From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Film as a teacher: The medium-format film images

Film as a teacher: The medium-format film images

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Film as a teacher: The medium-format film images

Chronologically, this was the last photograph that was made. Yet there's another set of pictures that I want to review here in this movie. Those are the photographs that were captured with that medium format film camera. Whenever you are shooting with film, you create something a little bit different or distinct. So I want to talk about those separately. When you're using a film camera, there's always a bit more anticipation or excitement because you don't know really what you've got. You are out there taking the pictures and you don't know if you've gotten anything good or if you have gotten anything at all. When I tear open that envelope, this is the first image that I see. Ah! When I see this, I breathe a sigh of relief. I am excited! I like this picture. It's quiet, simple. He's standing on the line. As I've mentioned before, when you're shooting with a film camera, it requires that you slow down, that you stop to pay attention. In a sense, I think of film as a great teacher. It…

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