Bill_Green
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It's funny. I'm a digital guy, basically gave up film cold turkey in 2002 and only shoot it when I want that look or don't want to lug the weight of digital equipment (I know, not all digital is heavy, but mine is), or don't want the hassle. There was a thread here (or possibly LL) about someone "rediscovering" film and wondering if there was something to it. I was in the process of writing a "film is dead, get over it" response when I realized that every picture on my walls was shot on film - no exceptions. It made me think, but I could never figure out why. I think you hit it though -- there is something about the way film renders light and we select film for the way each film sees lights, and shoot accordingly. I shot primarily with Fuji slide films and would shoot each differently because of they way they recorded light. We pick digital cameras based on the subject we shoot more than anything else, and with a few exceptions digital images are about the subject, because they can be, and film shots are about the light, because they have to be.Here's an observation I'm loath to admit.
Over the span of time shooting weddings, the vast majority of images have been done using digital capture. However, the majority of my favorite shots have been those done with film. It is inexplicable. I just cannot figure out why that is.
Sometimes (all content being somewhat equal) I think that it is because the film shots seem more about the light. Film just seems to convey the sense of light more powerfully. I know, I know, that comment will be a lightening rod for getting me flamed. But I can't help making that observation based on umpty-dumpty amounts of shots doing weddings. Film just pleases my light seeking eye more.