Comments on: THE ZEN OF FILM vs. DIGITAL GRATIFICATION http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: menuez http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-312 menuez Sun, 31 May 2009 15:07:28 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-312 the niche rules! the niche rules!

]]> By: Ian Martin http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-306 Ian Martin Wed, 27 May 2009 03:36:52 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-306 Speaking of which: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html Speaking of which: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html

]]> By: menuez http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-304 menuez Tue, 26 May 2009 22:05:28 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-304 But you know this will become very valuable for those who keep it alive. Like the audiophile true believers collecting vinyl and spending $$ on tube amps etc.... But you know this will become very valuable for those who keep it alive. Like the audiophile true believers collecting vinyl and spending $$ on tube amps etc….

]]> By: RAM http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-303 RAM Mon, 25 May 2009 21:58:17 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-303 In these digital times, the ability to shoot on film, to create an original non-manipulated image with a fully manual camera system will always be considered as something of a dying art form ... In these digital times, the ability to shoot on film, to create an original non-manipulated image with a fully manual camera system will always be considered as something of a dying art form …

]]> By: menuez http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-295 menuez Fri, 22 May 2009 20:58:17 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-295 Yeah, i remember that day and our meeting, amazing to hear from you. Glad you survived to build a career. I love your comments and agree with you. Impressed with the kodachrome thing-- I have to admit I have not thought of that for a long time but I will check out the project. thanks! Yeah, i remember that day and our meeting, amazing to hear from you. Glad you survived to build a career. I love your comments and agree with you. Impressed with the kodachrome thing– I have to admit I have not thought of that for a long time but I will check out the project. thanks!

]]> By: menuez http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-294 menuez Fri, 22 May 2009 20:53:09 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-294 cool! cool!

]]> By: Michael Stolz http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-284 Michael Stolz Mon, 18 May 2009 01:06:49 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-284 For me it is the auto every thing that puts you in to the moment. Setting there for an hour or so, the place and time be come more then a picture. The smell, the touch, the sounds, and the moment. No anticipation the moment and the picture. Yes I will make changes in the camera. Change saturation, speed, white balance. But not till I get to the moment. I start in Program shot and look. Then I shot and look and listen. I shot, look, listen and smell. With no anticipation, I look, I listen, I smell and I shot. The act of taking a picture became a meditation and the picture is the moment. For me it is the auto every thing that puts you in to the moment. Setting there for an hour or so, the place and time be come more then a picture. The smell, the touch, the sounds, and the moment. No anticipation the moment and the picture. Yes I will make changes in the camera. Change saturation, speed, white balance. But not till I get to the moment. I start in Program shot and look. Then I shot and look and listen. I shot, look, listen and smell.
With no anticipation, I look, I listen, I smell and I shot.
The act of taking a picture became a meditation and the picture is the moment.

]]> By: menuez http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-275 menuez Tue, 12 May 2009 23:36:45 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-275 perfect, agreed, will edit more of my text too! perfect, agreed, will edit more of my text too!

]]> By: Dan http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-267 Dan Sat, 09 May 2009 20:00:45 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-267 Hi Doug, I met you and Rick Smolan in line to fly to the big island for a solar eclipse in 91. I was in my early 20's and just starting to earn a living in photography through being a stringer. A lot has changed since then to say the least. I have been shooting for 34 years now, 15 with digital. What I have found is that while digital is a great tool, overall, it has not made photographers better, has not bettered the images of say, David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, James Natchwey, Mary Ellen Mark, etc. In terms of impact and emotional content, I rarely see images today made on digital outdoing film images made yesterday. I like to commit to a strong technique, I like the look and the feel of film. I liken shooting with digital like running on sand, no discernible limit while shooting with film is like running on pavement, you can "power" off of those limits and make them work for you. So in the past few years, I have reduced the amount of digital I use to deadline or client budget related reasons. I photographed OBama signing the stimulus bill not long ago. I had a D3, D700 for my news agent and a leica M3 with Kodachrome for me. The good news in all of this? Digital has matured as a medium and film has matured as a niche. I will continue to use both and I am happy to see some clients are fine with budgeting for film use. I am a photographer, I use what I feel like or what I have to and after 15 years of shooting digital, I not only find that it is not the second coming, but it is not better than using film, just different. So be different, come join us in celebrating a film's 75th anniversary: http://www.Kodachromeproject.com Life is too short to follow a crowd, but you know that..:-) Hi Doug, I met you and Rick Smolan in line to fly to the big island for a solar eclipse in 91. I was in my early 20’s and just starting to earn a living in photography through being a stringer.

A lot has changed since then to say the least. I have been shooting for 34 years now, 15 with digital. What I have found is that while digital is a great tool, overall, it has not made photographers better, has not bettered the images of say, David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, James Natchwey, Mary Ellen Mark, etc.

In terms of impact and emotional content, I rarely see images today made on digital outdoing film images made yesterday. I like to commit to a strong technique, I like the look and the feel of film. I liken shooting with digital like running on sand, no discernible limit while shooting with film is like running on pavement, you can “power” off of those limits and make them work for you.

So in the past few years, I have reduced the amount of digital I use to deadline or client budget related reasons. I photographed OBama signing the stimulus bill not long ago. I had a D3, D700 for my news agent and a leica M3 with Kodachrome for me.

The good news in all of this? Digital has matured as a medium and film has matured as a niche. I will continue to use both and I am happy to see some clients are fine with budgeting for film use.

I am a photographer, I use what I feel like or what I have to and after 15 years of shooting digital, I not only find that it is not the second coming, but it is not better than using film, just different.

So be different, come join us in celebrating a film’s 75th anniversary:
http://www.Kodachromeproject.com

Life is too short to follow a crowd, but you know that..:-)

]]> By: Bruno Chalifour http://menuez.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/the-zen-of-film-vs-digital-gratification/#comment-263 Bruno Chalifour Sat, 09 May 2009 11:52:31 +0000 http://menuez.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-263 PS: going back to the top of the page I think Doug's motto is the real conclusion of this: "Go fast, don't crash." In other words, embrace technology if it is your choice, just control it. PS: going back to the top of the page I think Doug’s motto is the real conclusion of this: “Go fast, don’t crash.”
In other words, embrace technology if it is your choice, just control it.

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