So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The experience of using a Rolleiflex camera is very different than using a SLR.
I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot.
In front of the camera I look and I see visually what I've created.
I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.
This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see.
This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: their surface is like fine leather, stained from chemicals. Each one has a body and is more than an image.
Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.
I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
I do like being in front of the camera more and more. Having experience behind it has taught me about lighting and angles, how to move, and what looks good and what doesn't.
I treat the camera like a person - I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.