Last und Lust der digitalen Fotografie weekend I was photographed by Henning with a digital compact camera and am doubly shocked. Not only the flash was too bright, no, at that very moment, I realized that I am the only person now that I know who still shooting in analog. Last year I had even sent him some movies for his birthday and a year later I am no longer on celluloid, sondern auf einen Chip gebannt. Das hat mich ein bisschen traurig gemacht.
Generell macht mich die Tatsache, dass die digitale Fotografie die analoge verdrängt, ein bisschen traurig. Mit sechs Jahren bekam ich meine erste eigene Kamera, ein "Touri-Teil" (durchgucken, draufdrücken) von Canon. Anfangs habe ich mich noch frei am Filmvorrat meiner Eltern im Kühlschrank bedienen dürfen, musste aber angesichts des steigenden Konsums schnell mein Taschengeld berappen, was die Lust am Fotografieren jedoch nicht eingedämmt hat.
Acht Jahre später dann, als wir schon nach Seelscheid umgezogen waren, hat mein Vater eines schönen Tages beschlossen, das Dachfenster des Badezimmers über der Garage abzukleben, den
Beseler to get out of the cellar and set up a darkroom. After he had me inaugurated within a short time in the art of image making, I moved from the main house from the room above the garage and while my father gradually again lost the desire to Beseler, I hit my adolescent nights in the darkroom to ears to the next morning tired and stinking of sulfur to waver in the school. I left my money at Foto Gregor in Cologne stock up to me with filters, paper, films, chemicals and lamps. The vast amounts of material, I deposited in my room, furniture anyway I had hardly because I needed the space for photos on the walls.
On my 18th Birthday I was asked by my father if I would rather a car or a camera, so I was finally able to enjoy a really good
own camera. Until then, I had only the greatest of caution incantations, the cameras may use my father, but from that day I accompanied my
FM 3A at every turn and I was very much in love.
Love has let up a little with the years, but the desire has not changed: I'm sure her a few times, become unfaithful and have the digital cameras of friends tried. But I was never satisfied.
Digitalfotogragie course has advantages, it is undisputed (for example, there would be fewer Images in this blog), but what it lacks above all is truth: first,
can make any idiot now a photo because the camera by the trip anyway to wish all sets itself. The result is that one is flooded with absolutely inconsequential, meaningless images, just as social networks constitute a good platform.
Secondly, you do not have to worry more about image composition, lighting, filters, etc: instead of 36 attempts have been endless and if an image does not like it, it will just be deleted again. Or you edited it. Who needs a filter if there is Photoshop? Third
missing a digital image longevity. Since photography was invented in 1830, is not clear how long negatives are really tough. But it is clear that good-bye as my hard drive in the beautiful regular intervals of two and a half years. Something similar happens to my CDs.
It is much more beautiful, carefully insert an appropriate film for light and opportunity to take time, a motive to choose a section to change the perspective to change the circumstances, to play with light. Once you have captured some thirty small moments, one can distinguish details that huge landscapes emerge from tiny negatives and give other people a bit in the hand, show things
. A well- photographed and carefully honed image is at least something for a lifetime. In addition, a time just printed out digital photo looks pretty pale.
