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Hello Fred, This thread is more than 5 years old, so I don't know if you get this ... I'm in Europe .. I own an 'ATL-2 Plus' (which I'm sale here -- sorry, not to the U.S. ... anyone in Paris is welcome to contact me, though!) and an ATL-3, which I'll keep. I've never actually activated either...

Beautiful!

Drew, just to chime-in briefly to kind of agree with you about Avedon .. I mean — with the possible exception of much of his early fashion work — if I could assign a single word to describe the type of portraits he seemed to've sought to create (or perhaps better said, the way he seemed to want...

Drew (regarding the ZS as a "rite of passage"), I agree with you, especially to the extent that — even after a basic understanding of the principals behind the ZS (even if not the whole ZS itself) — using that as a base and combining it with empirical knowledge helps us to arrive more quickly at...

Sure, go ahead; After all, the very reason I listed those books in the first place was in the spirit of sharing information. That said — While it's true that I didn't peruse every page of that years-old group, it doesn't looks like very many members really even tried to attempt creating a...

Again, this kind of information would certainly be known, for sure, by Mark Vieira, who not only has access to Hurrell's negatives, but — who knows — maybe even his old equipment.

I just happened upon this thread and wanted to bow my head in respect to my late friend and writing partner, Roger Hicks (and, his wonderful late wife and writing partner .. and my friend, too, Frances Schultz) I thought I'd take the opportunity to do something to benefit others who, like me...

Hello Patrick, Thanks for understanding the essence of my question. I've seen some of your beautiful images on your website, so I have no doubt that you understand the concept of a "Fine Print". That said, the "boring" part of the ZS, for me, is only at the beginning of setting up your whole...

Hello Thomas, I'm Christopher, a **confrère** user of 8x10, living in Paris also. Perhaps we should meet for café someday soon. It sounds like one solution for you could be *collodion-chloride printing out paper* (which, in fact, I'm interested in making, also). I've never done it, but it...

I haven't, yet.

Patrick, Just wondering how much large fomat photography you've done?

Thanks, Donald.

Hi cowanw, If you want to skip this long post, just scroll down to "Some hints:" I agree with you on several points .. but first, let me thank you for your roundabout compliment on the "Hollywood Portraits" book which I co-wrote with Roger Hicks. As Roger would say, "It's not perfect but let's...

You are very kind, Ralph. I know that Roger Hicks, if he were still alive, would surely have been very grateful to have such a recommendation from the author of a veritable bible in another domain of photography, Way Beyond Monochrome!