I strongly feel that digital cameras are so stable, reliable, available, accessible that we tend to take it for granted - "it" refers to both the camera and possible subjects for shots. There is no real urgency to capture a particular moment or someone in your surroundings because it seems to make little difference whether the picture is shot today or tomorrow, the output probably won't differ too much. With film, it can be very unpredictable (especially with an LC-A), you can't be 100% sure how a picture will turn out after being developed. It could be quite different from the effect you had in mind - and you won't find out until you develop the pictures yourself or get it back from the lab which may be a week or longer from the time you shot the pictures.
I have shot around 20 rolls of film in the past few months and I really love the pictures so much. Technique-wise I am still very green, but the pictures mean so much to me because they form a documentary of my life, all the little fragments that make life memorable. It's probably also the characteristics of LC-A+ pictures, the strong color saturation, the slight blur, the vignette, the unexpected light leak... that bring these pictures to life. These "flaws" make the pictures look like one's memories, unlike photos taken with digital cameras - so perfect and clear and factual... how boring!
I am glad I have these lomo pictures documenting my 2009 summer. I was taking the taxi home from the lab (stocking up on 15 rolls of Portra 400VC, Provia 400, a couple of Ektar 100 for my Italy trip) thinking about film, and feeling slight regret that there were a few friends from my past whom I had never had any pictures of/with.
Last Saturday I went to TST and saw this amazing tree, so full of life. I remember an old friend who loved trees. Note that it's grainy because I was only walking around with a free roll of ISO 800 film in a toy fisheye camera that day.
I love taking the ferry.
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