In Which Kelly Discovers Film

Chair (from film), originally uploaded by Kelly Johnson (duna12).

I fell in love with photography in the digital age. My first grown-up camera was a Nikon D40, acquired merely four years ago. My darkroom has been digital as well.

But in the past year, I've begun to realize that I have a gaping hole in my knowledge of the art and science of photography. ISO is a menu option. Dodging is toolbar icon. Noise is eliminated with a plugin. I didn't understand the foundation upon which all this amazing technology has been built.

So I signed up for a darkroom class through the park district, and I got my hands on two film cameras: a Canon AE-1 and a Kodak Brownie 620. I found the manuals online and ordered film from B&H. I read, studied, studied and read... and cautiously loaded the film into the cameras.

To be continued...