Capturing a New Beginning: Shooting with Digital + Film
Last week I had the honor of photographing Jacqueline Rashidi, a talented singer from New York, who is launching new songs and wanted to renew her visual material to match her evolving sound. The session was done partly with my digital full-frame Sony A7III, and partly on film, a Nikon F loaded with Lomography LomoChrome Color ’92 35mm.
There’s something deeply poetic about mixing digital and analog in a project like this, it reflects change, roots, and the passage of time.
🎞️ Why LomoChrome ’92
The LomoChrome ’92 is a color negative film with a rich grain structure, warm tones, and a nostalgic 90s vibe that often surprises and enchants. Depending on light and exposure, it can reveal delicate pastel undertones, soft highlights, even tender skin tones, or deliver deeper, moodier shadows and a retro atmosphere. For Jacqueline, who is transforming her musical identity and visual expression, this film offered the perfect sensibility: a balance between vulnerability and strength, raw emotion and refined tone.
📸 The Session
We spent the morning in a softly lit studio with minimal distractions, a quiet space, simple backdrops with both red and dark colors, natural light flowing through windows. On the digital side, I captured clarity, sharpness and versatility for promotional use: neutral portraits, social-media video teasers, and beauty shots. On film, however, I let things breathe. I asked Jacqueline to move slower, to close her eyes, to feel the moment. The grain, the warm tones, the subtle blur, those frames became more than images; they became memories, whispers, impressions.
One of my favorite frames: Jacqueline looking to the side, light touching her cheek, the background slightly out of focus, the 90s-inspired tones turned into a warm halo, translucent skin tones, golden soft highlights. The digital version is crisp. The analog one, timeless.
In a world saturated by HD perfection, I believe there’s value in imperfection. In shadows that don’t hide, but reveal. In color palettes that tell stories beyond the real. By combining digital precision with analog soul, I aim to give artists like Jacqueline a dual set of visuals: one practical, professional; the other emotional, poetic, human.
This session wasn’t just a photoshoot. It was a reinvention. A new chapter. A visual echo for music that is about to reach new ears.
Thank you, Jacqueline, for trusting me to walk this path with you, with lens, light, and film grain.
