Doing something for the first time is always hard,
This experience was like no other I’ve ever had before and it was something that i had to try out myself to really really get me into to zone of film photography. Here in Bombay acquiring film can sometimes be a taxing job. still i managed to get myself a couple packs of Fujifilm c200, and was all set to embark on this mysterious journey of what i thought was kinda like self discovery in a way. [enter LOTR reference].
For the longest of time i found my self trying to see the image i just clicked on a screen that did not exist, i was so used to using a DSLR that switching to analog really slowed me down, Here’s to the countless moments that i couldn’t capture due to myself being a total noob when it came to shooting this way. And suddenly i felt like i had picked up a camera for the first time.
I felt lost, kinda handicapped, somewhat like the lollipop who’s kid fell on the ground.. (what?). Reality hit me pretty hard, I was too slow at manually exposing and focusing, and by the time i figured it out it was too late. with the DSLR i was boss, id never miss a moment. so i resort to taking photos of Architecture instead, i figured “oh hey a building won’t move” and that i could take my sweet time to properly compose my image. and thats exactly what i did. cause you gots to start somewhere right?
I was someone who’d go places with this huge camera bag, with my entire life inside it. like 4 lenses 2 body’s kinda thing, so i’d know i was prepared for anything. Switching to using only one camera with one lens was a challenge at first (it still is) but its taught me to make the best with what i have with no exception in the level of photos produced, still the same ‘bhim click’. And it got me to the point where The less I needed, the better I felt. cause in the end its you who makes the image so powerful, not the gear you lug around with you. all that is just to help you turn you vision into reality. or a verson of your reality.
