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Film is one of the most interesting mediums an artist uses. It is impossible to see if you have used it right or if you have processed it correctly until the very end. Its as if you trust your art to chance and faith. Even if you do master capturing light with a camera and know exactly how you want to process it there is still a chance that the photo will not achieve what you expect it to. In a way this creates a sense of wonder at each new image you take with film. If you took the same picture with a DSLR you'd get instant gratification with the picture appearing on the LED screen. Then if it turned out poorly you can always adjust to find exactly what you are looking for. Hell even if you run out of the proper light you can always take it to a computer and edit it until you are happy with it. But this process takes a very specific part of photography away from the art, the accident. With a DSLR you take and take and take until you have exactly what you are looking for, but with film, like a said, pictures don't always come out the way you expect them to. Sure out of 100 tries to get what you want you only get 2 good ones and 97 junk, but then one more. One more that wasn't what you expected, but shows you some other way to take pictures and can give you more inspiration than you had when you started the shoot. That is what makes film special.

Seems to me people write in two different types of voices, and each voice relates to two distinct types of maturity. For example a writing piece meant to impress people is written with carefully selected words and a very specific kind of seriousness and pretentiousness. While on the other hand regular writing just sounds like normal conversation and is pleasant to read. When i read these pieces that just try to impress people, i know that the person is gonna start talking about their lives, and how they are gonna do something or get something that is big and impressive. The thing is when i read writing like that it just sounds like an annoying 10 year old talking about a video game. I know i do this from time to time, but i did notice it, and then i wanted to write about it, and see if it ended up sounding pretentious.
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Yes there are plenty of opportunities to take pretty pictures during Christmas time but it gets all the more sweeter with new tech. hopefully for every one out there you all will get what you want. I leave my gifts up to fate, and my gift strategy of buying every small thing I want and letting my family get the big bill. Now this seems very mean but it is the only way I might get a Samsung NC10. Or better yet a really nice camera.