I was in Grad School when I first started doing "real" photography.
The University had a camera club (automatic free membership to any
student who wanted it) with fully equipped studio space, several dark
rooms, storage lockers to keep your chemicals and paper if you didn't
want to use the club's. My first job site had a darkroom which was
hardly ever used by anyone but me. Then I moved to another job
without such amenities, but had a friend with darkroom. Then I built
my own in a walk-in closet. Then I moved to my present house (25
years ago). Never did get around to building another darkroom. When I
make my next transition it will be to the house my father-in-law
built 40 years ago. With full darkroom. I will probably convert it to
space for the laundry. I miss the dodging/burning, I miss the magic
of seeing the image emerge in the developing tray, I even miss the
smell of the chemicals and the brown stains on my lab apron. But the
whole business was very solitary, asocial. I don't miss that.
stan
On Feb 3, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Ironically, I'm scanning some film tonight. Probably the first time
in a couple of years. I was looking through some negative envelopes
earlier today, and I ran across my trailer park shots. Looking at
them now, I realize I missed some of the better shots first time
through. So I'm having a bit of fun. I need a break from work.
Paul
On Feb 3, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 3, 2009, at 10:42, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Hmmmm....I don't miss dealing with proof books, I don't miss dealing
with wedding orders (massive amount of time), I don't miss the
inability to shoot on speculation (cost of goods prohibitive), I
don't miss wondering if I got the metering right in tricky
situations, I don't miss shelling out lots of money to buy film and
pay for processing (on my 67 it was about $1.35 per shot for film,
develop, proof), I don't miss wishing I had a different speed
film in
the camera at a given moment, I don't miss trying to decide if I
should 'burn' the roll out to get it in for processing because I
wanted some of the pictures on it, I don't miss laboriously scanning
negatives and slides.
I do miss the fleeting feeling of handing the film over to the lab
(thinking all my work was done - NOT).
I guess I don't really miss film all that much.
Amen!
I miss film in a tactile way.. just like I miss that feeling of
picking up an LP from the turntable and deftly flipping it over to
side two.. setting it down, cleaning it with the Discwasher,
zapping it with the Zerostat, and setting the needle down on it.
I miss how it FEELS, but it was a pain to deal with in comparison
to now. Film and vinyl... same thing. Nostalgic about some
aspects but there is a lot I do NOT miss.
-Charles
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