Andy Marquez Gallery Blog

Well, all you hear these days when it comes to photography is DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL. Here are some words from a guy who still uses and loves film.

I spend a couple of days earlier this month photographing in my neighboring state of New Mexico. I am not going to disclose the locations at this time. After spending the night in (this I will say) Santa Fe,
I ventured off before dawn to a location where I had planned to shoot at sunset. I had been told by someone quite familar with the area that I needed to be there in the late afternoon due to the sun’s location. I arrived at my destination and headed out into the cold with ice and snow below my shoes.
I found the subject I was looking for and yes, it was correct that it was still in the shade. I looked around and realized that the shade was giving away to sunlight in a nearby area. I felt that within minutes the light would be with me. And sure enough it was. I fired away when it did, and I was quite excited about the shot I felt I nailed. I left the area feeling very exuberant. Actually, I couldn’t stop thinking about it all the way back to Denver. Wow.
Now, if this had been Digital, I would have seen what I had done, and probably been happy about it too, but I don’t believe the thrill would have been there like it was.

Because it was before a weekend that I dropped off the film to be developed at Reed Photo, it took 5 days to see the results. But the anticipation and ecxcitement when I picked up the film and opened the envelope, was wonderful. When the results were better than I had expected, it was like hitting a homerun in the bottom of the 9th to win a game.

So, to me that’s why I love fillm and plan to continue using it until I can’t buy it no more.

Andy

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