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Analog photography

What analog photography means to me

Authenticity

Because when you take analog photos, everything is up to you. The camera does nothing for you, unlike does the digital camera.

Experiment

Because its very sensitive and everything will affect it. Much more than in digital photography. There are also many defects on old cameras which creates beautiful effects

Moment of surprise

You never know how your pictures will look. You don’t see your picture until you develop it.

Basics of analog photography

Choose type of camera

These are the most used types of analog camera:

Choose film

The right size, black&white x color, positive x negative (you don’t have to care about it if you don’t develop the film by your own, most of the time you will use negative film), number ISO (light sensitivity)

Use exposure meter

It’s the tiny mechanism which measure the photography exposure, which means the light coming in you camera, the time of exposure and aperture (It could be build in camera, or you have to use external exposure meter or even today a mobile app)

How I started to use analog camera

My very first picture on analog.

I love it because of this defect. It happend besauce it was the first picture on a film. The first picture is often partly illuminated and incomplete.

My first analog camera

Actually it was horrible, totally broken. It was destroing the films.

How the analog helped me get to university

After high school I applied to Film Academy. My specialization was Director of Photography.

Film industry wasn‘t the right choise

I didn’t have the character to work in the film industry. It was very stressful.

Most of the time I shoot my friends, family and things thats are important