Photographer Willem Verbeeck

Now, some LoFi music and this wonderful book by Willem Verbeeck...

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PROLOGUE #0

so you made it! YAY!!!

but why?

are you bored of digital photography or are you here because we are related to somewhat in real life? if you are here for the first or second reason then Welcome! again...

So What is Digital_film.only?

it all started with my interest for film back in 2019 when I came across a youtuber named Willem Verbeeck. He is a photographer based in the US of A. Well, from then on I just fell in love with film because in today's fast moving world, we see over 100's of pictures every millisecond on Instagram, Facebook, snapchat etcetera etcetera but did we ever stop and appreciate one image other than a good looking feed on Instagram or a non "aesthetic" picture. Yeah I don't think so *insert sas face* My whole plan with this project is to take my time while clicking images of landscapes, people, and then trying to develop them or make physical copies of them but.... if you pay attention to detail, digital never really looked good while printed(or my camera just sucks lol) but film stayed for years and years and didn't degrade over time(well not that fast). recently I have purchased a Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Polaroid camera which helps me achieve this way of photography. lately I take my time with clicking pictures and don't want to rush with the Polaroid because, (1) it is expensive(500rs for 10 shots of a Polaroid pack) and (2) they get imprinted directly so there's no room for errors but if you have this mindset then you don't tend to shoot much film which I'll talk about in another day so to wrap things up, thank you for checking out my blog and hope you stay for the journey cause it's gonna fuN!! XD

Coney Island with Willem Verbeeck - Mamiya RZ67

Exploring the secrets of Porsche with photographer Willem Verbeeck​

Route planning SDL

Route Planning SDL:

Keywords:

Vector illustration, photography, poster design, hand-drawn illustration, typography, turning photography into vector illustration.

car, magazine, newspaper, photography, poster design, illustration, architecture, places

Expanding Ideas:

Vector Illustration: What type of process did vector illustration develop from? The first group of people that started developing the idea?

Photography (Landscape): Making boring things look cool (Willem Verbeeck), lighting, houses.

Poster design (60’s/ 70’s automotive poster): Research into typefaces, photography, ideas behind the layout, and advertising.

CVL

One style of photography I was really interested in when I studied it during my foundation year was documentary, These photos are from a favourite photographer Willem Verbeeck but aside from the really unique aesthetic he has from shooting only on film its the ability to tell a story without words in a series of still frames, the idea of conveying information without words is something I find interesting. I like the idea moving forward of using sound and audio as my tool to tell a story of a journey rather than photography for example.

Photographer Willem Verbeeck

duckwrth shot by Willem Verbeeck.  Styled by Devon Alonzo Savage, Makeup by Yuui.

I hope Willem Verbeeck approves of my first ever film photo of The Garden State.

Strange Identities by Whispering Sons from the Performance​/​Strange Identities EP - Video written and directed by Koen Blauwblomme & Pieter De Ridder

"Honored to have some of my images printed in @latimesimage magazine issue 8 “Deserted” 🏜 . I spent two days driving around the desert…". Photo by Willem Verbeeck https://www.instagram.com/p/CXoqv5GFAha/

The images I have chosen to use in my postcard set.

First image- Robert Frank

Second image- Zac Farro

Third image- My own (Kelvin Lam)

Forth image- Charles Peterson

Fifth image- Duane Michals

Sixth image- Willem Verbeeck

Seventh image- Jim Goldberg

Eighth image- My own (Kelvin Lam)

Chose all of these images because they all look cohesive and like they could be a part of a set. My “creative practice” black and white photography mostly film photography. My personal method is taking digital photographs and editing them to look like film photographs. I mainly do this because I do not have the money in order to have a creative practice of film photography. Digital photography and editing to make it look like film photography is a great alternative for me and I have gotten pretty good at it. I also really like “imperfect photography” which is photography that is “perfect” including exposure, focus etc or even accidental photographs.

Let's go, half an ear on the radio / Life was made moons ago, somehwere behind those skies

by Willem Verbeeck