Someone asked me today – how many cameras do I own. I lost track after about 9 cameras. I was counting DSLRs, Video Cameras, Point and shoots, my new Bronica Medium Format camera and I just ordered yet another film camera – a Holga. Here is what the camera will look like – it is a plastic camera – with a plastic lens. It screams cheap! And it takes imperfect photos which makes this camera perfect for those who want to take a leap of faith one their photography.
I am going to have A LOT of fun during Christmas – and my family is going to hate me! And I promise – once I master film it will be available as an option – or a surprise for my wedding photography. It’ll take some practice – but I think the retro charm of film will knock people’s socks off.
A Holga 120N Medium Format (and plastic) camera
And you can be sure I will be posting some of my experiments – including my failures. We learn from our failures and mistakes. That is what makes us human. People have been saying it takes about 10,000 hours to master something – I hope it doesn’t take that long for film photography. One famous dead photographer said the first 10,000 photographs are your worst. And that is back in the day of film – when a roll of film had 6, 12 or maybe 24 exposures.
I have all these lofty goals – but to become a film wedding photographer would be rather cool – would definitely make me different. But time will tell – and film is making a bit of a comeback.
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