Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
It is.
As far as leaving film, I never left, either. I just have a huge development backlog. Anybody know any community or affordable darkrooms in Paris? France, not Texas.
Michael Markey
Mentor
Face book can be every bit as vapid as its reputation suggests however it is useful for updates from agencies such as Magnum and also has regular features from mags such as American Sub X .
It would seem that most photo agencies have a Face book page .
I also use it to post the pics that I take for friends.
Its easier than sending them via e mail.
It would seem that most photo agencies have a Face book page .
I also use it to post the pics that I take for friends.
Its easier than sending them via e mail.
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Lilserenity
Well-known
I'm sure some people said the same of the new fangled Telegraph at the time, I don't personally use Twitter, but there again I'm not against it, just not for me.
It's a good tool for grouping together people who are a bit far flung I find, most of my friends on Facebook are friends not nearby as I can just phone or talk to those but it's handy.
As regards back to film, well, enjoy it is all I say.
It is an expensive thing for some, but it's just made me think twice before taking a picture of something that I think will probably be not much cop.
It's a good tool for grouping together people who are a bit far flung I find, most of my friends on Facebook are friends not nearby as I can just phone or talk to those but it's handy.
As regards back to film, well, enjoy it is all I say.
It is an expensive thing for some, but it's just made me think twice before taking a picture of something that I think will probably be not much cop.
rogerzilla
Well-known
Facebook is utterly horrible. Most of it is vacuous goissip about how drunk people are or daft games and I shudder to think how they're going to monetize it - it can't merely consist of a few ads to justify the much-touted $100bn market value of the company.
MichaelW
Established
I connected to 5B4 photobooks on Facebook & every couple of days he posts page spreads from some rare or interesting photobook. You make these sites work the way you want them to. And I shoot film.
Tompas
Wannabe Künstler
I am absolutely sure that for about 99.9% of the world's population this is complete BS.
You are obviously one of the other 0.1%. No problem in that.
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RedLion
Come to the Faire
I do want to add that I didn't abandon digital completely. Though I did sell off all my Canon gear and M8.2, I do still have my little Panasonic GF1 for street, event, travel, and quick internet postings, etc....
And I do agree that for situations which call for taking LOTS of photos in a short time span, you can't beat digital.
And I do agree that for situations which call for taking LOTS of photos in a short time span, you can't beat digital.
Robert Lai
Well-known
I'm shooting far more medium format these days as it's very cheap to get developing - at Walmart! A roll of 120 C-41 with 3x5 inch prints (even shot at 6 x 4.5cm) costs under $2.
I can then scan the ones that I want. The prints serve as a quick contact sheet.
Developing and printing is performed by Fuji Labs, with which Walmart has the contract.
6x9, 6x6, 6x4.5 - Walmart doesn't care. Same $1.80 price for all of them!
I can then scan the ones that I want. The prints serve as a quick contact sheet.
Developing and printing is performed by Fuji Labs, with which Walmart has the contract.
6x9, 6x6, 6x4.5 - Walmart doesn't care. Same $1.80 price for all of them!
Chris101
summicronia
Indeed there is Roger, And I agree that interactions here (and at the few other photo-oriented-social-media fora that I participate in) are much more like real world communications than are Facebook wall posts. You must admit however, that even here the topics 'roam' at times. It is a spectrum rather than a sharp division. There are Facebookers who consider Twitter sophomoric.
Perhaps the internet is searching for the minimum point of what could be considered communication. I saw the same ad as the OP. A twitter-specific device could be made so that canned posts could be made at the push of a single button. How many unique buttons such a machine would need? 6, 10 ...?
SciAggie
Well-known
This unquestionably true - in some cases. It is not necessary to put up with it on your newsfeed however; don't "friend" those people or delete them. I use facebook to keep up with far-flung family and friends. I think it has its place.
As to film, yea! to the OP. It's curious that as I was out and about this morning I found I was regretting having my M8. I was "seeing" far more images in B&W than color. Ifeel I am being assimilated - I PMed someone about a bag yesterday...
franswa
Orbiting
how did all these luddites gain internet access?
Roger Hicks
Mentor
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Roger Hicks
Mentor
Absolutely. But although there are a few people I don't care for, and others I don't care about, on RFF, there's still a much higher community of interest than on Facebook.
Cheers,
R.
I have posted photos taken with film on Facebook. I hope that isn't some sort of a hybrid violation...
hausen
Well-known
Seems to me when I read one of these threads someone always has to try to be right to prove others wrong. Facebook is a once a day visit for me to see what my kids got up to the night before, occasionally see a fish a friend caught or holiday or something. Doesn't really interest me beyond that but to right it off because you don't like it or understand it seems a little insular to me. Love the OPs Fuji, 6 rolls through mine so far and loving it. Do use a facebook page for my business, looking at analytics I had 157 extra visits last week so does have some use for me.
RedLion
Come to the Faire
I appreciate viewing photographic images, but the question is how to cut through all the noise. On the internet almost nothing is curated and billions of images continue to flood in.... and yet, photography is a most democratic art.
Internet sharing of photographic images is approaching (if it's not already there) a new (actually very very old) kind of language. Instead of communicating with words, folks are now communicating with each other via images. Instead of calling all your friends on the phone or sending emails "telling" them the nuances of your latest situation/adventure/encounter, you can just "show" it to them in a shorthand faux unmediated style.
The uses of photography: art, documentation, advertising, persuasion, and now as a rapid shorthand democratic language for broadcasting to all your friends and contacts a taste of your experience.
But like any rapidly growing & changing language there is the risk of creating a "tower of babel" situation. Perhaps at some point this kind of photography will be recognized for what it is, and someone will put out a kind of dictionary?
So my point is that it's not an either-or situation. In the rapid shorthand communication genre, the facebook camera-cellphone has its place - and for other intentions, film has a place as well.
Normal - Wide - Tele
Internet sharing of photographic images is approaching (if it's not already there) a new (actually very very old) kind of language. Instead of communicating with words, folks are now communicating with each other via images. Instead of calling all your friends on the phone or sending emails "telling" them the nuances of your latest situation/adventure/encounter, you can just "show" it to them in a shorthand faux unmediated style.
The uses of photography: art, documentation, advertising, persuasion, and now as a rapid shorthand democratic language for broadcasting to all your friends and contacts a taste of your experience.
But like any rapidly growing & changing language there is the risk of creating a "tower of babel" situation. Perhaps at some point this kind of photography will be recognized for what it is, and someone will put out a kind of dictionary?
So my point is that it's not an either-or situation. In the rapid shorthand communication genre, the facebook camera-cellphone has its place - and for other intentions, film has a place as well.
Normal - Wide - Tele
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Roger Hicks
Mentor
I'm not writing it off for you. I'm writing it off for me.
What received 157 extra visits last week? And what did those visits actually do for your business? I'm not beng sarcastic: I've long said that if I could see any advantage in it, I'd be interested.
Cheers,
R.
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Roger Hicks
Mentor
Go for it Roger! I am ready with my profile picture!
and it is shot on film (to stay OT)
From the bokeh, I take it you used a Rapid Rectalinear rather than a Rapid Rectilinear.
Cheers,
R.
CK Dexter Haven
Well-known
That's entirely unfair.
I'm barely a participant on Facebook - i don't Tweet or post my daily banalities, or much else, for that matter. But, Facebook is really wonderful for finding and keeping in touch with people you haven't seen in years. I've found people from high school (25+ years ago) and college. Even if i don't correspond with them regularly, it's a beautiful thing just to have a sliver of a connection.
Yeah, it's great to say you prefer to do it 'in the real world.' But, good luck wandering around the country trying to 'stumble upon' a friend from your freshman dormitory in 1985. If we had Facebook when i was in school, i imagine i never would have lost track of these people in the first place. But, the interwebs, nowadays, serve a great 'recovery' function.
CK Dexter Haven
Well-known
If the number of visits is what you've been paying attention to, i think you are missing something. I'm no Facebook evangelist - just saying you can make more of it than you seen to realize.
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