Film Photo
Digital Photo
(I used the photos of Emilie's, Annie's, and Ali's group because our group's photos messed up and so did our camera, we were unable to finish the series of photographs to complete this assignment)
Many people ask themselves, what's better film or digital photography? Well here are a few points to consider:
-1)Colour
-2)General Contrast
-3)Latitude (Tonal Range)
-4)Sharpness
-5)Resolution
-6)Atmosphere
In class we did our own experiment to see the differences here are my conclusions for each category. Keep in mind when it comes to photography most of the time it is all ones own perspective that will determine what is better or not.
1) Colour:
When we look at a digital image vs a film image we can easily tell which colours are more pleasing to the majority of the viewers' eyes: Digital. Where film has a washed out, dull look about the colours, digital is extremely vibrant and saturated. Humans are very drawn to bright colours, it is more aesthetically pleasing. Also digital colours are more representative to the colours the photographer is actually seeing as they take the photo, even if the colours are just a bit pumped up.
2)General Contrast:
Just like vibrant colours humans are more attracted to things that are highly contrasted. Once again this represents more of what a digital photo can offer a viewer than a film photo.
3)Latitude:
The tonal range of the digital camera is amazing. you get everything from the highlights and the shadows in a smooth transition that offers a lot of detail, which you simply don't get from film.
4)Sharpness:
This is an absurd question. Of course digital is more sharp. You get all the details in a digital photograph (maybe some details you didn't even want) while film is very grainy and generally "softer" than a digital image. Sometimes of course there can be noise captured by a digital image but because it is digital it is easy to get rid of such noise, there are even programs that all you do is click and BAM it's gone!
5)Resolution:
The resolution for digital is once again better, you get every single detail and the photograph size (file size) is bigger. You can work with the image more without destroying it.
6)Atmosphere:
This is the most important part of any image other than it's aesthetic beauty. Both sorts of images have there own feeling and this something that has to do with taste really rather than facts like the other 5 issues dealt with in this blog post. Digital is sharp, upbeat, and very much close to what someone might say is perfection. This appeals to a lot of people and they would probably say digital has the better atmosphere but that is definitely not the only truth. Film has a wonderful old time feel. It is due to all these so called "problems" (such as graininess and dull colours) that give a film photograph this feeling. It makes a photo almost seem timeless, moody and makes one reminisce about their own lives while looking at a film image. So for atmosphere neither is exactly better than the other.
My conclusion is that for quality of an image digital is definitely the way to go, there really is no comparison. As for style and feeling either film or digital is good, for personal taste I would go with film though. The mood is just so genuine and only through editing a digital photograph can you achieve that where film you get that right away. I just really appreciate the time and effort it takes to get such a stunning photograph from a film camera. It takes a lot of thought and experience to get a great shot and it certainly shows.
-Katherine Dydyk
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