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Thanks! Maybe I'll see if I can meet up with Ted Orland for coffee and get his thoughts. I didn't realize he lives in Santa Cruz. And thanks also for the reference to Michael Kenna, very interesting.

I'm not currently planning to do any of the regional parks, only because of time restrictons. There are already almost 10 state parks on my list in the area, and adding regional parks would expand...

I'll definitely post the photos, thanks for your interest!

Photographing Silicon Valley is challenging, for sure. One thing that's slightly interesting are the warning signs on the superfund...

Thanks for the reference! Both useful for planning my hikes, and for planning my photos.

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking about starting a project documenting / looking at the state parks in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly focusing on the park facilities, trailheads, trails, and...

That's disappointing, but thank you both for your diagnosis!

The film was processed by a commercial lab, which I apparently won't be using again. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a...

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice on some marks that I have on my film after it came back from the lab. Specifically, in this sample image from my scanner (unedited), there are some a few...

I'm reminded of https://petapixel.com/2016/09/02/worlds-first-underwater-portrait-taken-1899/

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That is awesome. I'm supporting it.

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I'd like to give a bit more detail, apologies for my mostly-opinion reply above.

To do this very accurately, you'll need to understand Circle of Confusion. Briefly, this is the most blurry a point...

I've used this myself with an old press camera, and didn't get terribly good results. The shutter speed, f-stop, and film speed combinations needed just didn't make much sense for me.

One note of...