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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by agumonkey on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:53AM (#28047709)
There was a short doc about a young analog photographer who said that the freeness made him hoard shots. And that the film development plus the necessity of choosing shots made the whole activity a lot deeper for him.

I deeply believe that we need structures and limits otherwise it's too easy to become metaphorically obese.

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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by dmitriid on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:02AM (#28047780)
Probably depends on the person, too.

I do take significantly more pictures than I would with a film camera, but this also affords me the freedom to take the pictures right there and then, and not agonise over whether "a shot is worth it".

And yet, I don't end up with thousands or even hundreds of pictures. Almost a full year of 365 challenge somehow taught me to look out for actual good shots, and not obsessively hold the shutter button to everything.

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