Old School Photography

Paperback

192 pages

English

Old School Photography is an indispensable modern guide to learning how to take great photos with a 35mm film camera. Expertly and humorously, celebrity YouTube personality Kai Wong shares 100 essential tips for choosing and using film cameras, shooting with film and different lenses, and using specific techniques to ensure you get great results fast. Known for his broad knowledge and quick wit, Kai Wong provides an informative and entertaining read on how to take great film photos.

Interest in film photography has surged again in recent years, both among those rediscovering their former passion and among those discovering it for the first time. Vintage cameras that previously lost their value are now often worth more than they were originally sold due to high demand from enthusiasts, students and collectors. Film manufacturers have even begun reissuing long-discontinued stocks - for example, Kodak's much-loved and recently re-launched classic Ektachrome slide film. In our modern world, billions of people have access to instant photography on their mobile phones, but as a result there has been a renewed desire for a more tactile, physical, unaltered and therefore more honest medium. Ironically, much of this ends up on the internet, with photography fans and influencers sharing their images on Instagram, Flickr, YouTube and the like.

Even more than digital photography, film photography requires manual dexterity, patience, technical knowledge and a trial and error process that leads to a greater sense of achievement. Both insightful and humorous, Old School Photography is attracting a new generation of fans eager to experiment with film cameras, make prints and post their film photos online.