Journeys for Knowledge

As I mentioned in December, I have begun taking some photos with my father’s Canon A1 film camera. The experience has taught me to savor every photo and to have patience with drafting each photograph as a memory, instead of taking pictures blindly and sorting them afterwards. A little more thought before the shot leads to far less processing afterwards. To take this training one step further, during my most recent trip home I loaded the camera with Kodak Ektar, which is a type of film specialized for landscapes, and has superb color reproduction. Using this film would require me to take really pick the right angle for each shot, since I only had one roll of it. The results I will let you judge for yourself, but overall I am satisfied with what I’ve learned from the challenge of film, and for the time being I will resume using my digital camera to see how much I have truly improved.