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Afternoon,
It would be fair to say that we live in a throwaway society. Everything has a shelf life and when the day arrives, we moved on the next biggest and brightest thing. Phones, TVs, cars and cameras… I am slightly sentimental to objects. Everything I buy is bought with purpose and very rarely on a whim. I keep everything, but everything I keep is useful and can still be used today. I am also very funny about boxes. I love the original box and store them safely away so when the day comes that I need to get rid of something, the next person knows I’ve cared for it.
Last Saturday I look at my storage cupboard and noticed it was spilling out. With not much else to do I decided to organise it all. Whilst working my way through I came across some of my original cameras and it made me a bit sentimental. Remembering how I got the camera, where it had been and what we had created. In this throwaway society of ours I don’t think many people can pull something like out and tell you its history.
I am going to tell you about these items history and how the sculpted my business today.
Praktica Super TL 35mm
I studied media at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth as I really wanted to get into graphic design and websites and at the time media was the only course which covered everything I work on today. At this point in time the digital cameras available were 2mp smartcard cameras or very expensive DSLRs which weren’t much better (from what I remember) and film photography still had its place.
During the photography aspect of the course we were shown how to work in a studio using medium format cameras and were taught to develop 35mm film in a dark rooms and process pictures. This was cool. Proper analogue and required a lot of fettling which I really liked. I can’t remember exactly where this camera was bought, I believe eBay, but I bought it so I could take photos rather than having to painfully rent it from the supply store at uni.
I wasted so much film trying to get it all right but it was fun and shooting black and white and seeing them develop in the dark room made me feel like an artist. Even though I was buying £5 rolls of Iford film and £20 packs of paper I considered this such a great investment.
It would be fair to say that we live in a throwaway society. Everything has a shelf life and when the day arrives, we moved on the next biggest and brightest thing. Phones, TVs, cars and cameras… I am slightly sentimental to objects. Everything I buy is bought with purpose and very rarely on a whim. I keep everything, but everything I keep is useful and can still be used today. I am also very funny about boxes. I love the original box and store them safely away so when the day comes that I need to get rid of something, the next person knows I’ve cared for it.
Last Saturday I look at my storage cupboard and noticed it was spilling out. With not much else to do I decided to organise it all. Whilst working my way through I came across some of my original cameras and it made me a bit sentimental. Remembering how I got the camera, where it had been and what we had created. In this throwaway society of ours I don’t think many people can pull something like out and tell you its history.
I am going to tell you about these items history and how the sculpted my business today.
Praktica Super TL 35mm
I studied media at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth as I really wanted to get into graphic design and websites and at the time media was the only course which covered everything I work on today. At this point in time the digital cameras available were 2mp smartcard cameras or very expensive DSLRs which weren’t much better (from what I remember) and film photography still had its place.
During the photography aspect of the course we were shown how to work in a studio using medium format cameras and were taught to develop 35mm film in a dark rooms and process pictures. This was cool. Proper analogue and required a lot of fettling which I really liked. I can’t remember exactly where this camera was bought, I believe eBay, but I bought it so I could take photos rather than having to painfully rent it from the supply store at uni.
I wasted so much film trying to get it all right but it was fun and shooting black and white and seeing them develop in the dark room made me feel like an artist. Even though I was buying £5 rolls of Iford film and £20 packs of paper I considered this such a great investment.