There's something incredibly heartwarming and cosy when I look at a grainy photo. Perhaps I relate it to how film cameras captured a lot of my childhood photos. Because of these beautiful mechanical time sealers, I can relive and see my childhood. I'm pretty lucky that my past can be dug up, explored, and reminisced by opening up one of many photo albums storing my story.
Developing my first film was incredibly exciting and I could not wait till the day I got that e-mail saying my photos had been developed, scanned and accessible via a convenient Dropbox link. It's not so different from the not-so-long-ago days where one picked up the developed photos from the photo shop. That excitement and anticipation to see how well - or how bad - this roll of photos looked makes me feel like a child waiting for those exciting weekends when I'd know we'd be taking the car out somewhere. It's a refreshing change from the instantaneous gratification today's modern culture beckons for, from online shopping to searching for any information on the internet. Film photography makes time stand still for both the photographer with their own personal aspirations for why they pursue photography along with the moment they're capturing through the lens.