The process of making an image starts when I make the decision to set up the camera and ends when I frame the print. I do not mentally break up the process into steps other than for convienance.
I like that a lot. How large have you printed it, and did you tone it?
Thanks. I haven't printed any from this series in the darkroom yet, but I did have Adorama print a dozen or so mounted to foam core at 12x12" for display at the venue. The quality (first time I'd used Adorama to print anything) was surprisingly nice and I'd not hesitate to use them again. Huge time saver.
Thanks. I haven't printed any from this series in the darkroom yet, but I did have Adorama print a dozen or so mounted to foam core at 12x12" for display at the venue. The quality (first time I'd used Adorama to print anything) was surprisingly nice and I'd not hesitate to use them again. Huge time saver.
Thanks, I appreciate it.Beautiful photograph - thank you for sharing this gem!
Saw somebody's 11X14-ish aluminum prints in a nearly-standing-room-only coffee house (not Sbucks)...cheap and cheerful, bright and decorative. No need for framing, some kind of piece in the back for hanging. I don't like the look myself but maybe it makes sense for difficult viewing situations....
I would be interested to hear why you do not like the look. My friend who worked for Kodak for 25 years does not like them either. Please illuminate me.
The metal prints look very commercial, like a backlit bus stop. Nothing beats them if you are a sharpness freak though.I don't know how somebody who worked for a dinosaur is relevant to why I don't like the look of aluminum prints. I didn't like prints made on Kodak's Type R either, but I loved their Ektachrome and the ability of fine professional internegs made by fine custom labs to make Ektacolor prints. .
I've recently been enjoying Canon's extraordinarily glossy Pro Platinum and Epson's gloss-semi-gloss "Satinum-.Finish/Smooth Finish" Legacy Baryta which are both perhaps too-bright, but the aluminum prints I've seen, despite accuracy, may take "garish" a little too far for most viewing situations.
The metal prints look very commercial, like a backlit bus stop. Nothing beats them if you are a sharpness freak though.
Cloudy -- do some reading on hyperfocal distance with the idea of knowing what distance and aperture settings will create the DoF you want to work with. Zone focusing is it in use, I believe. Most of my roll film usage has been with Rollei TLRs and that is sort of the idea behind playing with the DoF markings (distance vs aperture) on the focus knob.
LF cameras are a different beast, as you mentioned. Nothing beats a lot of time under the darkcloth. Sounds like working with RC paper could make getting solid feedback easier.
When I go on vacation, I take my Sony RX100M4, a pocketable digital, and put it on P and shoot 99% that way. I let the camera do the technical work unlike when I shoot 4x5 or MF. My back has been telling me to keep it simple, and light, but I don't want to listen. I think my back is right.Same here. Acquired most of my cameras in 60s,70s and early 80s. Speaking of automation, i don’t remember two of my late friends, Bernie Boston ( then dean of White House photographers) or Louey Stettner ( a major retrospective show right now at San Francisco Musem of Modern Art until May 26) ever using a meter. Me, I’m a little less skilled and use a meter, but still prefer the computer in my head, even if some believe it’s historical.
On the other hand, I put my digital camera on full auto, otherwise the plethora of choices only slows me down.
Photography is a very simple process and many novices, whatever medium they are shooting in, are over-cautious in applying the knowledge they have gleaned to the practical application of it.Ran into this the other day at the park. After spending a couple of hours walking the streets looking for photo opportunities, and finding a few, I was returning to my car parked at the City Park. As I walked through the parking lot I noticed a small family group gathered for a group photo near one of the old ranch wagon exhibits. A young lady had a digital SLR set up on a tripod and was working over it evidently trying to get ready to take the picture. This must have been going on for a bit because one of the gathered group, seeing me with my K1000, yelled at me to take their picture as I got a bit closer. So I did. I walked up, raised the camera, framed the group stepping a bit closer, then snapped the shot. I then waved and walked away. Took about 4 seconds at most.
Later, developing my roll, I found the photo had turned out great. I should have gotten their address so I could have sent them a print.
I think some people are paralyzed when faced with too many decisions, or are overwhelmed by the technical aspects of their digital cameras, and somehow afraid to just take a shot for fear it won't turn out.
Of course I had the advantage in that situation. There aren't a whole lot of decisions to make with a Pentax K1000. Once you have chosen the film you are going to use, you get the needle settled in the middle, make sure the composition looks decent, then push the button. That is pretty much all there is to it.
You gotta love it!
I tried once, to carry two bodies one with color and the other with black and white, but it didn't work for me because I found I couldn't "See" in both mediums at the same time, and what made a good color picture didn't make a good monochrome one.But there are times when I am traveling and will not be able to work on art as I grab my two Nikon AF cameras with color and black & white and just enjoy the trip.
Out at the king tide today I took pictures of waves. I sensed that the interesting time wasn’t the crest of the crash as I always used to do.
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