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It occurs to me that there are two essential kinds of people who work these chapter 11 situations. There are those whose sole aim it is to reduce the lower bound on the worth of some of the assets, and there are others whose sole aim it is to increase the upper bound on others. A bit like a...

Yep I saw that, but thanks. I have since found quite a lot of other stuff and invested appropriately.

What? Are you serious? It is a perfectly valid comparison because PM did what any sensible company does when they see the overall market shrinking: they consume their competitors, one by one, and in so doing they actually grow market share even as the overall market decreases. Then, once...

No, of course it's not sustainable in the long run. But yet again you seem to think that just because EK can't keep churning out products at past levels that all is lost and the sky is falling. False. A tidy profit can be earned for quite a while (years), even in a declining market. Which I...

Another thing that can work well in some communities is for people to band together, equip a common space very well, and share overhead cost. These collectives do very well in some areas. I wouldn't have any problem at all with sharing most of my equipment with colleagues. Now, I have to...

At risk of sounding like a and old pedantic grandfather, I think the thing to do is to become more selective at the outset. You're a great photographer; believe in that. Know that you don't need more than one or two shots to generate a great image. You will easily be able to cut back on...

Survivalism???! :blink: Generating my own electricity?! All I did was point out the obvious irony that APUG is a place where many take pride in "owning the whole process" and cite handcraft as being the thing that most distinguishes our work from the other thing; yet some now lament every...

I definitely see a parallel between the two, Clive. At least, for me, short-form writing, piano, sketching, and photography all seem to scratch similar itches. I suppose what all of those have in common is enjoyment of the act of original composition, the willingness to refine that...

And what bubble is that? I am really curious what perspective you think I have... I also confess that I have no idea what the windfarm comment is about. Absolutely right! And the main issue here is probably EK's lack of strategy and agility over the past decade or so; there's not...

I honestly don't see the big deal about Hernandez. I assume that when I see the print in person I'll be more impressed. Many other Ansels that I prefer. Anyway, now that I have created a thousand enemies for not towing the party line on Hernandez :whistling: ....back to trees: I am very...

Sorry but this rant has been a long time coming... Would people please stop whining about not being able to get same-day local processing!!!!!!! Who gives a fig? Not I, that's for sure. I didn't invest in a bunch of 11x14 provia with the assumption that Costco or anyone else would run it...

No! Get busy!

Yes definitely. I mean, what's the alternative? Become a roving security camera?

Oh yes, projected slides are a very potent gateway drug, all the more enjoyable because of the crowdgasms they can induce.

John I believe that it's all that Richard's heart could take. He needs to get into nudes one step at a time. And Gracie was so accommodating and uninhibited.

Suzanne, I don't plan to post images of my own for a while, to avoid making any potential colleagues from feeling that they have to go for a certain look or style, but the images I have been working on are all over the place, in terms of appearance and technique. I started with a print...

The fumes keep us happy.

It's a word now Steve ;) If it wasn't before, then even better.

Welcome! I am sure that you'll find plenty of amicable and empathetic people here.

Musila your reference to studium and punctum is very apt. "Presence" is one of those subjects that can be academized to any degree, and yet, at the end of the day, one of the most important things a viewer can say about an image is what can't be said... "I don't know why, but this image...

:D Hands off, everybody! I have a place on my wall ready for it....

Yes, this is one of the many paradoxes of modern life, isn't it? I was just remarking to Thomas that you can now walk into a cafe - a place long associated with social interaction- and you'll typically see a dozen people hunkered down over a dozen laptops and smartphones. Yes, they are better...

Mine all mine!!! Can't wait to see it in person!

It isn't mere marketing though. Difference is at every step of the way we work with analogue imagery. Moreover, prints produced in this way are becoming more rare, even as images sourced by other means and replicated all over cyberspace to the point of nauseating ubiquity... which implies...

Thanks Thomas. As I was just saying to someone else in PM, this is not a matter of urgency. At this point I'd just like to plant the seed and let people think on it. There's no timeframe or deadline... it's just meant to catalyze ideas. I also have tons of work to do, especially for the next...

My steed is quite healthy and likes to run, but thanks.

Haha Wayne, there is a beautiful proverb, attributed to the Lakota Sioux, which translates roughly, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount." ;)

It's all good Clive, we definitely need to keep pressing forward...

Well, first of all, I have two balls and one is cellulose and the other silicon. And they both function very well, thank you very much. That said, I think the long term trend is for analogue photographers to go back to the future and retrace the historical developments of photography. I think...

There is a fantastic and diverse collection of high-end gear that is now far more affordable than it ever was. And I see young people coming over to try film gear all the time. Juxtapose that marvelous assortment of TLRs, RFs, SLRs, view cameras, pinholes, and other cool doo-dads against the...