Digital vs. Traditional Photography

I'm one of those who favors traditional photography/photographic techniques but I have respect for both. I think I favor film b/c that's how I started out, like most people, and I became accustomed to it and I feel like I know it best. There is so much to know about post production digital imaging and even about using a digital slr in general that it can be overwhelming. Black and white film is my friend!

I don't discredit digital photography b/c the root of it's being is to create photographs just through a different means than what was traditionally accepted. To some extent I do feel like there is more opportunity to fake/manipulate something in digital imaging b/c that is, to a degree, the purpose of it. Taking the actual photograph is in most cases only the beginning of the creative process. And while photoshop requires an abundant amount of information/techniques to know, I do feel like it is easier to shoot digitally...or maybe just more convenient! Last semester I was in a crunch for time so a lot of my work was digital. I didn't have to develop my film or spend hours in the darkroom but I did stare at my computer screen for large spans of time!

For me, I think I'm more connected to film b/c I believe it makes me work harder and think more intuitively about situations before I actually take the picture. I think it makes me own my work more b/c of the thought and time put into it. Also, knowing that film can add up to be relatively expensive makes me not want to waste--there's no erase button to erase crappy pictures! Maybe in time I'll get more in touch with digital when I've been working with it more b/c to date, my background is in black and white film and I tend to stick with what I know...well.