Format:
All my images are captured on 35mm print film.
I like Fuji Reala for color and Ilford Delta or Fuji Neopan for B&W
For reasons unknown to me, I don't shoot slide film

Equipment:
Images were shot with one of the following:
Nikon F4
Nikon N90s
Canon T90
Yashica Electro 35 GT (Rangefinder)

The Image:
Images are printed full negative, as I framed them through the viewfinder.
No cropping or chopping. There is the rare exception, but in such cases the crooked frame was due to post alcohol haze, not indecisiveness

Purity of the Image:
I do not employ computer tricks, use Photoshop, or any other image manipulation programs. I believe the strength of an image relies on the artistry and vision, as well as the capabilities, of the photographer.
My feeling is that if I need to employ techniques of alteration and gimmickry in order to make a photo interesting, then I obviously don't have a strong image or; a good picture.

Filters:
The tools of post production computer alteration; a 'fix it later' sloppiness that is now employed by many photographers, some who hardly understand how to work a camera but are wizards with computers, cannot be compared to using gelatin or glass filters, which are tools that are part of the process at the time the image was captured, an extension of the camera and a factor in how the image was born.

In Closing:
When you shoot film you create a negative, which is, in itself, a small piece of art….I do not feel that digital photography and memory cards offer anything in that vein, and that is why I don't use digital cameras. I do not feel it is a format for a photographer that considers himself an artist, nor do I feel the need to forsake a format that has served me so well, and continues to, over so many years.

Steven Doherty
the Drexler McStyles co.