Alan, there is a difference between making “art” or to use a term I’m happier with, “print making,” and the sports you have named. While I never tried to earn a living from my photography, there was...
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Alan, there is a difference between making “art” or to use a term I’m happier with, “print making,” and the sports you have named. While I never tried to earn a living from my photography, there was...
Turns out Princess Kate is an amateur photographer just like many of us: she ran the photo through Photoshop herself to edit it (per her explanation repeated in the NY Times)! I doubt any of us would...
I think that what has changed is that a silver gelatin print was a handmade “object” and a giclee print is an “image.” The object had added value because no two were exactly alike, burning and...
A quick thank-you to Doremus, who is one of the most reliable and helpful members of this forum. I've been printing for around 50 years, so I'm not a novice, and I still learn new ideas from his...
With apologies, a slight switch from 8x10 film to 11x14 paper that reinforces that this is an expensive hobby. Yesterday realized I was down to my last 3 sheets of 11x14, and re-ordered this morning....
I already have two books of Fay Godwin photos on my shelf, but had never visited Dick Arentz's website until your suggestion (thanks!). He brought my original question into sharp focus. In his...
Background: building excitement for my summer trip to Scotland, I've been looking at (B&W) pictures others have taken of the Hebrides, Orkneys, standing stones, and so on. I found one site I really...
Some further thoughts. Over the past few days I’ve been testing Delta400 with Pyrocat to find speed and development standards. Vuescan & Epson 4990 in PrintFile sheets have been a quick and easy way...
Tin Can, Unless I've missed it, you have never posted about your experience using the Intrepid LED Head, although you have posted about buying it. Could you give us your "review," any comments about...
Everyone, Thanks so much for taking the time to respond and pass along ideas. Since several of you had questions, and I want to prove that I really do read your comments:
Interneg: The cruise is...
I will be taking a cruise around Scotland in a few months. Because I will be with groups on shore excursions each day I will not take my 4x5, but instead my second favorite, a Rollei 6008 (if you are...
I have an older Epson 4990 scanner with VueScan. I keep my 120 format negatives and 4x5 negatives in the appropriate PrintFile pages, so I just lay the PrintFile page flat on the glass and scan in...
I’ll second Oren’s post. I use grooved Paterson trays to develop 4x5 negs, and larger dimpled Cescolite trays for printing. The dimples make it easier to get under the prints to move them from tray...
At 76 I suspect I am towards the older end of our member spectrum, and (with glasses) read books, magazines, and newspapers, none of which are double-spaced. If one’s eyes cannot read without double...
If we want to dwell on “Ceci n’est pas use pipe,” while the meaning of the phrase was, as discussed here, the difference between an object and the image of the object, it was also a pun in French....
Havoc, Xkaes: Apologies for neglecting Fuji, it was a sin of careless omission. I am very happy with my Fuji C 300 lens. My lenses include 3 Schneider, 1 Rodenstock, the afore mentioned Fuji, and 1...
In my experience (I've been using large format in an "amateur way" for at least 50 years) you will be happy with any mix of lenses from the "Big 3" you mention: Schneider, Nikon, Rodenstock. Within...
I've been thinking about the impact of AI quite a bit, and I keep coming back to the question of what it is that we individually enjoy about photography. If we see photography as merely a method to...
Was looking for any thread on film at airports to mention that I just went through Newark Airport on my way to Texas and see that the new terminal A has the new 3D scanners that will fog film, so now...
John, I in turn feel like a fool explaining anything to you, sort of like explaining something to Ansel! Picker maintained that even with lamp warmers and timers, the amount of light being emitted...
Drew: Semantics. I should have simply said a series of 3-second exposures. I used the word "burst" thinking of each exposure as a burst of light. As Vaughn said, Picker was avoiding any intermittency...
Corran, what you describe in post #22 (multiple 3-5 second bursts) is the method Fred Picker taught me over 50 years ago, and which I have used ever since. He (and I) make test strips typically with...
There are lots of negatives which will not give you the print you want simply based on a single enlarger exposure. You have to learn a bit about "burning" and "dodging." Burning means you make your...
Three negative scans of a housing development near where I live. What struck me was a somewhat remembered line from a song about ticky-tacky little houses. While these are not tacky (they are quite...
May I change the question slightly? I have a marine plywood sink in my basement darkroom that I made maybe 15 years ago. It was sealed with West Products epoxy paint, and then a layer of deck paint....
Yes, both because I enjoy prints from good photographers, and also because I think if one loves photography we should support upcoming photographers. I have prints I bought through the Friends of...
Is there a point to this thread? We have “nudes” sub threads in Large & Other Formats, and I’m unaware of problems.
I've joined this discussion late, but I think Drew's comment is extremely apt. I remember when digital replaced film, and Photoshop came into existence. There was the same questioning whether...
Alan, here's one: Maggie Taylor, the wife of Jerry Uelsmann. Where Uelsmann was famous for creating his photographic collages from images he photographed and then combined on multiple enlargers,...
Like many, I dry my 4x5 negatives with wooden clothespins hanging from a line in my "darkroom/basement." But I have reverse-assembled the pins so that the ends that used to be the "handles" are now...
From my own experience KEH and B&H are both reliable and honest in their quality ratings. I have also bought lenses from sellers on this forum, where you can make your own judgment about the seller...
A quick follow-up on my migration from my 2013 Intel Mac to my 24" Apple M1 Mac. First, thank you to everyone who responded to my concerns about the migration. In the end I looked for the simplest...
When I built my sink, I sized it to hold 4 11x14 trays PLUS my ZoneVI 11x14 washer. My trays are developer, stop bath, fixer, water (to rinse some fixer but primarily to allow me to judge the print)...
A question for those of you who have migrated from an older Mac to a new one. My new Mac arrives in about a week. If you used Migration Assistant to move files and apps to the new Mac, did you copy...
"Holy grail" is highly subjective. One could argue that Ansel Adams's or Edward Weston's view cameras are the "holy grail" of view cameras. Washburn is simply the best known (and arguably best) of...
If I'm going to hang it on the wall, 4-6 sheets to get the keeper, and then at least one extra for the file. I can usually get to a decent print in one or two tries, but as soon as the...
I struggle to find the center of interest in the image, the impetus that made you capture it. My eye starts at the lightest object, the bleached driftwood, but then I get distracted by the ridged...
Anyone who captures an image with a camera or a smartphone is a photographer. And the sheer number of images produced guarantees that even some unskilled photographers will capture wonderful images....
There have been a number of posts in this thread about how to usefully critique an image. The NJ Photographer's Forum, of which I am a member, meets monthly to critique each other's work. Clearly, an...
A few thoughts. First, to some extent, we already have this if the poster specifies "comments & critique welcome" when they post, although a separate thread might encourage more commentary. Second,...