If you know me, you know I love film. I studied film photography in college and I loved every minute of it. After I graduated from the University of Utah the digital era exploded and I bought a digital camera. I have to admit I was a little worried that film photography would eventually die out. It had been so long since I had shot film, that I forgot how much I loved it until last year when I attended a workshop with Jonathan Canlas. It reopened my eyes to film and although I can't fully jump into film photography yet, I love using it on personal work. I am excited to say film is not dead!

I am also excited to tell you about the "Film is Not Dead: A Digital Photographer's Guide to Shooting Film ."  If you have ever wondered what the big deal is read the book!  I don't usually share stuff like this on my blog and I wouldn't if I didn't feel so strongly about it.

What I love about film the most:
*It has such a beautiful soft feel to it. Like bwattah! (that's butter)
*The grain! I love me some film grain! Give me TriX film (my favorite since college)
*The highlights and shadows still hold so much detail, whereas in digital photos the whites are blown out and you lose detail in shadows.
*When I get my film photos back from the lab they are ready to print, share etc. There isn't much post processing to be done with film, like there is with digital photography.  Just shoot, send to the lab and viola! you're done! Love it! Now I can spend more time outside playing.

Okay those are just a few of my favorite things about film photography. Buy the book, dig up your old film camera and find out for yourself. Just click on the image below to order your copy of  "FILM IS NOT DEAD: a digital photographer's guide to shooting film."

I've already read the book twice and love it. I would be bragging about this book even for free but Jonathan has arranged it so I get a few bucks each time you buy a guide. So win win win all around!