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Varun Jyothykumar's avatar

I want to tell you what I used to tell my former art students - trust the process, enjoy the making, and revel in your ability to make something, anything, with your own hands without being critical*. Beautiful drawing, as ever!

*I was not very good at art assessments.

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Alex Roddie's avatar

Thanks very much!

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Lucy | From Rust To Roadtrip's avatar

Interesting how so many who spend time in nature come to the same philosophical conclusions; makes me think of nature as a church we all come to worship in (I’m not religious, but if I were to worship something it would have to be the majesty of wilderness). Also beautiful film photos 💙

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Alex Roddie's avatar

Thanks for dropping by, Lucy! And agreed about worship...

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Ted Simpson's avatar

Lovely stuff. That cine film is stunning!

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Alex Roddie's avatar

Sure is! Best-kept secret in photography right now

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Miscellaneous Adventures's avatar

Those film scans are lovely. Very tempted to get back into shooting film and this might have tipped the balance. Thanks for mentioning my latest post!

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Alex Roddie's avatar

You should – film prices are going up, but in some ways it’s never been a better time to shoot film, with strong support from the community and loads of options for scanning! Pro tip: cine film is the best-kept secret in photography. Phenomenal image quality at significantly cheaper prices than C41 colour films. I get my respooled Vision3 250D and 500T from Analogue Revival at £6.50 a roll. The only downside is that only certain labs will process ECN-2 (I recommend filmprocessing.co.uk).

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Miscellaneous Adventures's avatar

This is all amazingly helpful info - much appreciated!

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Alex Roddie's avatar

A few more examples showing what Vision3 is capable of… in the right conditions it can look better than medium-format C41 films or even full-frame digital. I do still shoot digital sometimes, but only when I really need the advantages only digital can provide.

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