Film — Blog — Franco Pisano

Original Post: 29OCT2017

I have recently reintroduced myself to film photography. Well, I have been taking pictures with one film camera or another in the past 5 years and I just developed the one disposable that I have been taking around from move to move since Pensacola, FL. The first picture I want to share is the one of a beach of Pensacola, It was early morning and there isn’t much detail, but it was a moment that I wanted to capture and here it is.

After a while I forgot I even had the camera. Once I found it again here in Washington I took it around my town and captured a few pictures just to finish out the roll. Here are a couple of them now.

The initial investment was a little costly but it is a lot better that paying $10 per roll. With this I have way more control and accessibility to do it myself.

The interesting part of how I am scanning the pictures was posted on my instagram Stories feed, but if you haven’t seen it, check this image out.

This is just the beginning. Along with the film photography that I have been working on I will also begin working on videos. Maybe tutorials on how I mixed the chemicals to develop the film to the development process. Funny skits and maybe even monologues. It will be a while before I introduce those but when I do I will let everyone know.

Look out for more of my posts on IG.

Until next time my Paisanos,

If I waited any longer to post something I wouldn’t have done it at all. So tonight is the night. I’m going to pull a picture from a long time ago. One of the firsts. I don’t have many of my photo’s from when I was in the photography class. Unfortunately my book of negatives got lost in a move somewhere and they will not be seen again. Unless the person that somehow acquired it sees this blog. Although those are gone, there are still a few remaining from the ones that I converted to digital.

It was the fall of 2007… incredible, it has been so long since that time, almost 10 years now and I can feel it as if it was yesterday. The people that I was friends with at the time. The house that we temporarily lived at in Kendall, the job that I worked at (FPL), the time that I took from work to photograph. I can listen to Dance Gavin Dance and be instantly transported there. It was a band that I was introduced to by a friend that was nicknamed Nappy (If you see this, contact me!) The dark room work, the developing on silver paper, waiting for it to dry, all of it really. Seeing it all come together made the experience really stay with me, and I have a feeling it will stay with me forever.

Luckily I still have some of the pictures I took from that time and I would like to share one of them with you today.

This was one of the photographs that was liked by my photography teacher at the time. I didn’t understand then, but now I grasp fully what I was taking a picture of. It wasn’t just a snap shot, it was a moment/emotion captured in time that will be remembered forever and can be instantly interpreted by anyone looking at it (hopefully).

Stay tuned for more nostalgia.

-Franco Pisano