As I was sitting here this morning chatting about the disposable nature of modern digital media. The consensus was that everything has become commoditised, short lived, transient in value. In respect of photography, in the early days a real photograph was a precious physical item requiring time, money and skill to produce. It was a highly valued, treasured thing of longevity. Now we create millions of digital images all the time mostly of little consequence, quickly forgotten and lost in the profusion of the many. Digital photos are simply disposable items of fleeting value.

Which is why, from time to time, I still take out my film cameras with a handful of my favourite film stock Portra 800, and head out for a day of real photography 😀.

It's fun to load real film into my camera, to use knowledge and skill garnered over the years to make a photograph with a camera without any digital electronics in it whatsoever.

It is great to have the films processed and get back physical negatives and prints I can look at and hold in my hands. It's what makes photography photography rather than simply digital imaging, if you get my meaning?

Ah yes, there are scans of the negatives too so that I can upload images here onto this website, the digital age can't be completely ignored nor avoided. However, there is something about the good old tangible silver halide film process that makes photography more real and producing a good photograph using it is very satisfying. Real photos made with film are much more valued than disposable digital dross.