I know you usually don’t answer this kind of questions, but what would be your no. 1 advice to keep the faith in analog photography? Good job, btw.

Wow. Interesting question. Being that Im sitting her scanning you’ve got my full attention so lets see if I can answer this….

I would say that for me it comes down to the magic of film. Sure I could use a digital camera take a picture, drop it into lightroom and edit it to a perfect curve, then throw on some filters to get a nice grain, throw in some contract and you get a close proximity to a film shoot.

But theres no magic in that for me.

The idea that I can only take a limited amount of shots per roll makes me take a few milliseconds more to compose the shot. It makes every shot I take better and its the magic between the film and light that creates the image.

The image is captured by a interaction of light and chemistry and I love that.

Then finally there is nothing better than finally getting images back from the lab. Its 36 frames of Christmas every time I get a roll.

Sure I pay more for film, sure I am limited by it, sure its more work, but all of it is worth it for the magic.

I know you usually don’t answer this kind of questions, but what would be your no. 1 advice to keep the faith in analog photography? Good job, btw.

Wow. Interesting question. Being that Im sitting her scanning you’ve got my full attention so lets see if I can answer this….

I would say that for me it comes down to the magic of film. Sure I could use a digital camera take a picture, drop it into lightroom and edit it to a perfect curve, then throw on some filters to get a nice grain, throw in some contract and you get a close proximity to a film shoot.

But theres no magic in that for me.

The idea that I can only take a limited amount of shots per roll makes me take a few milliseconds more to compose the shot. It makes every shot I take better and its the magic between the film and light that creates the image.

The image is captured by a interaction of light and chemistry and I love that.

Then finally there is nothing better than finally getting images back from the lab. Its 36 frames of Christmas every time I get a roll.

Sure I pay more for film, sure I am limited by it, sure its more work, but all of it is worth it for the magic.

Hey Derek, have always loved your work, beard and Julie! Do you use a negative scanner at all? Can you recommend one? Cheers

Howdy! Sorry to just be getting to this. I do use a Epson V750 for polaroid and scanning weird film like Sprocket Rocket, but for standard 35mm I have my lab scan them. Especially with the 365 Days of Leica, I shot so much for that I would have NEVER had time to manually scan them all.

I’m really looking forward to what you have Jon store for the next phase. Great work and happy new year.

Thank you so much. As Im prepping Im also putting together the 365 Days of Leica book. Im super excited about how its coming out so far.

amazing shots! very natural feel, and it seems like youre enjoying a fulfilling life :) Im wondering what film you used for these shots? and flash. I have an m6 as well!

Thank you so much. I used Portra for 99% of it but some stuff to come that isn’t. I actually played with a few flashes prepping for the 365 and settled on using the Lomography Diana Flash. Its my favorite flash for the look I want from a flash.

Totally been digging your photos ever since you started this project. What are your plans, photography project-wise once your 365 days of Leica are over?

You’ll have to stay tuned to find out! New project announcement coming soon. I can say it will be 365 Day project and it will be mostly analogue based. 😉

This isn’t really a question I just to thank you for inspiring me to do a 365 day-challenge. Which is why I’m looking forward for 2015. Thank you Derek.

Thank you so much. Im excited for the 2015 365 as well. Still finalizing some logistics but Im really excited for it. I started shooting it today.

Love your project, awesome pics ! What type of film do you use if you don’t mind me asking? Portra, Superia, Ektar, … ?

Everything has been Portra. There is a roll coming up that is expired slide film because I couldn’t find any Portra to shoot with so I had to adapt with what I could get my hands on.

11.09.14 Somewhere in CA.