Entering film photography

A recent blog post by David Hayek on http://theodysseyonline.com is dealing with the question "Why You Should Seriously Try Film Photography?".

"But film photography is different. It's careful, thoughtful, and genuine; not rushed, mindless, or fake."

Hayek elaborates on the key characteristics of film photography:

- Film photography requires time and attention

- That photo is something you saw, something you decided exactly when to capture, and something you carefully created all on your own.

It is an art driven by understanding of capturing light, understanding of exposure, understanding of image composition, and understanding of the photographic film development process.
It is about true craftsmanship.

Nevertheless, modern digital photography gives many more possibility to the ambitious photographer. Going through the school of film photography handcraft gives the digital photographer the skills to invest time and energy on the parts of the photographic process adding the most value to the quality of a final image through being more determined on that one excellent and not only good image.