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As a photographer, I have a lot of cameras. Like, probably too many cameras. When I started getting into analog photography, I was suddenly seeing film cameras everywhere I went.  Cameras Mentioned in this Post Granted, I do a lot of thrift and antique store shopping, so I guess it's not that unusual. Over the past couple years I've built up a pretty solid collection of point-and-shoot, SLR (manual analog), and DSLR (manual digital) cameras. In this blog post I'll share a few of my favorites, and the photos they produced (with a little help from my artistic eye).  We'll start with my go-to digital camera. I didn't find this one at an antique store or anything, but it's the camera that I've used for almost everything in my photographic career. It's a Canon EOS Rebel T6. This might not mean anything to you - but it's basically the nicer DSLR beginner digital camera that is made by Canon. It has the full manual control, without the big price. It's n...

With this new age of digital photography, the common knowledge of the analog process is not so common anymore. New photographers have now started off with cameras built into their phones instead of cheap point-and-shoot film cameras. In this post I'll answer some common questions beginners may have about using a film camera and the analog process. Film camera selfie 1. How does a film camera work? A film camera works in a similar way to how digital cameras work - by recording the lens-focused light that is exposed to a sensor inside of the camera. However, instead of the light information recording into a digital file, the light exposes a strip of material called film. Film strips are typically made of plastic and coated in  light-sensitive silver crystals (photographyhistoryfacts.com, 2021). The crystals undergo a chemical change based on how much light is exposed onto the sections of film. In order to view the pictures the film has to be developed in photographic chemicals. Examp...

In 2021, everybody has the potential to be a photographer. We all have or know someone who has a camera in their back pocket - a cell phone. However, if we go back even 50 years this would be an alien concept. The photographic technology of the 70s looked much, much different than it does today. How does a camera from that time period compare to the tech of today? In this post, I will be exploring the pros and cons of digital and analog photography. Analog Camera First, definitions. What does analog photography mean? The term is used to refer to any photographic process that relies on chemicals to produce a result. Any camera that uses film would be defined as analog. According to imaginated.com, digital photography uses "electronic photodetectors to form an image" (imaginated.com, 2021).  Each of these processes have their pros and cons, and there is no right answer to which is better. It is up to the individual to decide which appeals to their needs the best. Let's star...