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Question: I prefer film photography over digital, problems!?
With the advancement of digital photography over film photography, I was wondering if the businesses and what not out there looking for pictures focus more on the digital work than the film!? I know how to successfully operate both digital and film, but i honestly think digital cameras are a way of cheating, you can enhance the image and make it look professional, anyone can, but film takes more skill!. Plus when you're developing your own film, and awaiting the outcome and then looking how you want it printed; i find more exciting and gratifying than digital!.
If I present a portfolio with a lot of film work over digital, will that effect it at all!? I was thinking of either having one part of my portfolio digital and the other film, or have two seperate ones for both!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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While digital is fast becoming the standard, many photographers still use large format film, i!.e!., 4x5", etc!., and medium format film, i!.e!., 645, 6x6cm, etc!. to shoot landscapes, and many photography based publications like Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, and National Geographic still buy shots for their covers from those photographers, even though current industries drive their publications!. And those current industries are digital based!. Sort of the tail wagging the dog, so to speak!. One industry depends on the other in some way!. I think the purpose of presenting a portfolio is to showcase your ability to capture an image, regardless of the medium!. But there are standards!. I say a good idea would be a healthy mix of the two!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You could certainly present your portfolio in two sections, but digital has become a very acceptable medium for capturing photography!. Many professionals have made the switch with no affect on the quality of their work!.
Composition, lighting, subject, emotion, passion - these are things that are captured in the moment you snap the shutter!. You can't alter those things in the computer!. You can still be the photographer you want to be, even when using digital!.
I still try to capture the best image I can so that I spend less time in post production!. I would rather capture the image correctly than to sit at the computer trying to correct all the mistakes I made!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Patience is fast becomming a thing of the past!. People want things by yesterday, and unfortunately that equates to having to use digital for much of the photograhy profession in todays "gotta have it now" world!.
I also MUCH prefer film, for reasons I will not go into here!. That subject has been beat to death in every photo forum on the net!.
I will say that if you are capable of using both mediums, then you should not have any problems!.
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Almost every business is going digital if not digital by now!. People seeing your film portofolio could view you as set in your ways and not easy to change and go with the cheaper more effective way!. If I was hiring you I would dismiss you because of that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com