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I've recently been brushing up (pun unintended but left) on my drawing. When you're trying to learn how to draw, what you're really doing is learning to see in a different way. Specifically, your...

Being the ignorant guy I am, I was unaware of Eggleston's work. I took a look online and ran acros this: http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/eggleston/eggleston_freezer_full.html.

When I...

Thanks for the welcomes. We're moving to an 18th century farmhouse with 19th century addition in Colrain, right near Greenfield and Shelburne Falls, about 15 or 20 minutes from the VT border. Lots of...

Avoiding arguments about precision for a moment, I think that the underlying angle of the article makes sense. I remember learning how to use a view camera with an old Calumet camera and lens. I...

We're in the process of moving out to western Mass. up near Vermont. As soon as the shock wears off, I expect to be breaking out my 4x5 field camera to do some shooting - b&w as well as color, as I'm...

>> Actually Erik, that view goes back to Aristotle at least and the painted sculptures illustrate it perfectly - the colour was seen as surface, secondary and somewhat insignificant in comparison to...

>> On the contrary, for the longest period of time colour wasn't really considered "serious" it was either the domain of the commercial photographer or the amateur (and "snapshot" was a derogetory...

I see a few problems wtih the author's assumptions. Yes, anyone with a digital camera has the chance to capture an interesting image, but who wants to wait for accident? Experienced photographers...

Well, I actually feel like I can contribute something useful for a change. (I've written five commercially published books.)

1) Prices vs. copies. I once interviewed an expert in self publishing...

I also agree that the problem may be with the scanner. Many simply don't have the dmax to handle serious negative density. Something I've done was to shoot T-Max and then use DR5 (www.dr5.com). The...

Stew,

I've shot objects, and orient the chart so that it faces the camera. It would probably make sense to include a chart image for each bracket, though you might be able to get the chart into...

>> The downside is that the MacBeth charts, even the small one, take up quite a bit of room in the frame that I'd rather use for the image. That's why I was thinking, in the case of each photograph,...

I'm about to do some alternative process work because I want a look that I can best achieve that way. There are times I print digitally. Ther'es no right or wrong if it works for you. However,...

You could also take an incident meter reading and, if you are concerned whether you'll like the blance of tones, bracket above and below. Sure, it's overkill, but then you only have to set up once.

Pardon my ignorance, which is pretty significant, but how do you work with mounting fluid? I get the idea that the fluid goes on the scanner glass, the negative on the fluid, more fluid on the...

I don't know if this will work for contact printing, but I had problems with rings when scanning some negatives on an Epson 3200. I did some research on the Epson site and found a suggestion to turn...

I'll add my vote for Portra. I experimented with the film and found that shooting it at the 160 worked. I have even metered some landscape exposures at two to three minutes with an incident meter,...

>> Variable from EI25-6400? Am I missing something? <<

If you think about the number of stops from ISO 25 to 6400, it's eight. Most B&W films are going to have that broad a contrast range, so they...

The next project is to build a large enough processing tank

This month's View Camera has an article on a photographer who was working on top of Mt. Washington - billed as having the worst weather in the world. He used a wooden camera but built an additional...

Do you have the right size bulb in it? Have you tried stopping down the lens at all?

>> Now, what's the practical difference between tilting the entire camera and only tilting the lens? <<

The problem is that with the setup you described, front rise only and rear tilt/swing, you...

The Indian Motorcycle Museum was certainly open earlier this year when I spoke of them during research for a book I co-authored on odd things to see in Massachusetts (called Massachusetts...

I wonder how much of it was bracketing and how much was trying different poses and treatments? Just think, he could have justified development of an 8x10 Readyload or Quickload by himself...

Call me over the top. I've been using a 15x Peak that ran about $30. I haven't had a problem with the degree of magnification, particularly when I can count someone's eyelashes. I've shot dozens of...

Professional labs will generally work with 4x5 and even 8x10. You won't have any luck with the Costcos, Wal-Marts, and other places that have minilabs, because they're set up for 35mm...

>> Earlier this year Agfa announced it's last runs from their production facilities of all their sheet films (apart from Scala which they still seem to be making). According to Agfa the last volume...

If you don't mind the extra expense, you could go the Readyload/Quickload route. These systems (Kodak for the former and Fuji for the latter) have single sheets that go into special holders, much...

According to Agfa's own site, Agfachrome RSX II and Agfapan APX 100 are also available in sheet sizes.

I'd also throw in that you need to think about the issue with a bit of a twist - it's what sort of 4x5 system can you put together that will satisfy your needs and meet your budget. Cameras are...

You must also beware of marketingspeak. Many times, the resolution that vendors most prominently mention is *interpolated* resolution. This is an apparent resolution created from the actual scanned...

The Stolze system is apparently also called the European scale. Here's one link:

http://mejac2.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v01/msg03116.html

I can't vouch for its accuracy, but at least it's...

You might also examine the size, resolution, and amount of compression you are using. Is it that the jpegs appear one way on your screen when viewing from the hard drive but then differently from the...

It's not paranoia - I once had a bottle of pyro stalking me, following my every move. Oh, wait, that was a bottle of hype - uh, I mean hypo.

Another digital possibility is, if you have the scanner and printer, create a larger negative on clear-based media, and then do contact prints of them. Dan Burkholder has a book out on doing that.

>> Wouldn't it be nice if Kodak could make a system where they provided the "ready load" envelopes that the photographer could preload from their own stash of TriX film at their need? The best of...

I'm not one to believe in magic bullets - I've gotten good shots from all sorts of cameras and formats and limitations. But I've been having some back and shoulder problems as of late, and one great...

On a longer trek, I'd expect to need to set a cache or two along the way for food and water, if nothing else. If you are driving them close to their positions and not doing an air drop, then why not...

Lars, yes, I was talking about testing a film, not bracketing. That implies an amount of time and access to processing that you clearly don't have, though the approach does work with chrome - like...

I think that sometimes it's possible to get too technical. I recently was shooting a landscape at dusk with a 4x5 using 160 Porto VC negative film. Certainly the lattitude is a couple of stops wider...