The (Lack of) Value in (my) Photography (and negatives) - In the Dark Shed - with John Whitmore

The corresponding bit of written waffle about this video can be found here: www.35mmc.com/...

[@JimmyMeatwhistle]

great channel, liked and subscribed!

[@johnnycatterall91]

RIP John. What a great person.

[@HamishGill]

I’ll watch this video again one day. Not yet, but I’m glad I have it for when I want to watch it.

[@Tracks777]

lovely video

[@broomwagon448]

Zen and the Art of Darkroom Maintenance! Brilliant to hear this kind of discussion, Hamish. THIS discussion is itself so 'valuable'!

[@anthonymiller8979]

I only hope that when I am gone that my daughter sees some value in a few of my images enough to keep and cherish them. Maybe she will remember the 4H photography project she did with my help in my darkroom when she was around 14 or 15 and the fun we had making her first print. beyond that it matters little as i shoot mainly for the enjoyment of shooting and many times never get around to printing or even scanning rolls of film. the day spent shooting and developing was enough.

[@anthonymiller8979]

BTW, your discussion and thoughts really hit home with me. I enjoy the process of using my older film cameras and the finial image is not all that important to me. After developing, and rarely possibly scanning and viewing I too am kind of done with it. It served its purpose and I seldom look at them again. That said, at times it is fun when I stumble across negatives I shot 40 years ago as they bring back memories of the day taken and that negative, is a real thing that was there that day, with me and in the presence of that scene. It is a piece of my history. Something a digital file just lacks for me.

[@dangerpowers123]

Interesting discussion. I don't feel any confidence digital copies will be there in in say 50 years. ..Flickr I use but has had so many take overs etc... Hard drives die... For me the negatives are the most permanent back up. but regardless it's fascinating to hear a different and well thought out reason on the value.

[@JonathanRobsonPhoto]

Really enjoy these videos Hamish, you speak about stuff that everyone has thought about.

[@tonyparatore888]

Good discussion... I think value maybe subjective... It probably is for many things... Of course I value the photos of my kids and wife and loved ones... For me value is intrinsic, it comes natural with what you love, and what inspires... So, in a sense, I equate value with love... And it has nothing to do with arrogance... It is simple honest value of what one loves... It's subjective...

[@HamishGill]

Yep, that makes a lot of sense to me!

[@arildedvardbasmo490]

I have recently found more value in my photos through making darkroom enlargements of my colour images, not because they are physical or something magical, but because they look really pleasing and beautiful.That's my value, your value is taking the photos on these beautiful cameras, and that's fine.

[@tomasnovotny4108]

So you dont print your photos in darkroom?

[@williar1961]

Great to hear your musings, in a way I think your right. I shoot digital but save very few images and only the ones that mean something and can’t be replicated .