最早接触摄影的时候,圈子里就分了胶片和数码两派人。胶片派的人都是兼容并重,玩胶片同时不会放弃数码。而数码派就拒绝,不解,乃至挖苦胶片派的。而事实上这些多数号称对胶片情有独钟的人里,大多数是器材党人,有些属于抚摸党,有些则是纯粹的贩子。这些人里只有一个我真正佩服的。别的我不多说,算是这些器材去到合适人的手里,此人已经走向大画幅,但是依然不满,此乃男人之通病。圈子早已散去,其实蛮后悔当初不多跟着浸淫一下,省得自己在器材上走弯路。而事实上,自打上了胶片贼船在器材上屁颠屁颠一路走来,还不亦乐乎,痛并快乐着。但为什么拍胶片,什么理由驱使下实现了由Anti-film到Pro-film的转变。我到现在其实也没有想清楚。分析一下,算算经济账,这一路上折腾,那些破铜烂铁,加上买胶卷,冲洗费用,折合一下也差不多一台二手无敌兔了。即便再差的副厂定焦头,也不会比现在这些胶片扫出来的效果差。所谓的胶片宽容度,在扩印设备数码化的今天也不能充分体现。胶片味道?本来就没有所谓的胶片味道,如果说色温偏差也算是味道的话。只要是数字化的显示器里显示的,PS是没有理由无法模仿的。在显示器前说胶片味道就跟到了上海大众川菜馆里想吃川菜一样。既然PS能模仿胶片,那么两者之间在介质上又没有了区别。没有了区别为什么还玩胶片,胶片机好玩么? 不好玩,一点也不好玩。这答案再明确不过了。各种意想不到,闻所未闻的毛病都会出现。拿到洗好的底片,能让你彻底明白现实和梦想之间的差别。用胶片机是装逼,我承认是装逼的一件事。现在常常出现,而且是越来越频繁,拿着机械机装模作样摆拍的片子。数码作为道具上不了台面。你有我有大家有。装逼是要观众的,而装逼关键在于等人问这句话。”呀,这什么机子,没见过。”但换了环境,而这里的现实是,”这机子我爸有一个,一模一样,还一直在用。”好了装逼因素也排除了。
还有什么因素,一个合理的因素。也许真的是想得太复杂了,数码跟胶片最大区别显而易见。按下快门和看到图像所需要的时间。当然,数码拍了忍住一个礼拜不去看,也是可行的。但在我身上不行。转胶片机伊始,按下快门后海华丝习惯性去看后背。习惯于按下一次快门,就能得到所期望的结果,如果没有达到预期值可以立即删除。进行的判断所需时间如此短暂,可以是条件反射式的。删除一张图像和得到一张图像一样容易。当年攒在手里发热的游戏币,等了半天后才投下去玩一盘坦克大战。而现在Game over后可以无限复活,无论游戏画面在唯美,内容再精彩,游戏所带来的乐趣不会因为机子高级了而得到增长。拍照我想也大概一样吧。





Before i was street photographer, or even a photographer, I was a walker-most native New Yorker are. I would(and still do) choose to walk the long way home. At some point the camera became a part of the walking – Gus Powell
At a time when staged narrativeres and rendered images are popular, I am excited by the fact that life itself offers situations far more strange and beautiful than anything I could set up – Melanie Einzig
if you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it´s a street photograph – Bruce Gilden
I am not a reporter. I prefer indefinite situations. My aim is to photograph the simple reality of things with both distance and empathy. – Thierry Girard
To see the complexity of life on the street is for me a kind of meditation – Siefried Hansen
Street photography is like gambling. You get lucky or you get nothing. – Markus Hartel
My photographs are more questions than answers. I use photography as a way to help me understand why I am here. The camera helps me to see. – Trent Parke
I take a lot of photos when i´m drinking and they usually come out well. Sometimes, if they´re not happening, I´ll just drink some more. – Boris Savelev
Buy a good pair of comfortable shoes, have a camera around your neck at all times, keep your elbows in, be patient, optimistic and don´t forget to smile. – Matt Stuart