My digital photography trip started somewhere around 2010 and until early 2023 I owned a digital SLR camera. But I lost my mojo.
Taking seven shots of the exact same scene. Day trips resulting in 300+ photos. The ridiculous amount of time spent on selecting and editing. Even the digital, plastic vibe of the camera itself started to bother me.
Unintentionally, I started to use my camera less often, even leaving it at home when heading for the beach or mountains. I got bored of taking pictures, which was a saddening experience.
A thing of pure magic
I have always considered photography as some kind of wizardry. To capture the tiniest piece of time and space, and freeze it as an eternal witness to our such transient existence: what is not magic about that?!
So, I sold my DSLR, started drifting towards the antipode of rushy digital photography, and ended up in the arms of analogue photography.
The limited options of 16, 24, or 36 shots on a physical medium. The specific opportunities and restraints that come with each type of film.
The time needed to perfectly balance composition, light, and subject in one single shot. The patience that is required before you can finally see the result of your endeavours.
The dreamy atmosphere and soulful contrasts and colours that only analogue film can bring about.
I instantly fell in love with photography again. With this website, I want to share my regained love for (analogue) photography. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less, either.