After using more than a month's time, I completed the 36 exp film roll. I developed them out this afternoon. Woo....it's amazing.
Unlike using DC, FMII, or to be exact, non-digital photo taking, is full of mystery. Since you cannot preview the photos you took immediately, every press of the shutter becomes anticipating. You can never ensure the latest shoot is a real shoot. A tiny change of setting on shutter or aperture can lose what you have taken. Not until you finished the whole roll, you can really relive your little worry.
So whenever you shoot, using film, you will put extra attention to memories the structure you've just created. While having faith to see that can be developed out, you can't help yourself to worry about losing the last shoot. It's very contradicting when you are in a non-digital world.
Yet the anxiety wouldn't take too long as you just cannot finish one roll of film within a very short while, especially in this digital world. Day follows day, you could hardly remember exactly where and what you have captured. Then the worries are gone when you are overwhelmed by busy work and life.
Still, even the film is still inside the camera, you will miss the photosyou've taken, usually before you fall into asleep.But you know you cannot be too rush to see them coming out....
This is the most magical attraction of non-digital photo taking. The inevitable yet not too significant anxiety makes the shooting more exciting.
Photos developed. You are amazed to see those unfamiliar pictures. I asked myself
"Did I really take those photos? Why I cannot seem remembered clearly I have taken this picture? When and where? Er...yes I did! Didn't I?"
See? It's contradicting, it's delighted though. Similar to life, it's bitter and sweet.
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