10.12.13

Why there is sooooo much more fun in analogue photography

To begin this blog, I'd like to start with an example of the diversity of present day society. Now that the western world has nothing left to crave for, but world peace, of course, we have all decided to start practicing the same hobbies. On top of the list: photography. 

To illustrate this beautiful phenomenon, here's a real life example for you to cry about.

Last summer, during my trip to New York, I made this photo:


When looking at my father’s photos, he turned out to have made this photo:


And, when searching Google, everyone else in the world seemed to have made this photo:  

Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_from_Empire_State_Building.jpg

Bye fun, there's nothing special left in this photo. I did enjoy making you though. 

However, the fun returned quickly after finaaaaally being able to develop my analogue camera: my precious Fisheye. Now you'll first have to agree with me, is there anything more fun in life than a surprise? (Please don’t take into consideration love, happiness and whatever emotion everyone yearns for, let’s be honest, no one is ever going to be fully happy, we as humans are never totally satisfied.) Since to me, there is not. When making photos with my analogue camera I have no, seriously no, clue how they are going to turn out. When finally being able to look at the photos, they have turned out to be sloppy, mostly blurry, but most of all: full of ambience. Example:


 No photographic masterpiece, but a lot more fun to look at. No one else will have a photo like this, every single one is different. The advantages of analogue photography are marvellous: you have no idea how your photos will turn out, you forget about most of the photos you have made until you develop them and most of all, no one will make a photo similar to yours. It’s all one big surprise.

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