Film Photographer Spotlight: Jonathan Canlas
Name: Jonathan Canlas
Age: 37
Location: recently moved to Hauula, HI
Photographing For: since 1996, professionally since 2001
Cameras: Contax 645, Mamiya RZ67 Pro II
Fav Films: Kodak Portra
Jonathan on why he shoots film:
“I’ve shot film from day one. Attempted to convert to digital a couple times, but have stayed 100% film throughout my whole career. I shoot film for a myriad of reasons. The main reason is the look. I love the images I can get straight out of camera without manipulation on my end. I also shoot film to minimize my time behind a computer. I’m a husband and father of 6 kids 9 and under and shooting film gives the the ability to do what I love and still have a family life. I’m a photographer, not a digital editor. Also, I love the mindset that comes with shooting film. I’m not burning through rolls and rolls of film at assignments or when shooting personally. When I take a shot, I take one and move on. It really slows me down, makes me very deliberate in how I compose and when I hit the shutter. I’ve shot mostly weddings for the span of the last 13 years and am making a move towards more commercial/lifestyle and families. I shoot a ton of personal work of my travels and my family.”
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Film Photographer Spotlight: Christopher Lange
Name: Christopher Lange
Age: 22
Location: New York
Photographing For: 7 years
Cameras: Leica M2 & M6, Hasselblad 500 series, Nikon F3 & F4.
Fav films: Tri-X, Plus-X, HP5+, FP4+, Neopan 1600, Delta 3200
Chris on why he shoots film:
“I grew up with film. My father is a former fashion photographer, and as such I was surrounded by cameras from a very early age. It was routine to have stacks of negatives, contact sheets, chromes, and Polaroids all around our apartment when I was a child. When I began photographing seriously for myself, it was with a Nikon D70, but two years later, while living in Finland for a year, I bought a roughed up Nikon F3 and Nikkormat and never looked back. At this point in time I choose to use film simply because it is simple, effective, and allows me to achieve the exact aesthetic that I prefer in my photographs. Love is a good glass of scotch and a pocket full of Delta 3200 for the lonely night time hours.”
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Film Photographer Spotlight: Perry Manuk
Name: Perry Manuk
Age: 31
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Photographing For: 13 years
Cameras: Hasselblad 501CM
Fav Films: Fuji Acros or Ilford Delta 400
Perry on why he shoots film:
“There is an organic quality to the film that is that I just don’t find with digital. It is this organic quality of the film that keeps me coming back to film in this digital age. I strive for that same organic feel in my photographs and shooting digitally just creates more complications in trying to achieve it. I also do a lot of long exposures and traveling—which having something that doesn’t rely on batteries is really beneficial for. There is still a huge gap in resolution between what I shoot and most digital cameras available. Which leads me to the other digital camera dilemma for me—No square format cameras! I know I can shoot in any format and crop square, and I’ve tried it. I get much better results—in composition—when I shoot square rather than cropping after the fact. But really what it boils down to is I get better results with film so I’m sticking with it!”
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