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This interview was linked over on RFF - Kiera Knightley waxing lyrical over film:

 

Keira Knightley by Patrick Demarchelier - Page - Interview Magazine

 

From the interview: "KNIGHTLEY: Do you miss any of the physicality of [film]? I think I'm a horrific kind of romantic about film. There's something about that single shot that was one moment in time, and something about the physical process of the light hitting the lens and the dark room. I find it difficult to see the romance in digital."

 

and: "KNIGHTLEY: I've noticed that the people who started on film still have the ability to see the person in front of them. Whereas for a lot of photographers who have only ever worked in digital, the relationship between the photographer and the person who they're taking a picture of sort of doesn't exist anymore. They're looking at a computer screen as opposed to the person. "

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Patrick Demarchelier, the photographer, seems less keen: "Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast." I'm not sure why everyone feels they need to "go faster" all the time but we all have our foibles.

 

As an aside, this blog piece from a photographer I like will probably interest you, Mani.

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Patrick Demarchelier, the photographer, seems less keen: "Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast." I'm not sure why everyone feels they need to "go faster" all the time but we all have our foibles.

 

The craziest shoot I've been on was one in Barcelona where 100+ people were involved over a whole week, and the main photographer whose name I've forgotten even though he's famous had five retouchers/visualizers sitting at laptops working on mock-ups of what the final images were going to look like simultaneously with the shoot. Pretty much everyone was clustered round those computers the whole time - I felt sorry for the models.

 

So yes I fully understand the 'need for speed' (AlanG will come in and lecture us about it soon I guess) in ad work. Pity they don't know what they're missing if they just slowed down.

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As an aside, this blog piece from a photographer I like will probably interest you, Mani.

 

Funny link - I've had a similar experience actually :) At my last couple jobs I was the supposed 'expert' on cameras, where people would come to me for advice about which digital to buy etc. One Art Director wanted to look through my images one day and every time a film image came along she'd ask which camera was that taken with, and the same with the next film image in my stream. She was totally uninterested in all the digital images.

 

I had to use all my charm to steer her away from buying a film camera after that - I knew it was bound to end with a massive headache and lots of support. I think she resented me for not letting her buy a Hasselblad for the rest of the time we worked together. :)

 

Now I work at a tech startup and absolutely no-one is interested in anything better than a smartphone cam.

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. One Art Director wanted to look through my images one day and every time a film image came along she'd ask which camera was that taken with, .

 

This is something I hear a lot from people looking at my holiday pics; people who usually have no interest in cameras. I just point out that it's because it's film. The thing is, many people (me for instance) just don't have the skill to post process their images to match the quality of a nicely scanned film image.

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This interview was linked over on RFF - Kiera Knightley waxing lyrical over film:

 

Keira Knightley by Patrick Demarchelier - Page - Interview Magazine

 

From the interview: "KNIGHTLEY: Do you miss any of the physicality of [film]? I think I'm a horrific kind of romantic about film. There's something about that single shot that was one moment in time, and something about the physical process of the light hitting the lens and the dark room. I find it difficult to see the romance in digital."

 

and: "KNIGHTLEY: I've noticed that the people who started on film still have the ability to see the person in front of them. Whereas for a lot of photographers who have only ever worked in digital, the relationship between the photographer and the person who they're taking a picture of sort of doesn't exist anymore. They're looking at a computer screen as opposed to the person. "

 

She waxes, too?

 

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This interview was linked over on RFF - Kiera Knightley waxing lyrical over film:

 

 

 

Keira Knightley by Patrick Demarchelier - Page - Interview Magazine

 

 

 

From the interview: "KNIGHTLEY: Do you miss any of the physicality of [film]? I think I'm a horrific kind of romantic about film. There's something about that single shot that was one moment in time, and something about the physical process of the light hitting the lens and the dark room. I find it difficult to see the romance in digital."

 

 

 

and: "KNIGHTLEY: I've noticed that the people who started on film still have the ability to see the person in front of them. Whereas for a lot of photographers who have only ever worked in digital, the relationship between the photographer and the person who they're taking a picture of sort of doesn't exist anymore. They're looking at a computer screen as opposed to the person. "

 

 

Thats interesting: It sounds like that it is a question of how You have learned to make photos. If You have learned it in the old analog times, Your speed, view, workflow etc. is complete different from pure digital photographers - even if You now work digital.

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From reading the article I believe Ms Knightly was referring to cameras without a viewfinder, in which case I am inclined to agree with her. Its what I call 'arms length' photography, not really fully involved with the subject.

 

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I think in the context she's talking about being photographed by professionals (for magazine articles, ads and so on). Nothing I can see there suggests she means just arm's length point-and-shoots.

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Thats interesting: It sounds like that it is a question of how You have learned to make photos. If You have learned it in the old analog times, Your speed, view, workflow etc. is complete different from pure digital photographers - even if You now work digital.

 

Maybe they are just older and therefore are slower. ;) Did Gary Winogrand work slowly? Few (outside of paid professionals) could afford to shoot 12 rolls of film every day of their working life as he did. But his high volume approach is readily available to anyone with a digital camera and the desire to shoot that way.

 

http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/08/20/10-things-garry-winogrand-can-teach-you-about-street-photography/

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There is an enormous difference between pro volume and just shooting of images because you can. As an amateur with a completely unrelated working life I do my photography hobby in a way almost exactly the same as what I learned when I did 2 weeks work experience on a news paper 24 years ago. Back then I was shooting minimum 4 or so rolls a day, this year I have shot about 30 in total over the entire year thus far. The difference is simply that when photography was my daily life you fill those hours with plenty of things to do, maybe work through 4 to 6 different jobs/shoots/locations in a day always on the go. As a hobbyist its maybe once a week go off somewhere and take some pictures (1 roll). The idea that digital allows one to shoot like a pro of olden days is probably the biggest load of old nonsense I have read in my time on this forum.

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Yes, and the point is one can shoot any way they like with film or digital if they can afford it... from 20x24 film to MF digital backs. Fast or slow, whether amateur or pro. Few people with digital cameras shoot 442 photos per day every day either... as Winogram did on film.

 

The article I linked to was about tips for street shooters. And this one in particular was recommending you try shooting a lot if images. Maybe this is a good idea for some and maybe it isn't.

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