I have been through twenty+ years of archived negatives, and have chosen what I consider the best for posting. There may be a few more, but essentially, I have come to the end of the film work.
Sometime in the later '90's I borrowed a friend's Olympus digital point and shoot, pointed it and shot.
It was quite awkward. It was far too light, and felt peculiar in my hand. I was used to the comforting heft of my Nikon F5. The tiny screen, instead of a viewfinder, was strange, as was the posture of holding it away from my eye.
I didn't like it at all, but I must admit that the technical aspects of it fascinated me, particularly the idea that I didn't need a darkroom. I always disliked the darkroom; developing and printing was drudgery for me.
Below is one of the first images I attempted:
I was trying to emulate the look of film, with mixed results. The image is somewhat soft, and lacks the focus and lighting I could have achieved with film.
The framing is also a little off, because I wasn't used to looking at a screen. It was hand-held; the camera didn't have a tripod mount.
But I had an image, and without entering a darkroom!
It was a beginning.
Nice pose and image, though my personal preference when shooting digital is to use available light. Bob
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