives me inferior results? Yes, I agree, that with digital you can
keep pressing that button until you either get something you like, or the
batteries run out, but the bottom line is image quality, and I haven't seen any
digital that compares just yet, nor is as much fun to use as the OM system. All
you do is replace your time in the darkroom with time in front of a computer,
and I think, as a society, we're already spending too much time in front of one.
End Of Rant.
George S.
agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> My wife's niece brought over a friend from college to help us
> tear down some bushes. (vegetable variety, not presidental).
>
> Anyway, in the discussions that ensued between bouts of chainsaw
> use, I found out that he is a graphics arts in marketing major.
> Obviously, he's pretty hip about digital imaging and editing.
> Before they took off, we popped down in the darkroom and I
> showed him a few prints and the tools I use.
>
> He had some exposure to B&W photography through his uncle, years
> ago, but had never pursued it personally. He understood,
> immediately, in looking at the photos that there was a look, an
> emotion, and a subtlety that just isn't present in digital.
>
> In a couple of weeks we're going to get together and shoot some
> B&W film and see if we can get another convert to the
> old-technology fold. If it works out that he's interested in
> pursuing this further I might see about brokering a sale of some
> underloved OM-2N and a couple of lenses from this list.
>
> Next week, when they come back to help us finish the job, he's
> bringing his portfolio with him. I see a look in his eye that
> says to me that he's going to go far. I'm excited about the
> possibility of encouraging him and helping him. I know that
> I'll be able to learn design stuff from him too. Excellent
> attitude.
>
> He did make an observation about my own work that I hadn't
> realized. His comments about my digital work (not knowing which
> was digital and which was from 35mm) was that the digital
> pictures were more "bold", but the 35mm pictures "pulled me in".
> In looking at what he was saying, I realized that their is a
> definite 3D look to my Olympus pictures that isn't present in
> the digital shots. I suspect that part of that is the
> technology (sensor vs film) but a lot of it is my own
> interaction with the subject during the composing of the photo.
>
> AG
>
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