Anyone still use film?

[MomOfOneFunOne]

I used to love taking pictures: pictures of my daughter, what she's doing, all of us, my daughter, our family, my daughter, the pets, my daughter, you know . . . my daughter and stuff.

 

I also used to actually enjoy the whole process of taking the picture, waiting for it to be developed, looking through the pkt of pictures, really reveling in a good/touching/meaningful/cute/whatever picture, choosing one for a frame or book or to copy for my husband/mom/friend, having them to look through together later again and again and again.

 

Then digital photos came along and I couldn't wait to make the switch b/c paying for film and developing was expensive.

 

But we never take pictures anymore. At first I did; I took tons of photos in the beginning. The memory cards fill up and sometimes they get downloaded to the computer. They rarely get printed; they are rarely perused later. They are taken less and less frequently.

 

sigh

 

So I'm thinking of going back to film.

 

Anyone still use film?

[Mama Geek]

I ended up giving up on film due to it getting harder and harder to find film and places that developed pictures. I still enjoyed film better than digital.

 

One thing you might consider is getting a digital picture frame. You can just plug in memory sticks or SD cards.

 

One other thing that really made a difference for me is getting a mac computer. I don't print many pictures, but it is easy to organize and create slide shows. Mac isn't better for absolutely everything, but the picture software has anything else I have come across beat.

 

 

Maybe one of these days when dd is older I will set up my black and white darkroom again...hmmm.

[KristinaBreece]

But... I have a dark room in my basement & develop it all myself. It is hard to find a quality lab that still works with film anymore, IMO.

[Eleni]

I miss film.

 

I miss working in a darkroom and creating effects without computers.

 

Heck, I even miss the smell of chemicals.

 

Ive been solely shooting with a dSLR for a few years now...and refuse to get photoshop. :glare:

It is a ridiculous stubbornness.

[Peela]

We had a darkroom when I was growing up- both my parents are amateur photographers- but they did both switch to digital.

 

My dd16 is at college studying Mass Communications which includes photography and film- she is learning to use actual film and to process it. I am sure there will always be a niche market where it is used.

 

However, if I were you...I might just make more of an effort to use your camera, enjoy it, take your photos, and maybe learn to play with a photo editing program to really refine and play with your photos. Its creative and you end up with just the best photos- I delete everything else. I don't like clutter :) I find out of 100 photos I might keep 10 and put them in a special album. I have also learned to take my favourite photos and put them on a stick and go and get them printed out- that fulfils my need to have "real" photos. I send some to relatives who also appreciate hard copy- and we have a large white board where we pin favourite photos.

[KristinaBreece]

I miss film.

 

I miss working in a darkroom and creating effects without computers.

 

Heck, I even miss the smell of chemicals.

 

Ive been solely shooting with a dSLR for a few years now...and refuse to get photoshop. :glare:

It is a ridiculous stubbornness.

 

I love my film, I love the chemicals... but I have to say I love Photoshop, too. After my DSLR & my Mac, CS5 has been the biggest splurge I've ever spent on myself, and I don't regret it at all. DH got me a negative scanner for Christmas so I can play with my film shots in PS as well. :001_wub: