How shooting film will improve your photography (part 4)

This is the fourth post in a series of five in which I share the for me five best reasons why I will continue to use my film cameras. Reasons, for which I recommend that you also should consider picking up one of those older cameras, a roll of film, and giving it a try; and why it actually will improve your photography [first, second and third posts in this series].

My fourth great reason for shooting film after the break.

You spend less time in post-processing

First of all, since you only have a limited number of exposures per roll you probably will be more selective about taking a picture. As a result, you will have fewer pictures to go through per session, which of course will save time when reviewing and selecting your best images.

But even more important, it is my personal experience that a well-taken picture (i.e. correct shutter time, aperture and sharpness for the result you want to achieve) on film needs less post-processing than a well taken digital picture.

Here I have to admit that at this moment I am only shooting film, not developing. I send my rolls to a professional lab for developing, scanning and printing. I upload the scans into Lightroom for minimal post-processing and publishing on my portfolio pages.

The next and last post in this series I will talk about a more tangible reason for shooting film.