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The Vito, an agility champion as of June.




Thanks,

Merg, you are an inspiration in so many ways, even the beard :)

I was thinking of you as I was back in Chicago teaching at SAIC a few weeks ago, but my wife back in ABQ had a heart event and I had to cut it short, fly back, and finish the class on Zoom (a...

I went to my 35TH and fully a 1/3 of my class were dead already. So anyone vertical should be smilin. It wasn't my trip socially. It seemed to be dominated by posers-the same posers from back in the...

good answer.

I long ago decided I needed fewer cameras but more film, gas, time to make meaningful images.

I am probably largely responsible for the more strident moderation trend that began a few years back. This place was toxic in many ways or at least many of us thought so. Looking at the thread...

Just down to one Phillips 4x5 and one Linhof Super Technica 5x7. They are used frequently. They will probably outlive me.

I love many forms of music from Classical and Jazz to Grunge and Bluegrass. But when I am photographing I am fully present in the scene and everything else feels like a distraction. I want to feel...

Yeah mine was t-boned and totaled. I should have bought another one but the Highlander dropped in my lap. It was a Great car too. Both went 200k with only brakes, spark plugs and front struts.

a series of VW Camper Vans, then a Ram Charger, then a Toyota Tacoma 4x4, then a Toyota Highlander to currently Jan Pietrzak's GMC Yukon which he gave me as he was dying. The Yukon is my sentimental...

I've used mine for decades with no air bubbles, as I replaced the valve myself-to long to explain (I may have it sitting around somewhere). I think the bubbles look cool but serve no real purpose.

Take this For what its worth (not much). I have had many lenses of both brands including those two. There is something subtle in the "look" of the negative that I prefer from the Nikons. Over the...

Exactly I tired of this argument 10 years ago.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/86coezj1mj1hv2w/Railraod_Bridge_2.jpg?raw=1

Dude, very nicely done.

I like to concentrate on the image and not the technology when I shoot. I want the technology to be tested and dependable whether it is ISO, Zone placement, levels or whatever so I don't have to...

"The more I photograph, the less time I spend mulling over the image on the ground glass. I spend much more time selecting camera position, imagining where I want to place the plane of sharp focus,...

"as I am shooting color negative and would like to keep the shutter faster than 1 sec if possible."

supplemental lighting, may the force be with you.

I use homemade PVC tubes for my 5x7s and BTZS tubes for my 4x5s. I buff out the inside of my tubes every couple of years with the fine steel wool in a setup on my drill like this in the picture. I do...

I bought the same Kaiser and found my sample to be very uneven-shifting nearly 1/2 stop from top to bottom and not evenly. I'm shipping it back tomorrow. I think I should give another sample a try...

I appreciate the help. I'm buried right now and can't work on this, but will soon. Thanks.

Me too. No response.

I may have the same problem. Can you explain further?

Thanks. Nowhere USA is probably the safest place to be right now.

Covid didnt slow me down so much as coincidental health problems. I had some weird virus in August that kicked my butt. I was tested twice for Covid and both were negative. But the virus morphed into...

To me it's important enough to organize my gear for speed and practice setting it up quickly. We have a saying here in NM "Don't like the weather? Wait 15 minutes." So maybe it's the rapidly...

Gee thanks for that contribution.

I use the Crane with a variety of plates. I like the Crane because of the "catch and lock" feature. It gives an added level of security to me. I dropped a 5K camera/lens once because of fumbling with...

HABS/HAER requires a project and negative number to be written on the base side of the film along the top edge in the rebate next to where the code notches are.

Reading up on that on their website, as far as I can tell, they seem to be made for erasing non-permanent pigments. They don't seem to make anything to erase the permanent pigment inks.

Another related question is removing the writing if you make a mistake. The only archival solution I know of is Pec-12 cleaning solution and it struggles to remove the Staedler Pigment Liner and...

I was giving a talk many years ago with Mark Citret, out in CA somewhere on architectural photography (Not commercial but more art/personal AP), maybe it was at the VC Conference in Carmel. We both...

For HABS, I guess I am always looking for a pen that lays down enough pigment so that I don't have to make a second pass. I find my my second passes always end up a bit off register and looks messy....

FWIW I did my own test as per above. aA bit different results-there must be batch differences. I found the Staedler Pigment Liner and Faber Ecco most opaque so I started labeling a project. I...

No mater what, you are delivering a digital file to be posted online right? You are the artist. You should determine the Best method to reproduce your work. For me that would be scanning. I’m not...

cool thanks

You can simply use Sodium Sulfite as a one shot wash aid-a heaping teaspoon per quart of water.

I thought that selenium toning for increased archivability was debunked. I can't tell you where I heard that but it was sometime around 2000 or so. Henceforth my selenium toning was liberated from...

“I'd still rather do this than anything else I've done in 30 years of photographing.

How Hot was it?

-Schaf”

This has always been a sideline for me. My main source of income has always been...

Thanks.
I think Cali has much more interesting HABS projects and better volume of interesting projects. The last many I have done here before this were largely hohum BIA buildings in NM and AZ....

Update. Shortly I'm doing a HABS job-5 buildings for the NSA, Old USAF barracks from the 50's converted to office buildings later. These are really unremarkable architecturally that have been...