When I was younger, back when digital cameras are seen only on futuristic TV shows, people used film. We would have our cameras loaded with 35mm film with only vague ideas of what it would look like in the end. Then we would wait for an hour, check that the package did not get mixed up and then go home.
Later, we would inspect the contents of the pictures excitedly, looking at the good shots and be proud of it, feel a bit bad about the ones that did not turn out well, and be happy that we have a remembrance of that moment or event that was special that you brought a camera with you.
I think that's one thing that we have taken for granted. Now we see everything a few seconds after a picture is taken, then we keep or delete it. The process while efficient has made us lazy, less conscious of the shots. If we did not like it, we delete. Just like that. We blindly shoot pictures, keep some, delete the rest. That's what we do now.
Photo labs in our town are mostly closed.
It's like drawing as well. Now, most artists rely on computers. I think in a lot of illustration work, people now prefer digital. Sure it is purer, more solid, more even. But for me nothing beats the work of the hand, the meticulous and tedious effort to put color in empty spaces that sometimes take a long time to fill out. It requires skill and talent, and I wish people who have that talent would still keep on doing it.
I am not against digital work, here I am writing on a blog that would be posted on the Internet, but I think it woul sure be nice if the old ways are not forgotten. I know I am not very good at it, but I like to keep on doing it.
I am not sure if I am prepared for the world that treats traditional media as like the dagguerotype.
Later, we would inspect the contents of the pictures excitedly, looking at the good shots and be proud of it, feel a bit bad about the ones that did not turn out well, and be happy that we have a remembrance of that moment or event that was special that you brought a camera with you.
I think that's one thing that we have taken for granted. Now we see everything a few seconds after a picture is taken, then we keep or delete it. The process while efficient has made us lazy, less conscious of the shots. If we did not like it, we delete. Just like that. We blindly shoot pictures, keep some, delete the rest. That's what we do now.
Photo labs in our town are mostly closed.
It's like drawing as well. Now, most artists rely on computers. I think in a lot of illustration work, people now prefer digital. Sure it is purer, more solid, more even. But for me nothing beats the work of the hand, the meticulous and tedious effort to put color in empty spaces that sometimes take a long time to fill out. It requires skill and talent, and I wish people who have that talent would still keep on doing it.
I am not against digital work, here I am writing on a blog that would be posted on the Internet, but I think it woul sure be nice if the old ways are not forgotten. I know I am not very good at it, but I like to keep on doing it.
I am not sure if I am prepared for the world that treats traditional media as like the dagguerotype.
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