The last months photographic brief for the BPG was to take shots using a disposable camera / film camera on one setting. The idea being to get back to basics and see what it is like to be technology free for a moment.

Dancing in the Sun

When I started out in photography ten years ago, there was no such thing as digital SLR’s. To an extent there was an uncertainty of how your decisions would impact upon your shots. However, you could still predetermine your shutter speed, aperture, film speed and much more.

What I first noticed first when using the disposable camera was how nervous I felt. It   seemed too simple. There was no back up plan – no way of checking what you had done. The sense of control that you get when relying on your digital camera, lost. You just frame up your subject and with one push of a button the photograph is taken.

I got into it though and began to enjoy its straightforward process. It actually began to feel quite liberating. I also noticed that it engaged me in a different way – when using my digital SLR, I am very much in my head. My creativity is often focused on problem solving to perfect a shot. Using a disposable camera, I was so limited as to what I could do technically, it forced me to relax and have more fun and be more playful in my approach to getting the images I want.

So I would say, if you want to get back to basics, loosen yourself up creatively or just challenge your photography skills in a different way, go out and buy that disposable camera.

Christina x

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