dx �hey cute nerds. does anyone know what's the appeal of film photography? i really don't get it. is it for when you enjoy the dark room ritual? is it about being into the noise pattern? or some kinda "limitations breed creativity" thing?
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tefpreamble: fun isn't objective, everyone has different reasons, and those reasons change
here's an incomplete list
- childhood nostalgia
- inheriting grandma's old 6x7 folder
- all mechanical cameras are gigantic stim toys
- developing film at home is far closer to being a chemist than you realise
- hanging up120 feels like 1920s pi
but also yeah self imposed constraints as part of the creative process is true but that's not unique to photography
and velvia makes stuff pretty
@jesopo @dx sometimes the point of a hobby isn't to produce output in the fastest or most effective way, but to simply enjoy the process
in the beginning, i wanted "pictures that didn't get turned to jpeg paste" because my phone could really only handle white skin
eventually, photography because a way of leaving the house, taking the time to look and observe world around me
and although getting into film was a way of grieving my father's death, film cameras really are stim toys for adults
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