Why I love shooting film: The memory and the surprise
Having no instant feedback shooting film, also means I sort of get to re-experience a moment one more time. Simply because I can only look at a photo much later. And when I finally get to see the negatives and/or the scans, I get taken back to that moment.
I also get to enjoy the suspense and the surprise: “Did I get the shot how I imagined it?“ “Oh, that’s a detail I didn’t see when taking the shot!” Or – when I develop the film much later – “nice, I forgot about that frame”.
It’s always exciting taking the film off the reel after developing it, holding it up to the light and looking at this long strip of negatives. There’s always a surprise waiting.
Of course, I also get to experience the disappointment when something didn’t turn out. But that’s part of the game, and what makes it exciting in the first place.
