Comments on: Yes, The Camera Matters

By: DH

DH — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:16:06 +0000

This article resonates on many levels. For many the balance of life has been altered in ways that expose truths about our often unhealthy relationship to things like work or even just living life itself, but the very catalyst that enables these realizations also feels like a limiting factor in remediating the issues. Two years of a pandemic have, at times, made it really hard to see the value in personal pursuits and hobbies. All the while, it feels as if time is being taken from us. I for one very clearly feel a huge reduction in just the shear number of memories made over the past two years compared to years prior. The camera represents something very interesting in this conflict. On one hand a curse, representing the yearning for capturing pre-pandemic levels of experience and connection, and a listlessness in the face of a reality devoid of that possibility. On the other a blessing, representing the possibility of capturing life as it is- the camera as a tool for rectifying Pandemic Time and appreciating what’s in front of us.

By: dangerouschristian

dangerouschristian — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:23:31 +0000

In reply to eric. Thanks for sharing James. Keep up the good work!

By: Shybiker

Shybiker — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 04:02:33 +0000

Nice post. The past two years have been rough on everyone; you certainly have my sympathy. To the extent photography can and has helped you, that’s wonderful.

Shooting my vintage film cameras takes me outdoors and inspires me to contemplate natural beauty. Few things are better than that.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:56:24 +0000

This article is totally spot on. I’ve been getting quite frustrated with my film photography over the past few months, as it rarely feels like I’m able to take images that are ‘good enough’ – while munching through increasingly expensive film stock in the process.

The Southern Hemisphere summer Christmas holiday time has given me a chance to decompress and reprogram, and remember exactly why I got into film photography in the first place. For me it was originally all about capturing memories and visual waypoints through life. It shouldn’t matter if they are ‘crap’ photos (indeed, most of them are), but what does matter is investing time in carefully pointing my camera(s) at, exactly as you say, ‘what matters’. In this way I record where I have been, who I was with and what felt in a far more meaningful way than throwaway snaps with my iPhone camera could ever achieve for me. It’s good to remember this, rather than constantly fixating on largely negative facile comparisons with many far better photographers.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:53:37 +0000

In reply to John. Why don't you do it instead of whinging about this wonderful website?

By: Steve Mitchell

Steve Mitchell — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 07:10:37 +0000

The whole point of photography is to freeze a moment and a place in time….what is unremarkable today will in the future be a thing of wonder. The camera is the tool, and there are many tools for different tasks. I love to capture landscapes, but my images of people, events and the everyday stuff of life will likely be of more interest in years to come. If they survive, which is one of the reasons I shoot film again. I found your blog when I rediscoved film photography. Please keep it up.