How I fell in love with film.

I had wanted to shoot on film for a long time. But I was one of the digital babies. Is that how you would say it? I grew up on digital is what I mean. Just as I was interested in photography (early highschool) digital photography was the new thing - which is crazy to think.

So as I was entering university for design, they had ditched all their darkrooms with a room full of iMacs. I was very disappointed, my chance at shooting film - I thought - was well gone, until I met Allie.

As we were dating, I went on and on about shooting on film, and she went on and on about how I should go do it.

So I bought myself a Nikon F100, and a Sekonic light meter. Then I didn't touch them. Probably for a year or so.

Then I was getting married, and was taking my new bride to Paris, the only good place on earth for a honeymoon. This was the moment. I had to shoot film on this trip. It was now or ever.

So I packed a couple rolls of film, and wandered the streets of Paris with my new wife.

Then my camera broke.

A couple frames into shooting and crack! The catch that holds the rear door of the camera closed, where you load the film broke, and I thought it was all wrecked. I kept shooting with the slim hope that maybe they would still turn out. I got some tape and wrapped that camera up.

But I had little hope. So much so when we got home, I didn't even bother sending the film to get developed. So they sat in a drawer for a few months.

Then I thought, well - why not see what they look like. Maybe 1 photo survived.

And that is how I became obsessed with film.