Lately I have been shooting film, specifically medium format. In fact I haven’t used my digital camera for non-work related photos for some time now. As it turns out quite a few photographers are feeling the same way. My cousin came to our wedding in the Bahamas last week and he had his film camera with him. Speaking to him about it he mentioned that he got tired of shooting digital. That the process of taking a picture was different, too fast, too easy. Took some enjoyment out of it.
I think my reasons are very similar. I enjoy the film process. Some may think I am crazy, because it is a P.I.A sometimes. Shooting a totally manually camera is very very different from the image making computers that cameras have become. But I feel more connected to the process of photography. It slows me down. I think about lighting more. About composition. I love the analog of it. Also taking and developing my own pictures makes me feel more connected to the history of photography, to the art form.
This photograph is of my friend Rosa, who is extremely photogenic. When I took this, the light was perfect and her look was so striking that I knew it would make a great photograph. Unforturnately I hadn’t wound the film all the way back when I was done with the roll so the majority of the frames became exposed to some light leak and got fogged. I was truly pissed. But it happens. Lessons learned.
I had a fun time photographing the Christening of beautiful Isobel a few weeks ago. Babies can be hard sometimes but she was great. Beautiful. Here’s a quick look.
A week ago I had the pleasure of being a second shooter on a wedding for Sharon of http://sharonsweddingart.com/ . She was a pleasure to work with. Jason and Jessica had a beautiful wedding in coastal New Jersey.
The handsome groom:
Such a beautiful bride
Hi,
I am working on some new promotional images and I am looking for some recent brides in the NJ / Philly / NY areas who would be willing to pose in their bridal gown. A make-up / stylist will be provided. More than like the session will be take place outdoors (weather permitting) and last approximately 1-2 hours. Brides will receive a CD of select images as well as a quality 8×10 print.
Please contact me at info@shermancharlesweddings.com if you are interested.
Towards the end of 2008, I started a personal project about the people who voted for President Barack Obama. I’m not going to go into much detail here but check out the site - http://www.votedforchange.org . Hopefully you will find it interesting. Send me a note if you do.
Robyn and I went to the Bahamas this past weekend to meet with some location vendors. Half business, half pleasure but totally enjoyable. The trip back however was a nightmare of blizzard, cancelled flight, overnight stay, cancelled delayed, delayed indefinitely, ok-to-go, alternate-airport, train-to-train-to-tax type of day. Sucked royally. Way too tired to go into full details. Did some some time to take some photos though. Mainly during the evening hours.
January 25, 2009 – 9:30 am
For our Save-The-Date we wanted to create something a little more original than what is our there. We also needed to incorporate a little more information that would not have been possible on a standard save the date.
So one evening we had some fun, and took some pictures. Photography and design by yours truly.
