Have I talked about how much I love imperfections in photographs 76981 times yet? No? Okay, cool, cause I’m talking about it again. I bought myself an official film camera, and I am obsessed. Not because film is the cool thing to do, or because I’m a hipster, or any other claims people throw at me that just make me giggle. I’m obsessed, number one, because of the look film gives. Number two, because it takes like .23 seconds to edit film and I’m really into not spending my life behind a computer. Number three, because it’s unpredictable and thrilling and you get images like this:
Since the camera I bought is ollld, it’s more prone to light leaks like this (that rainbow effect)–which is just fine with me. Some (very popular) digital photographers actually add fake light leaks to their photos. I could take it in and fix this ‘problem’, but nahh. I’m going to embrace it as part of the process of creating art: happy accidents, the unknown, and a finished product that has evolved from the beginning–when it was first just a little thought in my head. {Canonet QL 17, Portra 400, f2} for the geeky crowd. Being an artist is exhilarating. Let’s go out and make stuff.
