Film Photography : Why are Photographers bringing analog film back ?

You have certainly noticed it, but lately more and more photographers, young or less young, are interested in film photography. Whether it is with a camera found in the attic or one bought on the shelves of a store, a return to the roots is taking place in the field of photography and several reasons can explain it. Film photography remains an excellent way to learn!

It is no secret that most film cameras do not have an automatic or semi-automatic mode. The photographer is therefore forced to use the manual mode and, therefore, to understand it. Some will even say that there is nothing better to learn (or re-learn) the basic principles of photography! Shutter speed, aperture, ISO... reading your light meter will guide you to make a well exposed picture.

Before you buy your 35mm film and put it in your camera, ask yourself: Where will I shoot? Indoors or outdoors? Will it be for portraiture or street photography? In black and white, in color or in infrared? The answers to these questions will have an impact on the film chosen and the result of the photos. Ask an expert if you need advice on what to choose.

One of the positive sides of digital photography is that the only limit to taking images is the size of the memory card. However, this brings a certain carelessness in taking images that one cannot afford to have in film photography.
With a 24 exposures film, you can't take a picture several times hoping that one of them will be the right one! So, in addition to thinking about the photo settings, you have to take pleasure in optimizing the composition and the framing so that the photo is perfect the first time!

After having filled the 24 or 36 exposures of the film, it is necessary to make them develop! Waiting to see if the photos are successful or not is an event in itself and is even more stimulating if we are proud of the result!

Will you follow the trend and dive back into film photography? If you are one of them, a Gosselin consultant will be able to enlighten you on the subject, as much to find a camera, to choose your film or to have it developed in one of our laboratories!