Interiors & Film Photography
My first assisting job as a newbie in this daunting world of photography was with an Interior and Architecture photographer that we will name John. At the time I didn’t know much about this genre of photography. I jumped at the opportunity that was presented to me and soon fell in love with Interiors.
I have always loved cameras and been very interested in these beautiful boxes but the truth is that I never owned one until my mid 20s, it was and still is my beloved Olympus OM10. I’d love to sit here and tell you that I was given my first camera when I was a little kid and that was my future set BUT reality is that my life became a whirl wind - that’s a story for my therapist.
Having assisted for a number of years I was presented with my first job by *John and from then onwards I grafted and cold called mainly location agencies as this avenue soon became the blue print of building a very slow body of work. But mainly I just wanted to shoot shoot shoot and get used to the process of being out in the field.
Fast forward a couple of years and I started to explore film and how I could introduce film photography into my body of work. My satisfaction level went up ten fold and clients seemed to take notice of the quality of work that film could produce. It’s almost sad that we have forgotten how incredible the quality of film photography is when we compare it to the digital era we live in. I think and it has shown us that it stands the test of time!
What I love about having introduced this medium into my work is that I have become so much more mindful of the scene that presents in front of me and slowing down to compose for an image. By doing this has translated nicely into my digital work and I have started to enjoy working with digital medium more. I am now considering to use manual lenses on digital bodies. Auto focus just doesn’t cut it for me!
Interiors is a beautiful genre of photography. It’s a slow pace and a collaborative creative journey. I find film photography and interiors marry up really well as both are a slow burner and both takes patience and thought. I am currently using Ektar 100 after trying a number of film stock, I just love the colour palette and low grain profile.
These are my two cent on film photography and Interiors.
Hope you’ve enjoyed it.