Huss
Mentor
The dood who came into my gallery wasn't that young. Maybe 30. But when we were talking about the images, he had no idea what film was. When I tried to explain that it was a physical medium that reacted to light and was developed with chemicals, it was like I was talking witchcraft.
In the end I gave up, and said any cool pic you saw before 2000 was shot on film...
I almost feel like I was getting punked..
In the end I gave up, and said any cool pic you saw before 2000 was shot on film...
I almost feel like I was getting punked..
Puggie
Established
I used to do a little 2 hour talk for our University photography society about film, film cameras and the like. Part of this was throwing a camera around at the start for everyone to take pics of each other, then during the talk we would develop the film (to show how quick and easy B&W can be), at the end of the talk we would show the pictures (The uni had these projectors for displaying book pages on the projection screen, you could put a light table on there and they had a negative mode )
One year I had a girl who just could not get the concept of film and was very confused at why you couldn't erase your film like a memory card to take more pictures on it. I must have tried to explain this for 10-15 mins before i just gave up.
)One year I had a girl who just could not get the concept of film and was very confused at why you couldn't erase your film like a memory card to take more pictures on it. I must have tried to explain this for 10-15 mins before i just gave up.
Dogman
Mentor
Most people only have a superficial understanding of many subjects. It's understandable that someone with no prior experience with photography would be ignorant of the basics we photographers take for granted.
neghead
Member
I got a kick out of this one
I got a kick out of this one
A guest at our house saw my enlarger and asked why I had a Euro type plug on my "pillar drill". aka "drill press" in American English. I explained what an enlarger is for, but I'm not sure he got it...I can see why he thought that - they do look a bit like a drill press.
I got a kick out of this one
A guest at our house saw my enlarger and asked why I had a Euro type plug on my "pillar drill". aka "drill press" in American English. I explained what an enlarger is for, but I'm not sure he got it...I can see why he thought that - they do look a bit like a drill press.
dmr
Registered Abuser
LOL, I've had to explain to a couple of house guests what the Jobo is for.
Fortunately they understand it. "You mean you can develop film at home?"
Fortunately they understand it. "You mean you can develop film at home?"