Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Happiness


I was thinking the other day, running into my timeline on facebook: if no one knows I'm happy, am I happy? In times of social media I have the impression people's happiness is fake. Dinners are so fancy, pick nicks are perfectly designed, "selfies" always shows smiley pretty faces. It's easy to think your life is miserable when everyone is doing cool things while you're laying in your sofa watching tennis. We never took that many photos before, in the history, but we never not-live the moment like this. People are so crazy about taking a picture to upload on facebook or instagram all the time, that while their face is glued to the phone screen, life is actually happening. That's what I like most on film photography. It slows me down to what really matters: the photograph, the subject and life.

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  1. These are thoughts that come to my mind very often these days.
    I completely agree with you; analogue photography is completely different and that is perhaps why we love it so much!
    Beautiful photo, by the way!

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    1. Thank you, Polly! I'm mad with the lab because the scan was dirty and the negatives came with a few scratches (that's unforgiven). They were always so careful but this time they really let me down. I even thought of fixing it on PS to post, but decided it was going to be part of the grace. :)

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  2. Absolutely agree with every word in this piece. I want to say more, but I'm just going to repeat every thing that is already written :)
    I'm wondering now if this is a double-exposed photo, or the depth of field/blur is just really this awesome :D

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    1. Thank you, April. It's not double-exposure, just a very large aperture. :)

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  3. i totally agree Thais!
    film photography taught me lots of patience.

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    1. film photography is therapy and (like a bonus) is so much more beautiful. it's like a win/win, right?! :)

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  4. I like that it teaches me pacience and also film leeds me to wonderful surprises <3

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    1. the surprises. ❤︎ that's one of my favorite things too.

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  5. So true! I've actually been committing this "crime" for a while now, but when my smartphone died, I focused more on taking film photos. I've never felt more at peace. And yes, it can really feel tiring to see people always "showing off" on social media so I try to live more by staying out of it as much as possible. :)

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    1. I take a lot of photos with my iphone, I must say, haha. But I think it's more about thinking about the picture a lot more, and be more careful. People who start photographing through digital don't have the same care. When you think analog, you have only 36 shots per roll, so you got to make everyone count. ;)

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  6. I am so guilty of this, sometimes I want to throw my phone aside and simply enjoy the moment.

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  7. Reading this is like a breath of fresh air with film photography. It does slow us down, in a very classy manner. I love this post!

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  8. Thank you Aia! I think film photography makes us more aware of what's happening, because we are not shooting desperately. :)

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  9. nossa, que texto bonito.
    e, bem, tenho me cansado dessa vida de "preciso mostrar as coisas legais que estou fazendo, mesmo que eu tenha que forjá-las".

    (ah, tenho desejado tanto uma câmera analógica.)

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