Throughout summer I started testing film for a number of situations with different cameras, lenses, and film stocks. After that, I'd shipped those rolls to a lab in US to have them both developed and scanned. Scanning has been the tricky part of my film developing process, and I am still looking into ways to improve it. Truth is, this whole process, including shipping delivery time and everything could have taken between 2 to 3 months (laugh please). It is my pursuit to prove that I could get similar quality results on film as on digital; however, it is my belief that I could learn more from my mistakes using film, and hope the process, regardless the time it takes, will help me become a better photographer.

And yes, now that the results are in, I made mistakes, lots of them ;-)

But this blog is about the look of film. Today, whenever you hear people talking about cameras, it is about the technical quality of the image, the megapixels, the latest and the greatest, and to some extent I fault to contribute to that type of conversations. But only after you study from the Masters, coming from an era devoid of digital tech and instant feedback, you could not only but appreciate the talent, and wonder how on earth they could capture such images using film.

Part one is about the look of film in family pictures. Some pictures I am sharing look sharp, some others have deep colors, but I know you all agree with me they all have a certain look you cannot get on digital. To me, that something special comes from certain pictures, not necessarily perfect, but it catches your eyes, it holds you still, it forces your attention, and you cannot help but feel something, anything, and every time you look at it again, it is like you get a whole rush of new feelings.

Perhaps you can help me out put this look thing into words. I wouldn't mind.