I've been getting into film photography recently. Film is one of those pursuits that, when taken in isolation, doesn't make sense. The photographs are of worse quality, errors are permanent and even if you like the ‘film look’ editing tools are so good now that you can apply a LUT or Filter and get to something indistinguishable from a film photograph in a few seconds. It's also expensive.
But that's taken in isolation. The process of shooting with film is such a different experience to shooting with an iPhone it feels like a different medium entirely. I enjoy the process of buying the film from my local studio, the forced intentionality when shooting, the expectation when you receive the prints.
It might not be logical but I know I take more photos now, and enjoy the act of photography, which I couldn't say before.
One of the rituals of summer. As the kids are playing behind me, my sister goes ahead to open up the beach hut. Something very dutiful and warm about this photograph, while also isolating.Flaneuring on a very hot Florentine day, we came across this protest. I looked it up after, the protesters are farmers. I loved the colour and motion of the flags.Walking to the beach with the required parafernalia for a good time. I like the vantage point of this shot. Before the fun begins.The light and the wheat were too inviting to not wear the hat of Maximum in the lands between. An ethereal combination.I got very lucky with this one. Pure joy captured in 1/15th of a second. I feel the reflection of the trees in the window only improves the image, and draws all the attention to the expression.While I'm usually against the '10 places you have to stay in Tuscany' lists, I'm glad we ended up in this one. Bagno Vignoni is basically one square of beautifully aged stone.I guess the power of photography is capturing moments that matter, without forcing yourself upon them. I think I managed that here.A cliche, but still a generation photo.This was taken at Fosso Bianco, Tuscany, I'm assuming meaning something along the lines of the 'the white faucet'. While the smell of the sulphur saturating the air couldn't be caught on film, the dance of the light of the trees could be.Two people in their own worlds. Sometimes a photo can really capture the essence of a person, in this case I managed to capture two quite distinct essences in one.Movement and wind are always nice.More flaneuring through the Florentine backstreets. At the moment I clicked push the cameriere raised his gaze.The model does the talking here, but we couldn't not take advantage of the colours on offer.Probably the most unexpectedly blissful towns we visited on our Tuscany road trip. I don't even want to share the name. An invitation to explore without the usual preparations.Family fun in the sun.One of the favourite photos I have taken. A door to all posibilites and the composition and the light are just perfect. This was taken on a very basic camera, if you are considering getting started with film, you really don't need much.
