Film is not dead workshop (Part I) // Los Angeles, CA

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the Film is Not Dead workshop in LA with Jonathan Canlas. This workshop is something I've been wanting to do for over 2 years now and every time new dates were announced I longed to go. When I saw the LA dates announced there was no doubt about it - I knew I had to be there! Bottom line - I was blown away by this workshop. I had so many expectations going into these 3 days and not only were they all met, but exceeded as well! Many of you who follow my work or know me personally know that I have been progressively becoming more of a film shooter. I shot quite a bit of film in college but was always somewhat hesitant to shoot film with my clients. Why is that? Nerves. Insecurity. Not feeling prepared. So I started to slowly shoot a roll or so at each session - finding myself loving all my film shots over the digital. In the meantime, I finally signed up for FIND and the immediate community I had access to was priceless. While I waited for the FIND workshop to happen, I kept shooting and learning so much from fellow FINDers. I make note of this because the FIND workshop starts from the moment you sign up and most certainly doesn't end once the 3 days are over. AWESOME. This workshop - scratch that - Jon gave me the confidence I needed to shoot film. He taught us attendees so much, and on top of that he was a complete open book. As in would stay up all night to chat and answer any questions we could possibly have. There were no secrets, no egos. Just a complete passion for film and helping others push that passion into a reality. He helped me figure out my "why" and inspired me to get back into shooting personal work. I left this workshop feeling revived. I am so incredibly grateful for Jon being the awesome guy that he is and sharing his knowledge on film and photography. I am also grateful for the friendships I made while attending FIND. I couldn't ask for a better community to be apart of. If you want to learn more about the Film is Not Dead workshop you can click here! For now I leave you all with some of my personal work from the last day of the workshop, the rest of my images from the workshop will be posted soon.   Hugs,Lauren   ps. All images developed and scanned by The FINDlab!