On the delightfully annoying phenomenon of Ghost Rolls
In this video I talk about the pictures that I didn’t take and still regret, and I also explain a phenomenon that I find fascinating which is far more prevalent in film photography than with digital photography, although it can happen there too if you buy cheap memory cards.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:01 The elephant in the room
1:42 Another picture I missed and can’t forget
2:39 What are ghost rolls?
5:02 How ghost rolls happen
5:36 Some of the ghost rolls I kept
7:03 The dream like quality of ghost rolls
9:00 What ghost rolls and GAS have in common
10:59 Why retail therapy helps with ghost rolls
12:25 Why I’ve been thinking about ghost rolls lately
13:31 Why it’s sometimes better to miss the shot
14:07 The magic we lost
15:14 Inviting the magic back in
15:57 Can you relate to any of this?
16:35 Outro
Music
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