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You are right the camera is a tool, and it is not responsible for making art. Brains make art, objects do not.

At the same time, photographers who want the highest quality digital prints are...

Large format film is still the high art standard. The file size made from drum scan of an 8x10 neg cannot be matched by even the best digital back (with the exception of, I believe its called, 'the...

Large format film is still the high art standard. The file size made from drum scan of an 8x10 neg cannot be matched by even the best digital back (with the exception of, I believe its called, 'the...

I have owned and used both. The Ries is exceedingly better the Berlebach. Its like comparing a Kiev to a Hasselblad, or a Chaminox to a Phillips. A case where the knock off is simply that, and has no...

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You are right Orthochromatic is the wrong word. Fotokemika describes the film as "Orthopanachromatic," either way it has reduced red sensitivity.

I dont how Efke 25 compares to Agfa; I...

If you are planning on working in the field, which it seems that you are, a spot meter is the ticket. I would encourage you to pick up a light meter that has an EV setting. It allows you to stops...

This is a good idea!

Who will be putting on the workshop? Will it be given by you or the Westons?

Either way it sounds good to me!

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Efke Films are ok. They have coating problems with quality control. The emulsion is not evenly coated sometimes: leading to odd and inexplicable forms in your photographs. This has been my experience...

Michael and Paula's workshops are absolutely amazing! http://www.michaelandpaula.com/mp/index_skip.html They are incredibly thorough, are natural born teachers, and I learned more about photography...

Another issue this post brings up is what is a photographer? A friend of mine once told me that a photographer is anyone who considers making pictures (with a camera) their work. Depending on how you...

Its sold in the paint department, and comes in black and red. On a black set of bellows the repair is almost invisible. I would recommend this for pin holes and SMALL leaks any thing else replace the...

It hasn't disappeared, it's just landed in the hands of those that dedicated to large format photography. Im sure that the surge in available equipment a few years ago was due to Commercial...

bellows flair? Can you see the increased/decreased density on the Ground glass? Bellows flair is usually visible on the GG, only very slightly though. just a thought.

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I usually break even at the end of the year. I can usually sell enough prints to pay for my film and paper habits.

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The turn over rate on an art gallery is about 1%. This is for a true art gallery (hosting exhibits, it may have a permanent collection of work, and the aggregate of customers are collectors) and not...

This seems like the question "how many rocks make a pile?" or "how many grains of sand make a heap?" The answere is far to 'gray' to provide a definite answere. my sugestion would be to look at an...

2xinfinitey=1 (or some other finite number). I realize that Zeno's Paradox does you absolutely no good here, but i figure i need to use my degree for something...right.

What f/stop are you and...

Talk to the darkroom tech, and the department head. The school should replace you film!

This kind of thing happend once six years ago at the institution I attended, The University of Arizona, and...

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The last time I checked the Formulary they didn't carry either of these developers, I'm pretty sure. I just checked again and they have started carrying ABC Pyro, and "Formulary 130" not sure...

I make all my own developers, and buy the ingredients in large quntities from chemical supply houses. But nearly all the developing agents must be ordered through a specialty retailer. I do this...

I second this.

Welcome back!

Go with either Freestyle or B&H. Personally, I use freestyle. The transit time living in AZ is about two days. Their prices on 8x10 film are a little higher, but I think its worth it...

Monument valley, Vermilion cliffs, Coal mine canyon (an extremely beautiful local, which hardly anyone knows of!!!) antelope canyon, the north rim of the Grand Canyon is a must and far less touristy...

I bought an internal frame day pack on clearance for $20.00. It's basically a heavy duty School bag. It can hold 10 film holders, a light meter, filters, a shooting note book and a liter of water in...

I propose a new form rule; going back to the days of primary school.

No showing off a new camera unless you have one for everybody.

Just kidding. Congrats on the new camera.

It will be a great day for Photography when people, not just viewers but photographers as well, realize that photographs are not pictures of things!

Were this photograph an oil painting would it...

Sounds rather cumbersome; exposing and processing in a changing bag. You could use a laptop and a film scanner to proof on the road. this would be no indication of print quality, but would give you a...

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That is exactly my point! Titles project an immense amount of meaning; on the photograph, the series, and the photographer. Titles are never arbitrary, even if the artist created it...

Had Edward Weston Titled "Pepper #9" "eggs and bacon," or "Saint Denis descent to hell" given then composition the same implicature as "Pepper #9" or even "pepper?" Weston Chose pepper number nine...

This is a possibility, and all things being equal this would produce sharpest and prints with the longest tonal range. but here you are sacrificing the control lost in the printing process. The...

Azo is so slow you can use a 40 watt incandescent bulb. Im kidding. Oc and Thomas Safelights work.

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Some may say that titles are only as important as you make them, which possess some degree of truth. If your work is to be entered in Juried competitions, submitted for showing proposals, or being...

Contact printing frames are unnecessary. You can sandwich the negative between a thick, over sized, piece of anti-newton glass and dense foam (or another sheet of glass). your prints will be sharp...

I don't agree that it would be called a traditional silverprint, because the idea of traditional print implies a "camera negative," or a print made in the traditional fashion (with a silver...

To answer your first question, no. A photograph is a fixed composition made with light.

It was my experience with Efke 50 and 25 (in 4x5 and 8x10) that you needed to double the recommended development time in order to get an acceptable neg.

Its Unfortunate that the name contact print has become synonymous with proof print.

It seems you want a sharper image. correct?

Xtol is a "Fine grain" developer, Meaning lower accutence thus a less sharp image. Fine grain developers work by semi-disolving the grain crystals which...

ries model A or J.

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Christopher J Breitenstein
www.ChristopherJBreitenstein.com

In the past year the most important thing I have learned is that your subject is the least important component when composing a photograph. Focusing on line, light, and form, rather just putting...