when i decided to do a 365 project for the second year in a row, i promised myself that i'd dare to take more shots only on film and that there would be days where i didn't shoot digital at all. i'm now over halfway and i think there have only been 3-4 days where i took just film shots. not good, at least in terms of keeping that film promise to myself.
i can feel the stagnation setting in. on friday, i very nearly forgot to take a photo for the first time in a year and a half. it's so ingrained in me now that it's like breathing, but on friday, i almost forgot. thank goodness for the iPhone and Instagram, or i wouldn't have a shot from that day and i would have missed my first photo of the day in a year and a half. and despite feeling a bit blah (i blame the clouds), i would feel pretty badly about that, because taking a shot every day for a year and a half is something of an accomplishment.
today, despite an utter lack of photo mojo (again with the clouds), i got out the rolleiflex and halfheartedly dusted it off. and still, what you get a through the viewfinder digital shot. do you think i took a picture with the actual film that's languishing in the camera? if you say no, you would be right.
i do hope the sun comes back soon. it's much easier to keep those promises to myself when the sun is shining.
it's been pouring down here for days, today it's dry, what a relief.
ReplyDeleteyesterday i took some pictures with my 'new' little box camera, in the drizzle. no idea if anything turned out. but i think film shots in grey weather can be very poetic, much more so than digital. maybe you should give it a try?
here's to lighter days!