The Analog Revolution - Back To Our Roots?

Film Photography Comeback? I love my vinyl record collection. I have two turntables in the office, and I love the slow pace of going through the records, choosing one, taking it out of the sleeve, using a dust brush, carefully placing it on the turntable, and turning on the imperfect, but authentic, sound. When the first side concludes, I am forced to get out of my chair, walk to the turntable, turn the record over, and begin again. OK, Millennial. I get it. Why waste all that time, when I can just click an icon on my computer or smartphone, and listen to pure, digital music? Hey, I get it. I am the FutureLawyer, remember? But, there is something primal about OLD tech, and music isn't the only game in town. I used to spend hours in a darkroom, winding 35 mm color slide film, developing it in plastic tanks, trimming and mounting the slides, and then putting them in an enlarger and making Cibachrome prints on paper. I would develop them in big plastic drums, and the magic of seeing beautiful color prints come out of the drums was palpable. I still have all of my darkroom equipment in my den, and occasionally threaten to get back to it. Anybody else out there have a bunch of old camera bodies and lenses that need dusting off?

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[John Upton]

Let them threaten all they want, leave them there. It used to be an incredible effort to make the most basic photo; just dealing with dust spots was enough cause madness. Now photography can be only about good and creative photos.