I've been spending the last few nights going through my old battered Kinks negatives again for another project, so I haven't had a ton of time to spare to write, but thought I'd bring you these four failed photos of Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks from the 1980s. I very SERIOUSLY don't miss the surprise of seeing these kinds of things returned from the film lab. The worst that happens when I shoot now? I fill up a memory card mid-show and have to spend a minute switching out to a new one.
Many, many years later, I can smile at these and almost call them art. Back then, I just swore.
Sprockets! This potentially-great beer spray shot was a little too blurry anyway, BUT DAMN.
Pros that were far more pro than me would custom-roll their own bulk film so this didn't happen every 36 shots in.
And finally...I...just...don't...even...KNOW.
The Kinks, "Pressure" (1979)
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© Copyright 2008- Marianne Spellman
2 comments:
I like both options: film has a softness to it that digital still doesn't have (okay, the real reason is that I was able to buy a film camera on ebay for $25, whereas a DSLR would put me back at least $300). But yeah, I do like seeing how my pictures will turn out before they turn out, especially when people who still don't know how to frame a photo take my picture.
It's hard for me to look back now that I have "digital eyes"...everything I shot on film looks smooshy! :P
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