Creativity comes in waves, and lately I’ve been in one of those heavy seasons—full-time work, client shoots, and trying to show up as a husband and dad. Shooting thousands of digital frames with endless editing options was burning me out, so I decided to slow down and reconnect with the process (not perfectionism). That’s what pushed me into medium format film, and honestly, it changed how I see photography. In this video I break down my switch to the Mamiya RB67 and the Mamiya 645 AFD, and I take both cameras into a real fashion shoot with Val. The RB67 is a mechanical beast—slow, intentional, and made for studio work—plus the 6x7 negatives only give me about 10 frames per roll, so I have to think before I press the shutter. The 645 AFD gives me the speed and functionality (autofocus, aperture priority, auto exposure) when I need to move fast, like shooting fashion or trying to keep up with my son. I also share the growing pains: misloading 120 film (and losing a whole roll), second-guessing exposures, and learning my home scanning workflow with my Canon R5C and a 100mm macro lens, plus dialing in Negative Lab Pro. Film isn’t magic, but it brought the excitement back—tones, grain, and those color shifts when you over/underexpose reminded me why I fell in love with photography in the first place.