It’s film grain, not digital noise

Where have the days gone where it was a real struggle to get a low light shot ? In film days photographers who used ISO3200 film would be called crazy by some… because the final prints would be so grainy. You either loved that grain or you didn’t. Even in “early” digital years (2001/2002 when every major wedding photographer was either switching to digital or was about to switch) using the equivalent of ISO3200 was only for the really brave ones. “Safe” sensitivity cut-off was around ISO800. So whenever you did get a really low light shot and you nailed the exposure and the sharpness was perfect… there was something sexy about that grainy look…

Nowadays the latest digital cameras became so darn good that you can comfortably work with the levels of light your eyes can barely see anymore. Yes, of course that is a good thing. It expands possibilities and gives us wonderful tools that can be used in ways we could never dream of before. On the other hand though… something is lost in those incredibly clean looking images shot in almost complete darkness.

As much as I love technology…

I think you get my point. The below images were shot on Kodak T-Max ISO3200 film during the wedding season of 2008. Just for fun, for myself and… for the clients of course:

Film… there’s something magical about that very word.

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