I haven't updated my journal in long months, however i have been active on the site, and kept up with creativity, even started to make necklaces!
Recently i have purchased a Zenit 11 slr camera, it haven't arrived yet but hopefully it will by the end of the week. The reason behind wanting to go to film and generally try something new was a rant about digital photography, so i felt like i needed to do something.

Here is my lil rant:
Before i go into this rant i do want to say that i am no professional photographer, only a hobby photographer, mostly because i don't have the funds to purchase the proper equipment especially a good camera, but most importantly i am an appreciator of photography, a big fan.

I have always been a flag bearer of digital photography, always said that it archived what dark rooms achieved before the creation of computers and photoshop, but after i watched Rankin's programme "Seven Photographs That Changed Fasion" where he tried to reinvent seven photographs that in his opinion have influenced fashion photography the most, i realized just how short his digital work fell of the originals. His attempts looked soul less, devoid of the great colour, lighting that was present in the originals, not only because of the skill of those photographers but because of their equipment and approach to the work. Not to mention he chose some annoying models, who really do nothing with their facial expressions.
Its also the approach that many photographers have these days "Oh i have spent days working on my photography digitally, that means its so fantastic." No, a fantastic picture is the one that needs close to no editing at all, because the light, the filters and everything else has already been perfected. As Bailey have said its cheating, and now i agree it is cheating. Bailey's photograph of his girlfriend comes to mind, the one Rankin tried to copy, and not only Rankin wasn't able to use the film camera, where his assistants did all of the work for him, the image, because of the model and equipment just flopped. Gone was the simple glamour and beauty replaces by something empty.

There are some talented digital photographers out there, but its just not the same. Yes, i still want a digital slr and all the gadgets that come with it, but i never stopped wanting a on slr and a dark room.
On a final note, this wasn't a criticism of Rankin, but mostly of the new genre, how it doesn't completely equal the film photography, and i really do like Rankin's editorial work.