As part of my Diploma in Professional Photography, we had to take one class called Analogue Techniques (AT - "eh-tee" is what we called it, for short). AT focused on film photography including 35mm film, medium format film, large format film and darkroom techniques. When I told friends and family that I was shooting film, developing my own film and learning how to make prints in the darkroom some of them replied: "They still teach that?!?!" They do, indeed! As the saying goes: "You can't know where you are going, until you know where you've been." I think having a good understanding of the basics of film photography can only enhance one's understanding of digital photography…The more knowledge the better! Being a child of the 1980's, I had taken photographs with 35mm film before (that's how we did it in the "old days!") However, I had no experience with medium format film, and no clue as to exactly what "medium format" meant.
