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Some time ago, like two weeks or so, there was an announcement at my school talking about a meeting for people who werent in the yearbook class but wanted to take pictures for it, so I decided to go. Now this girl (not even the yearbook teacher, but some girl!!!) told us to go to games and stuff without really telling us what to do, and she said she prefers digital pictures waaaaaaaaaaay better than film.

I take pictures with black and white film, because I like developing my own pictures, and I have a darkroom at home, so its "free". I told her that, and she said "Well... I guess we can add a page or two for creative pictures..." Like, wtf?

I take photography really seriously, almost like a religion (i have no religion, so photography and guitar are the closer I have been) and I am totally aganist digital cameras since most people dont know anything about photography, they just click a botton and thats it... I WAS one of those people until I took photography at school, then I turned aganist the evilness of digital (lol). Also, I think black and white pictures carry messages, while color pictures are usually just a... a... a window to anther moment, which isnt as significant, and that doesnt appeal to me at all (dont worry, i wont kill you if you do color /digital, im just making a point)

Also, I really dont get the point of taking color if it is way more expensive (specially for me) and I like developing my own stuff, plus the yearbook is ALWAYS PRINTED IN B/W

So, I was wondering... I REALLY want to have my pictures in the yearbook, since I want to have a couple pictures published, if not in a newspaper or a book (im planning on applying to the school newspaper too) at least in the yearbook, because i plan to go to college as a photographer... So, should I:

a)Take pictres in color, then spend a ton of money developing them at some shop
b)Get a digital camera
c)Take them in b/w and totally ignore her
d)Take pictures, show them to her. Laugh at her when she says she likes them, then walk away without giving them to her
e)Just not take pictures for her, she's a total snob

Oh yeah, i forgot to add she is this kind of girl you see in american movies, a cheerleader (if there are any cheerleaders here, I dont mean all cheerleaders are like that, i mean an american movie cheerleader) with blond hair, quarterback boyfriend, fake nails, tons of make-up and that stuff... you get the idea...

P.S. Even tough I dont like color, since I want to become a professional photographer I want to learn how to develop color... If any of you knows how to, can you tell me how? I'm not going to take color for the yearbook even if I learn how to though...

3nodding 3nodding 3nodding thought she could just be being a brat. I say take the pictures and whenever it's time to show, show em, if they're good they'll take them, if they're good and they don't, poo on them. I only bring up the poo because last year we had the worst looking yearbook I have ever seen, it was digusting. But yea, it is a LOT easier to transfer for print with digital, there's a reason they use em. Plus they don't want to waste film with a traditional camera(since most that take them haven't had any sort of 'study', if you will, with photography) and it's overall cheaper I think. But whatever you decide, good luck.

I say take the pictures you want to take, and then when they're developed show them to the people actually in charge, since usually it's their decision that counts anyway. As for being anti-digital... I use both a normal 35mm, and digital. My aunt's camera that I use on occasion is an slr, and she's got around 6 or 7 different lenses for it that I just mess around with for the sake of messing around with. I take all my pictures in color, and change them to black and white in photoshop and do my own coloring usually. The color picture acts as a guideline so to speak while doing that. Also, while I do know how to use a non-digital 35mm, which really isn't any different in usage (it's all point and click when you come down to it.), I prefer digital. I have a hard time getting my film onto the spindle to develop it, and a lot of times I waste entire rolls of film without realizing it, because the film stuck together. With digital it's not an issue, and it's easier for me to get them online than it is for me to take actual pictures and develop them. I'd have to take the film somewhere to be processed, and then find a darkroom since I have no place for one in my house. I also don't have a scanner, so I'd have to go and have my pictures put on cd for me, so I could get them online. Digital eliminates that hassle.