I've been shooting film since 9th grade in 1981. I've since moved up to large format photography, and develop it in my basement darkroom.

I was at a wedding a few years ago, and one of the brides brothers was showing off all his fancy Canon digital gear. When he pressed the shutter, he might as well have been taking videos, it would take ten or twelve pics in a row in burst mode. There was no art to what he was doing. It was just spray and pray photography. I much prefer the slow and methodical approach to taking pictures. Film helps in that area.

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Originally posted by 4x5:
I've been shooting film since 9th grade in 1981. I've since moved up to large format photography, and develop it in my basement darkroom.

I was at a wedding a few years ago, and one of the brides brothers was showing off all his fancy Canon digital gear. When he pressed the shutter, he might as well have been taking videos, it would take ten or twelve pics in a row in burst mode. There was no art to what he was doing. It was just spray and pray photography. I much prefer the slow and methodical approach to taking pictures. Film helps in that area.

When I switched from medium-format film to digital, the quality of my photography noticeably degenerated pretty quickly, and I attribute that to exact what you're talking about here... the ability to spray-and-pray. When it cost me a buck every time I squeezed the shutter button, I made sure everything was just right... or as right as possible! Once I went digital that cost was no longer an issue, and unfortunately the "craft" of photography went out the window.

Not long after I basically quit photography altogether. My D200 kit with multiple lenses and flash still sit in my LowePro backpack, and they do get used maybe twice a year, but I'd rather pull out the old film cameras for "serious" photography now. Problem is I've been burned out for a long time now; I used to never leave the house without a camera, now I almost never take one. And not to pat myself on the back, but I was a damned good photographer back then too! Oh well...

Went to what was once one of THE finest Camera shops in Montana yesterday; f-11 in Bozeman.

Talk about depressing. It is maybe 10% or less of what it used to be. They had tons of used eqpt all the time, as well as the entire product line from Canon, Nikon, etc. Darkroom supplies, tripods, studio lights, etc. They had everything.

I was wondering on the trip home...Will gun shops go the same route in another Generation?