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I have always felt that simplicity is beautiful, so that really is my starting point, to break things down into simple and separate parts. I started with film. Taught myself photography on film, the old school way. I spent a lot of time in the dark room printing. Everything about film is really what made me fall in love with photography. Shooting with film makes everything I do with a camera very intentional, thought out. When I was learning photography, I used to carry this little book with me and I would take a picture and then write down all the settings (film, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, frame number) and then a week later, when the film came back I would sit with those images and study what I liked and didn’t like and why, so it
was a very slow and methodical and intentional process. The other great thing about film is the happy mistakes you end up loving, there is this sense of anticipation to see the image, a little bit like Christmas for each roll of film I shoot. Then came digital and things changed a bit, some for the better, some for the worse, things sped up, more instant gratification which is good and bad. Ultimately for me, they are both tools that do different thing at different times for me. I still shoot film because I love the way I think and feel when I’m shooting it, it makes me feel like I am truly crafting something beautiful. Stalking the right moment, planning the perfect composition, holding your breathe right before the shutter is released. The whole process just makes me happy and slows me down to hopefully make images in a similar way digitally. But going back to film, I love the beauty of the unexpected, the anticipation, the intentionality of making a photograph you can’t immediately see…it all just feeds me artistically, so I've definitely moved back in that direction. Verified Credits (0)Worked with James Christianson? Share your experience and become verified! Add Credits
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