Photography Society: Film Officer

Having accidentally bought a film camera, I never knew it would spark my love of film photography. Despite now having the opportunity to do digital photography, I still find myself applying practices I have used in film photography to digital photography.

I would love to provide people the chance to use film photography and the range of film that is available. 

Film photography, whilst can require some tolerance and patience, can be rewarding when you eventually see your successful photos.

I love the smell of dark-room chemicals…so vote for me as your Film Officer! 

During my school education, I gained a huge amount of experience in the dark room, learning all the different techniques but also the health and safety side of it all. If I may say so myself, I have a good knowledge of developing and dark-room printing so I think I would make a good 'instructor' to the society. Unfortunately, there can only ever be a small amount of people in the dark room per weekly session so I would also like to run other experimental analogue technique classes such as Polaroid emulsion-lifts and building a pin-hole camera. And within the dark-room, lead sessions on photograms and double-exposures. 

I spend all my time (and money...) on photography, so I would love to take this as an opportunity to share my passion and meet more people within this wonderful society.

There’s an unfathomable, indescribable quality to film that is unique in the way it makes you feel, the emotions it evokes and the the memories it can ignite. The relationship film has with the viewer affects how powerfully you’re touched by the images you’re seeing. In running for PhotoSoc's film officer, I hope to allow more students to experience the world of film photography, helping to support our current darkroom and pushing for more film-centric events for the analogue lovers out there. In my previous school, I had the privilege to serve as the Captain of the Photography program, specifically overlooking the traditional film darkroom and development programs. I have spent 3 years under the red light of the darkroom and pointing and shooting at whatever my eye renders beautiful and it would give me the most joy to continue my service to this craft at UCL. 

We can all take amazing shots on our cameras now, our smartphones or our amateur point and shoots. However, to be able to show the physical attributes of the device, the tangibility of the negative, the rawness, the technically incorrect aspects of the camera obscura, that is pure magic. And I hope to be able to show you just that!