I should warn you: this section is not impartial.
I’ve been shooting on film since before most of the internet existed, and I have opinions about it that a reasonable person might describe as disproportionate. Film is slower, more expensive, occasionally infuriating, and entirely without a delete button. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
There’s something that happens when you load a roll and close the back of a camera that doesn’t happen with any other medium. A kind of commitment. You’ve got 36 frames, or 24, or 12 if you’re shooting medium format and feeling extravagant. You think differently. You wait. You choose.
This section is where that process lives — the cameras, the stocks, the places, the results, and occasionally the mistakes. Especially the mistakes. Those tend to be the most instructive.
If you’re new to film, welcome. If you’re returning to it after years away, you’ll know exactly what I mean.
IJM Photography 