Today's feature is fellow 35mm film enthusiast Apich who's been shooting with old 35mm cameras for quite a while. The lost art of analog photography is making its comeback, slowly, but surely. There's something aesthetically pleasing about film that digital photos cannot amount to. Is it the grain? Is it the unintentional light leaks? The distinct temperature a film has? Or the smell of the chemicals from a newly opened canister? Whatever it is, people have managed to forgo using film altogether through out the years.

Long ago many people were going to brick & mortar photo labs to get their films developed & printed (Costco, Rite-Aid, CVS, and etc.), whether it was from disposable cameras or normal point and shoots just like Apich's Yashica T5 featured in the gallery. There are many factors that led up to this point. The cost of photography hasn't always been cheap. You buy the camera, the film, get it professionally developed, scanned, and or printed. It's become a hassle whereas digital photography has made it easier for the consumer.

People have become prisoners of digital photography. The only thing tangible that's related to the photos they take is the mechanism itself: The "smartphone". With the smartphone, people are capable of sharing digital photos across the world in an instant through social media: "what filter should I use?"

Apich has stayed true to the analog art form. He goes to his local photo lab in Los Angeles that still processes film. Although it doesn't take an hour anymore, he stays patient. Shooting frugal and taking a week or even months to develop a roll of film. It's always a surprise to see what gets scanned / printed, but that's the beauty of shooting analog. You don't know the result right then and there. The anticipation leading up to seeing your shots is what made analog his go to medium for photography. It's a different vibe. A vibe worth keeping around for the long haul. It isn't dead. And enthusiasts like him will only continue to keep that wave going.