Iconosophy

Zoom (Photo: Simon Meeds) Some of us grew up with film photography, others came straight in to digital. Some still use film regularly or from time to time, others no longer use it or have never used it. There may be some correlation between film experience and photographic traditionalism, but it is not 100%. I for example had about 26 years' experience using film before I bought my first digital camera and in theory at least, I continue to use film from time to time. However, I think I am very liberal in my attitude to different people's approaches to photography as well as being varied in my own approach to it. That's important because I'm not attacking anyone here, just acknowledging that different approaches are perfectly valid. There are some things that ring alarm bells for me, but I wouldn't attack people simply because they use a particular tool in a particular way. If their results suggest to me they use their tools inappropriately then I may criticise. In O...