Phil, What a great adventure to add to your adventures! I grew up shooting black and white and developing it myself, as well as the standard color film. I transitioned to digital when it reached a point of visual parity (in terms of clarity and pixels), and for me, the simplicity of an iPhone that is with me anyway and can do 93.2% of what I want to do with an SLR and/or film camera is really hard to beat. There remains an ascetic aesthetic to film that I miss, and I find delight in others delving into it. Grain. Feel. Light sensitivity. Mystery of outcome. Tweeking of outcome in the darkroom. Etc. The number one rule is shoot and learn, and the time between shooting and learning is the time it takes to develop rather than instantly. Grin.
To your questions on subject matter, which in my experience is the same for film as digital, I find I tend to be drawn to similar genres and focus on them for a while, learning as I go. It may be macros of floura, abstracts, lighting studies, action shots, landscapes, portraits, etc. Bottom line for me is I shoot what interests me. Explore and learn even as you explore and learn on the bike. Enjoy, and please, share some of your ride/photo reports with us! With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
