Ooo la la Charles Sheeler.
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Ooo la la Charles Sheeler.
That's a really beautiful photograph. I would love to see more. Thank you very much.
I agree that Niepce is no stranger and that nothing going on here is really that mysterious.
The way that Niepce's photos are important is that they just go to highlight, yet again, that like...
I would go for the Gitzo because it's a low profile head and will not flop around like the other two. The range of movement is less with the Gitzo but it still gives you plenty of movement to level...
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
Reality has nothing to do with it. If you think you are recreating nature then where is the creativity? If you can't be creative why do it in the first place?
In...
I'm assuming that you are hinging the print and not laminating it. If the two ply board is structural enough and it's archival go for it. If you need more structure and also the thickness of the...
Lady Gaga? I give up. From now on I'll be hanging out at largeformatpainting.info
I've never heard of anyone using PS for mounting artwork. Sintra, which is moderately expanded closed cell PVC, is the material commonly used. I think that PS gets brittle over time and that it is...
I wouldn't face mount a photo that I bought. I think that face mounting is a decision to be made by the artist and not the collector.
Aluminum and Cintra seem to be the best choices for mounting...
That is a really nice camera. Congrats. Just the fact that that camera exists is good for us all. Woo woo.
That's cool. Thanks for that.
-Steven
That's really nice. Thanks.
You're over thinking this whole thing.
Two lights is never enough and I wouldn't rent Profoto lights. For the money I would just go ahead and buy Alien Bees instead.
Do yourself a favor and...
I was thinking some sort of metallic something places a few feet behind the tank. It might give sort of an infinite water look. Good luck. I look forward to seeing an 8x10 of a seahorse. Very...
I feel your pain. If you should find yourself in NYC at any time, make sure to stop in at The Strand Book Store on Broadway and 12th St. The photo book section on the second floor is really good. ...
Check out whatever is doing at the Met Museum. There will be a Leon Levinstein show there and they always have new acquisitions hanging up in the hallway near the photo galleries. And then there...
I saw some of the Bresson greatest hits photos at the Met Museum a couple of years ago in a really really great show about photography from 1840-1940, and the quality of the prints was terrible. ...
Check the Epson store on their web site. The have a clearance section and they sell refurbs at good prices.
Those pictures are really nice. Thanks.
There are many practical considerations. 4x5 is a compromise from 8x10 but 8x10 is a compromise from 11x14 or whatever so I guess you just have to find something that you can work with and stick...
First you have to define "image quality". If it's purely a math problem then a properly scanned sheet of large format film wins by a long shot. An 8x10 inch piece of film has many many times the...
Greetings from the Upper West Side.
I don't think it's a strange request at all. I think it's a great idea actually. I personally don't have any 8x10 film but I wish you luck.
An 8x10 original of a given scene looks completely different from a 4x5 original of that same scene. You can always tell the difference. Good luck.
Can't you spin the camera around on the head to take advantage of the tilt in the other direction?
I just thought the same thing about that knife.
I'm sorry because I know that this doesn't answer your question but I have to say that the third of those photos is really cool.
As you pull out one sheet for processing it is partially pulling...
Fuji sells a lot of film in the form of those disposable cameras so I don't think they will be totally discontinuing film production at least for color neg film.
I've been using one for more than 25 years. It does have somewhat limited movements but I don't mind seeing the edges of the circle and mine is really really sharp. I also have the Rodenstock 90...
Jon Cone at Inkjetmall.com sells flushing cartridges and liquid that might help. The stuff is designed to clean out the pipes and the print head. Go to his site and then contact them and let them...
I love the photos the way they are. The whole thing refers to the history of photography in a wonderful way. It has that great old feel to it especially due to the printing process but also because...
Steven Barall currently uses a Shen Hao 4X5 but has in the past has used various Sinars and Deardorfs. I hope that helps.
Large format is a life style choice.
That was really interesting. Thank you Richard.
The answer to your original question, as indicated by Felix, is yes but you have to spend enough money. There's no perfect $750 solution but that Epson scanner is a perfectly good. Good luck.
That can not be right. My BS detector is off the scale on this one.
That atmospheric haze will be part of the photo so a light reading that includes it would be the correct reading? Is this correct?
If it bugs you that much, like someone else said, just take a...
I sign the prints on the face bellow the image area so if someone wants to they can over mat the print to hide the signature or if they want to of they can cut the mat to reveal the signature. I use...
Are you kidding me???? These are all tourist locations. ARE YOU KIDDING ME ??? If you think you can own a view of something that is already on the earth meaning something that you didn't put...
I think the car body is more distorted than you think it is. Also, because you can freeze the forward motion of the car doesn't mean that you can freeze the rotation of the wheels especially with a...