Automating my 35mm film scanning pipeline
A photography enthusiast attempts to automate their 35mm film scanning and editing workflow using AI agents. The project highlights the challenges of integrating automated tools into creative processes, resulting in a near-failure of hardware.
Why it matters
It illustrates the practical limitations and risks of using LLMs to control physical hardware in specialized creative workflows.
A story about replacing a creative workflow and focusing on another.
I love photography. There is a special feeling to seeing an image through a lens, organizing it to compose a story, and working with the resulting photo. I had cycled through DSLR and mirroless cameras before falling in deep love with the Canon AE-1P, an analog SLR that my dad traveled with around the world before settling down in the States.
Film photography is simple, but particular: you expose reflected light against a strip of plastic and burn-in a chemical image. Depending on the light conditions, film stock used, and lens, you’ll get magically unique compositions.
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