Shooting on Film

I haven't used a film camera to take pictures in about 10 years, so it was fun to get to try it again. I took a photography class in high school where I got to shoot and develop the film, and print the picture myself. I'm glad we didn't have to develop this time around cause I don't remember how to do that. But rolling the film out into the camera was such a satisfying feeling. It was also an exercise in shot preparation. With digital cameras you can see the picture immediately and easily make adjustments to take a photo closer to what you want. You can even make adjustments with a computer that creates an image that would/did not exist when the photo was taken. With film you have one shot, more or less, to get the desired image. With a limited amount of film you have to carefully construct every shot before you take it. You have to meticulously calculate every aspect of what will appear in the image since you won't get a chance to simply recreate the image or alter it in the same way as a digital photo. I wish I would have thought things through a tad more when shooting, but I'm still pretty happy with how my photos turned out.