Shooting on Film

I learned pretty much about everything while shooting on film...

I would really like to take up photography for fun as soon as I can afford the camera that I would like (which might be a while for that dream to happen... lol). Reviewing aperture was refreshing, and learning about a sekonic was really cool! I've always seen behind the scenes footage of it being used, but I never really understood why. I plan on investing in a sekonic as well, someday...

I know that to take it a step further with digital editing, the photographer would overlay all three exposures to get the "most dimensional" photo in the after effects part, but I think that by doing this on film by hand, I can appreciate the skill of a good shot through these efforts:
-a steady hand
-an accurate sekonic reading
-shifting light (unless a night shoot... find ENOUGH light!)
-finding focus
-waiting patiently to see your work
-being satisfied

I think the waiting part was both easy and hard. I wanted to see how the film turned out, but I was afraid that it would not be how I wanted it to--I was worried that I'd be disappointed.

But in the end I was really happy with the knowledge I gained no matter what. I have time to develop these skills, and then someday I'll see them in many different aspects through many different photos of my dog on the wall.
Did we learn in this class about the favorite subject? Typically it used to be of other people, but unfortunately the vain/narcissist generation of today think they are their favorite subject to photograph. aka the "selfie". Mostly because people hate to interact with each other.