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June 2009
June 30, 2009
photographer spotlight: amanda
today i would like you to meet...
i love amanda's work and her film only photography blog paper cameras is awesome, so much polaroid goodness to be found there! so i was very excited when amanda said i could profile her on my blog. i really enjoy learning more about my favorite flickr photographers and i hope you do too!
1.) what draws you to photography?
Oh, so many things...being able to create something completely new, to create art as only I can see it, to turn something I see into a memory frozen forever. Sometimes I prefer pictures to the real thing. The way light is captured on film is how I see the world.
2.) do you prefer digital or film? why?
I use both mediums, but deep down inside my soul I prefer film. I think things can look almost a bit too perfect and glossy with a digital camera. The results can be amazing but they often lack the grunt of film shots. I also love the fact that getting film developed is like waiting for a surprise. The fact that I can end up with a roll of duds makes me care more about what I shoot.
3.) what is your favorite camera to shoot with?
That's a hard question. If I was only allowed to bring one camera with me to a deserted island, I would have to choose the Polaroid SX 70. However, I've been pining for a Hasselblad 500CM for a very long time. Once I ever get my hands on one, the SX70 may have to take a back seat for a while.
June 29, 2009
hello
i have been MIA for the last week. sorry for the lack of updates. i'll be making up for it this week, i promise. hope you are all having a lovely monday!
June 23, 2009
photographer spotlight: kathya
this weeks spotlight shines on a photographer who is as sweet as chocolate. let me introduce you to the lovely.....
1.) what draws you to photography?
For me photography has always been an outlet and a way to tell a story without
having to write too many words. A great photograph can say so much and evoke such emotion.
2.) do you prefer digital or film? why?
I prefer film over digital mostly because I have been shooting film since I was 19. I learned how to process my own photographs in the darkroom, so I have a major soft-spot for it. I feel as though it hones one's skills in photography as well. Digital has grown on me, though, and I enjoy it as well.
3.) what is your favorite camera to shoot with?
My Nikon FM2n because that was the camera I first shot with about 12 years ago. This is a tough question because it's difficult to choose just one camera, but I suppose whatever I'm shooting with at the moment is my favorite (recently I've fallen so in love with my Holga, who would have thought!). I'm really starting to get into medium format.
