Great film, great processing + scanning & cheap used film cameras make shooting film a worthy addition to a photographer’s line up.
Images made with a Leica m6ttl, 50mm, and Neopan 400 film.
Scans by Richard Photo Lab, Los Angeles.
Try as I might and as good as digital continues to get, I’ve never quite been able to shake film from my line up completely, or to get rid of all my film cameras.
While there have been times that I have backed off on film and shot 100% digital, there’s some strange siren’s call that I get from the use of film. And I answer it, much to the chagrin and the eye rolling of my patient wife Nicki. She probably wishes she could just lash me to the mast so I wouldn’t be tempted again and to prevent my annual teeth-gnashing and film reassessment.
It doesn’t help when I look at the work online of friends and colleagues (and notorious film shooters) like Jonathan Canlas, Jose Villa, and Dan Milnor that makes me long for the look of the film. I can tell – even on line –the look is from film and of course nostalgia then draws me to want to use it again.
It also comes from looking at my own images from previous assignments made on film that simply compounds the frustration.
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 Paul Gero | |
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Paul F. Gero is a photographer who specializes in documentary weddings and portraits from his home base in Ladera Ranch, CA. A former editorial photographer, he spent nearly 19 years in daily journalism as a staff photographer for The Chicago Tribune and The Arizona Republic. His images have also appeared in numerous national publications including Time, People, Sports Illustrated and Fortune, among others. He is the author of Digital Wedding Photography and has taught hundreds of students through his courses at Betterphoto.com and through private seminars. Paul is a member of Lexar’s Elite Photographer Program and a member of Fuji’s Talent Team for 2009. | |
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