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VintageFemme · 12-27-2013, 12:38 PM

I love that this thread has been created. There are a few photography threads on the site but they don't seem to get much attention which is why you probably couldn't find them. Hopefully, this one will be different given it's an obsession of mine. It's the reason I logged in today! ヅ

I shoot film exclusively. I don't even own a digital camera [save for my iPhone and an old Nikon point & shoot that I haven't pointed at anything in ages]. It's just my preference. I need more pixels in my life like that proverbial fish on a bicycle ヅ however, I do appreciate the convenience and ease of digital photography. Having said that, the equipment I use are 35mm and medium format cameras. I shoot primarily with my Pentax ME Super & Minolta SRT 202, both professional SLR vintage cameras from the 1970s. I also collect vintage cameras and love shooting with my 50 year old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. I have to admit to also loving my little plastic toy Holga just as much as my SLR's. It's just entirely too much fun to shoot. It's always like Christmas when I get those prints processed.

I do though want to say that I don't really think equipment makes a photographer good nor do structured classes. While both of those things can and do help and there are just some things you have to know and some items you have to have, but truly it's a passion that you feel within your very soul to be good at it in my opinion. It's like anything else in this life. Love it and it will love you. Photographers are a dime a dozen today and buying the newest most sophisticated gear is really madness because that gorgeous camera and all of that beautiful glass will be obsolete next month when something bigger and better is introduced into the marketplace and so in that, again in my opinion, it's a matter of finding what suits you and your tastes and learning everything you can about that particular piece. Like Charles Bukowski said, 'find what you love and let it kill you'.

Here is a link to my photoblog where you can see what I do with film.

http://faireunvoeu.wordpress.com/

P.s. I do very little post editing anymore - I did quite a bit in my early years but now I don't find the need or desire so much. I'd be lying if I said I didn't edit at all but I do keep it at a preferred minimum. I don't even know how to use Photoshop. ヅ

12-27-2013, 12:38 PM	#6
VintageFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Outside Posts: 2,299 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,828 Thanked 7,620 Times in 1,655 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I love that this thread has been created. There are a few photography threads on the site but they don't seem to get much attention which is why you probably couldn't find them. Hopefully, this one will be different given it's an obsession of mine. It's the reason I logged in today! ヅ I shoot film exclusively. I don't even own a digital camera [save for my iPhone and an old Nikon point & shoot that I haven't pointed at anything in ages]. It's just my preference. I need more pixels in my life like that proverbial fish on a bicycle ヅ however, I do appreciate the convenience and ease of digital photography. Having said that, the equipment I use are 35mm and medium format cameras. I shoot primarily with my Pentax ME Super & Minolta SRT 202, both professional SLR vintage cameras from the 1970s. I also collect vintage cameras and love shooting with my 50 year old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. I have to admit to also loving my little plastic toy Holga just as much as my SLR's. It's just entirely too much fun to shoot. It's always like Christmas when I get those prints processed. I do though want to say that I don't really think equipment makes a photographer good nor do structured classes. While both of those things can and do help and there are just some things you have to know and some items you have to have, but truly it's a passion that you feel within your very soul to be good at it in my opinion. It's like anything else in this life. Love it and it will love you. Photographers are a dime a dozen today and buying the newest most sophisticated gear is really madness because that gorgeous camera and all of that beautiful glass will be obsolete next month when something bigger and better is introduced into the marketplace and so in that, again in my opinion, it's a matter of finding what suits you and your tastes and learning everything you can about that particular piece. Like Charles Bukowski said, 'find what you love and let it kill you'. Here is a link to my photoblog where you can see what I do with film. *http://faireunvoeu.wordpress.com/* P.s. I do very little post editing anymore - I did quite a bit in my early years but now I don't find the need or desire so much. I'd be lying if I said I didn't edit at all but I do keep it at a preferred minimum. I don't even know how to use Photoshop. ヅ __________________ Unfinished Business & Open to Serendipity