Why Would You Want To Use An Analog Camera
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This document discusses the pros and cons of analog versus digital photography. It notes that while digital photography is cheap, quick, lightweight, shareable, and automatic, it lacks depth, technique, creativity, and a romantic feel. Analog photography requires more involvement in the process and technical skills, but allows for more creative techniques and can produce photos with a romantic quality and better long-term preservation. In the end, both options have advantages, and the document suggests exploring both to find the right fit depending on the photographer's goals.
Why Would You Want To Use An Analog Camera
- 4. Digital photography is: Cheap
- 5. Digital photography is: Cheap Quick
- 6. Digital photography is: Cheap Quick Light- weight
- 7. Digital photography is: Cheap Quick Light- weight A link
- 8. Digital photography is: Cheap Quick Light- weight Shareable (via social media)
- 9. Digital photography is: Cheap Quick Light weight Shareable (via social media) Automatic
- 11. But it lacks:
- 12. But it lacks: Depth
- 13. But it lacks: Depth Technique
- 14. But it lacks: Depth Technique Creativity
- 15. But it lacks: Depth Technique Creativity A Romantic Feel
- 16. But it lacks: Depth Technique Creativity A Romantic Feel Quality & Preservation
- 18. And I agree !
- 19. For there is a lot to say about digital photography
- 20. It is very useful and handy
- 21. (if not, it wouldn't have been so successful)
- 23. Professional photographers repeatedly disagree on the question: which photographic result is better: analog or digital?
- 24. So why use an analog camera for your photography?
- 25. Depth Using an analog camera, you can experience photography much more intense, than when using a digital camera. The process of photographing isn't a few pushes on some buttons, but rather a process involving many aspects, such as preparing the photography agent, assembling the camera, developing, printing and packaging the photograph (if necessary). All these activities endorse depth in the art of photography and a better understanding of photographic processes.
- 26. Technique An analog camera does not consist of the button “Automatic Exposure”. When using such a camera, you need to have technical knowledge, to be able to use the camera properly and get quality photographs. Photography teachers often recommend learning basic photography with an analog camera. This learning method enables you to control the camera in difficult environment situations, when (semi-) automatic functions of a digital camera do not give you effective results, such as photographing a far object in darkness, extreme light contrasts or fast moving objects.
- 27. Creativity An analog camera gives you freedom to use techniques such as double or triple exposure; cross-processing; direct positive on a glass plate, etc. With this freedom, you increase your playground and enable yourself to explore and invent as many combinations of techniques as you want. The sky is the limit! At the same time, an analog camera limits photographic processes, such as not being able to change the ISO value of the film, while the film is still in the camera. Barriers have a way of pushing us towards solutions, thus enhancing our creativity. ..
- 28. A Romantic Feel Have you ever seen the Wet Plate Collodion photographs of Sally Mann, made in an old bellows view camera with 8x10 glass negatives? The photographs have beautiful Victorian feel to them that is almost painterly. The photographs “pulls you into them”, as if you are part of the landscape. The strong romantic feeling adds an extra dimension to the content of the photographs. …of course, if you look for a Wet Plate Collodion filter for Photoshop, you will find it easily and could put it to use, so it would look like a Wet Plate photograph. To the eyes of real photography lover, it would still be a fake!
- 29. Quality & Preservation The quality of digital photographs are very high and so are the professional digital prints. Unfortunately, most digital photographs are preserved and printed quite poorly (home quality). The result is sadly unfortunate for future generations. While old photographs that were made or printed using historical processes, are still with us after 150 years, most digital photographs (as of today) will not last as long!
- 30. So, comparing the two options: analog & digital photography, both have pros and cons…
- 31. Cheap Quick Lightweight Shareable (via social media) Automatic Depth Technique Creativity A Romantic Feel Quality & Preservation Digital vs Analog
- 32. Ironic enough, the words of Steven Sasson, the inventor of the digital camera, should inspire you to explore and experiment (with analog photography). Listen to this…
- 33. And??? What are you going to use now? A digital or an analog camera? © 2014 img-i www.img-i.com