And how a cow yesterday made me realize that film is my secret weapon for building a rock-solid photographic style. Thanks, Bessie, you look great on my Bessa! 🤎 🐮 🤎
Bessie is awesome and beautiful! That is a very interesting topic. I never thought about the paradox of choice. Although I am not a photographer, this post gave me food for thought for my current situation. I do feel very lost with the infinity of options I have at hand. Maybe I need to stop to make fewer but more intentional choices as well. Thanks for the read, Raf!
It takes discipline not to edit my film scans the way I would a normal digital file. As tempting as that is, I try to limit my edits to just exposure and color correction to try to replicate what the print would actually look like.
'was it really a gift? Or was it me looking for the best scene Kodak Ektar 100 could ever provide? How much of my influence, .... Or do we have the paradox of choice ..releasing me on having to think about the endless possibilities and stress, and focusing on finding something?'
The very fact your pondering and reflecting, despite your expertise - I'd say it's a Human paradox of BOTH/AND. The human behind the camera has to be there, to make the choice and action possible. (perhaps an overly philosophical thought). However, you've certainly proved our expertise, choice and creative release.
I hope you can meet Pearl of Crone Manor at Del Eddins place. Something tells me you'd have fun there - check out the kids (the goats - I mean)
I guess you put in words what I’ve felt when moved from film to digital. It was a whole new world. WHOLE and NEW. It was as if I’ve never ever touched a camera in my life. So many things to learn, so many choices to make, my own disabilities appeared so much more….
Interesting! Yes! The paradox of choice is no joke! Barry Schwartz on the TED Talk echoes that a lot: they extensively researched this. Also, good UX (user experience) designers make good use of that all the time. That’s one of the reasons for Apple having a limited number of models on iPhones (i.e. regular or Pro), and colors. Color choice (and storage) is something less stressful to choose than having to navigate in a myriad of specs like CPU clock, memory, processor type, etc etc (commonly seen on the Android world) — that’s stressful and many people just give up.
PS: not trying to start a religious war between iPhone and Android. That’s the last thing I’d like for this publication lol. Just used that to illustrate the paradox of choice.
Yes, the paradox of choice is a reality. And it’s very tangible to me as an autistic person. Choices are very hard for me. Do you want to so how a suddenly panic? Just ask “what to you want for dinner?”. After a couple of long and silent seconds, all I can say is whatever.
And you showed me an error I’ve been doing with the Instax. I keep waiting for the “right”. Right light, right time, right place…. Instead, I just need to have her (her, because for me Instax is a nice lady that loves to sunbathe) by my side.
Agree, it’s a huge cheat code. To me it started when I got my first digital Fuji and started playing with the film emulations/recipes. Film was the final trigger i pulled in this January, and I’m never coming back.
Bessie is awesome and beautiful! That is a very interesting topic. I never thought about the paradox of choice. Although I am not a photographer, this post gave me food for thought for my current situation. I do feel very lost with the infinity of options I have at hand. Maybe I need to stop to make fewer but more intentional choices as well. Thanks for the read, Raf!
Ohhh, thank you my friend! If you like I’m happy, as you are a writing reference to me
It takes discipline not to edit my film scans the way I would a normal digital file. As tempting as that is, I try to limit my edits to just exposure and color correction to try to replicate what the print would actually look like.
Same here!! 100%! Are you familiar with the filmonat conversion software? It seems pretty simple, but perhaps that’s the simplicity i need!
Rafs Ektar 100 Dilemma -
'was it really a gift? Or was it me looking for the best scene Kodak Ektar 100 could ever provide? How much of my influence, .... Or do we have the paradox of choice ..releasing me on having to think about the endless possibilities and stress, and focusing on finding something?'
The very fact your pondering and reflecting, despite your expertise - I'd say it's a Human paradox of BOTH/AND. The human behind the camera has to be there, to make the choice and action possible. (perhaps an overly philosophical thought). However, you've certainly proved our expertise, choice and creative release.
I hope you can meet Pearl of Crone Manor at Del Eddins place. Something tells me you'd have fun there - check out the kids (the goats - I mean)
I guess you put in words what I’ve felt when moved from film to digital. It was a whole new world. WHOLE and NEW. It was as if I’ve never ever touched a camera in my life. So many things to learn, so many choices to make, my own disabilities appeared so much more….
Interesting! Yes! The paradox of choice is no joke! Barry Schwartz on the TED Talk echoes that a lot: they extensively researched this. Also, good UX (user experience) designers make good use of that all the time. That’s one of the reasons for Apple having a limited number of models on iPhones (i.e. regular or Pro), and colors. Color choice (and storage) is something less stressful to choose than having to navigate in a myriad of specs like CPU clock, memory, processor type, etc etc (commonly seen on the Android world) — that’s stressful and many people just give up.
PS: not trying to start a religious war between iPhone and Android. That’s the last thing I’d like for this publication lol. Just used that to illustrate the paradox of choice.
Yes, the paradox of choice is a reality. And it’s very tangible to me as an autistic person. Choices are very hard for me. Do you want to so how a suddenly panic? Just ask “what to you want for dinner?”. After a couple of long and silent seconds, all I can say is whatever.
I ❤️ 🐮
And you showed me an error I’ve been doing with the Instax. I keep waiting for the “right”. Right light, right time, right place…. Instead, I just need to have her (her, because for me Instax is a nice lady that loves to sunbathe) by my side.
You've put something into words that I couldn't quite put my finger on. And I ❤️ Bessie!
Leonardo DaVinci says we do never finish art, we abandon it. Well, film is already born abandoned 😂
100%!!!!!
Agree, it’s a huge cheat code. To me it started when I got my first digital Fuji and started playing with the film emulations/recipes. Film was the final trigger i pulled in this January, and I’m never coming back.
Agree! Film is so cool, I’m in love with it!