Why apply a film mentality to digital photography? | Levi Bettwieser | TEDxBoise

[@RescuedFilmProject]

Thank you everyone for the support!

[@WSEmx]

thanks!!!

[@dangerpowers123]

Excellent ted talk, I received 30+ rolls from my grandparents, after they passed away. Undeveloped and dating from the 1930's to the 1970's. Medium format and 35mm. So many memories trapped in those little canisters. It was a joy to develop them and share them with my wider family. Weddings where the photos I developed were the only ones we have and baby photo etc.. It's partly What a got me hooked on film photography. How permanent film is as a physical record. I just don't think digital photos will last 50+ years with how much technology changes.

[@minisla]

Great work. I shoot 50% film and 50% digital. Having the negative is something which I personally prefer. The whole process from loading to waiting for the negatives to arrive. Keep up the great work.

[@Superbustr]

Well said. People don't seem to understand just how disposable the current generation is. People put convenience ahead of quality and meaningful media.

[@KennethDAstonJr]

Dude, I have been following you for over a year now and I really know how you feel, that is why I became a photographer to capture and freeze time

[@hilites]

Marikina City in the Philippines was hit with a devastating flash flood years ago and inundated the homes of many families who went to the same school. A common story of grief was the loss of school yearbooks and albums. They said that appliances and furniture could always be replaced but how do they share they share their stories and relive their memories ?

[@teleaddict23]

I have recently gone back to shooting film for this very reason. It was how we took photos for over 150 years and it's how we should still be taking photos. A negative is real, your phone will take a digital file and more often than not we never print out our photos because as humans, once we have seen the photo and the moment has passed we move on and to print them is effort. Film forces us to keep precious memories.

[@ejacks3]

Just watched your TED talk. Thank you for reminding us all to be mindful of the images we make.

[@VaughnFelixMusic]

I just bought my first film camera for basically every reason you mentioned!!! Oh and the look of film too

[@jeremoe1]

Exactly why I shoot film exclusively !

[@albertoperezpuyal5270]

Great!!! Great project and great thinking!!! I don't shoot film anymore but I realised I use digital as analog: I print my chosen pictures, no print, no regard, no memory. I need a physical album. I need to touch pictures, view them and classified them again and again. I can not do these in digital platforms.

[@jimmyhallyburton5256]

Great job Levi! Love this message and this talk. I'll take you up on the challenge.

[@beckyward9391]

This is awesome!! I love the Rescued Film Project and really relate to this perspective.

[@markharris5771]

Brilliant presentation, I think the gift of all those wartime photos from one photographer showed the importance of what you do. Not noticed any new videos from your own channel in a while but the beard is looking good.

[@SSDeven]

I so appreciate the careful thoroughness of your thoughts on this topic and agree a thousand percent. :) So many quote-worthy thoughts in this talk. Is there a transcription posted? (If not, I will generate my own.) Thank you for this talk and the project.

This is brilliant, thank you! :)

[@dannynguyen8967]

This is amazing!

[@RealSergiob466]

I revisited since 2017 when I was 16 years old

[@jameslane3846]

I am a millennial that became disillusioned with digital and discovered film, never regretted it since!

[@jameslane3846]

@Pete Melon hated the detached process and being in front of a screen

[@69_MK]

I liked the video before watching it.

[@Reason-fg4ik]

😥 Great video! Bravo!

[@rustyschackleford5800]

Disable the screen on your digital camera, and you'll become a better photographer.

[@shannontrainer5857]

...And what better person to tell us than a film-only hipster, err, shooter.

[@opwave79]

Shannon Trainer so you think only hipsters shoot film?

[@shannontrainer5857]

And British Commonwealth citizens for some reason. But in his case, the incredibly tight pants, ironic mountain man beard, and various other flannel and vintage styled t-shirts gives me pause.

[@AlmightyUniden]

Damn Shannon, hope you're not as close minded as you were 9 months ago