{"id":689587,"date":"2026-07-13T16:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/689587\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:43:11","slug":"digital-sucks-i-think-all-photographers-should-watch-olivia-wildes-tour-of-kodaks-new-york-film-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/689587\/","title":{"rendered":"“Digital sucks”: I think all photographers should watch Olivia Wilde\u2019s tour of Kodak\u2019s New York film lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the time of writing this, I\u2019ve never pressed the shutter on a film camera<\/a>. Not even once. Naturally, I also have zero knowledge of how film is processed. As a digital native, I stick to sensor-driven cameras and avoid the chemically messy business of old-school film photography.<\/p>\n

However, although I have no experience shooting on film, that\u2019s not to say I don\u2019t appreciate the process \u2013 especially the science and craft that goes into turning negatives into the finished product. In fact, I was so engrossed by actress Olivia Wilde\u2019s recent tour of Kodak<\/a>\u2019s New York film lab that I think all photographers \u2013 especially digital natives \u2013 should watch it.<\/p>\n

Olivia Wilde gets a tour of the Kodak Film Lab in NYC – YouTube
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ABOVE: Watch Olivia Wilde take us on a tour of Kodak Film Lab NYC<\/p>\n

What I like the most about this peek at the inner workings of Kodak Film Lab NYC is how it reveals the process of film photography. And I don\u2019t mean process in the literal sense of the various machines that the film gets put through, but the craft that goes into shooting on film.<\/p>\n

Something I think digital photography will never truly replicate is the bond, if you like, that film photographers develop with the craft. It\u2019s as much about being in the lab working with the materials and chemicals as it is taking the photo itself \u2013 at least, that\u2019s how it seems to me.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Kodak \u2022\u00a0A24)<\/p>\n

Yes, editing in Lightroom<\/a> is the digital equivalent, and you can argue that a bond with the photograph is equally developed here. But I think there\u2019s something more immersive about physically holding a print, even just a negative, than looking at a digital file on a screen.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like I\u2019m going to rush off to buy a film camera, but I\u2019m certainly feeling inspired by this video tour \u2013 and have come away with a much greater appreciation for the dedication and passion film photographers have.<\/p>\n

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The video is so interesting that I actually forgot it was meant to promote Wilde\u2019s new movie, The Invite<\/a>, also starring Seth Rogen, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Edward Norton. It opened over the weekend and is playing in theaters now.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s our expert pick of the best film cameras<\/a> along with the best camera film<\/a>, which includes a number of Kodak stocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the time of writing this, I\u2019ve never pressed the shutter on a film camera. Not even once.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-689587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}