Remember how we used to bring tonnes of them when we went travelling. You would have the assorted ISO 100 or 200 for normal shooting and also chucked in a couple of ISO 400 just to play safe. We either had 24 or 36 shots in a roll and remember that lucky feeling if we were able to steal 1 or 2 extra at the very end?
Having them developed was a big event too, so as arranging them in some chronological order. While reluctantly placing them in what I thought were the world's most tacky photo albums, mother never agree it was a problem because the albums were thrown in for free! It could easily mean weeks before we got to view all the photos taken after a holiday but it was a sheer joy even with such lengthy anticipation.
Too bad those borned after the 90s won't understand what this is all about because in this generation, anyone would demand to view anything taken right away, any object could have been taken from 10 different angles in a 10-shots-per-second interval. If the LCD didn't give the desired result, one can DEL ALL and do it all over again!
With the digital photography having the majority of the marketshare, film photographers have become some sort of exotic beasts in the world of photography. Nonetheless, I am sure you'd agree - how ever much technology has advanced, some things can never be replaced. I am not saying either is superior. It's like exchanging a laser-sharp sniper's rifer for a 2000-round-a-minute deadly assault weapon.
Film photography would be one of them because in my opinion, film captures more than just brilliant colours. It is able to give a dimension that DSLR cannot - the associated temperature, the warmth, the humanity.
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