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The 'perfect exposure' obsession is making us miss the real fun
I read a comment earlier saying a blown out sky ruins a whole roll. I shot a whole trip around Seattle last spring with my old Canonet, every frame had some light leak or haze, and those are the photos people ask about most. Sure, I'd love a technically clean negative, but these happy accidents tell a story no meter could capture. Is anyone else secretly glad when a roll comes back a little messy? What's the point of perfect if it loses the character?
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jamieburns3d ago
Shot a roll of Portra 400 through a Holga last summer and got 11 usable frames, one had a giant light streak across a ferris wheel that honestly looks better than anything I could have planned. Some guy on Reddit told me I wasted $12 on film. Cool story, bud, that streak is now hanging in my kitchen. Perfect exposure is for people who frame their negatives on a wall and never actually look at the pictures. Messy rolls have stories, clean ones just have numbers.
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