Why I Shoot Film
I was shooting digital. Hundreds of frames per session.
Sorting through them later, searching for the one that felt like what I remembered.
Something was missing.
I pulled out my old 35mm camera.
24 exposures.
That’s all you get on a roll of film. You can’t waste shots on almost-moments.
fOR ME, The limitation became liberation.
Film doesn’t show you what you got.
You wait. Days, sometimes weeks. Then the scans arrive and you see what the light was really doing. What you captured without realizing.
Sometimes the images exceed what you remember. Sometimes they teach you to look more carefully next time.
Always, they surprise you..
The imperfections are the point.
Light leaks that bleed color into black and white. Grain that gives skin texture. A softness that makes a portrait feel painterly.
Digital tries to eliminate these IMPERFECTIONS BUT Film embraces them.
They make the images feel human. Real.
I see differently now.
and I’ve definitely become more patient.
Sometimes the most profound shifts come from embracing limitation rather than eliminating it.
If this kind of photography speaks to you—let’s talk.