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Gives me something to do.

I would sometimes use a Jorgenson spring loaded hand operated clamp, the clamp end has orange rubber gaskets. The end that.I would squeeze, has a hole in it. I used that with a fastener to mount my...

I did find this source of information:

https://www.scantips.com/colornegs.html

Decades ago, I printed color slides using a Unicolor drum. Then I would print client selected slides to make a...

I studied lighting patterns and various camera positions with the body and lighting set up to make flattering photographs of people. Those are two important ingredients when making photographs of...

Some info:

(It’s more than twenty five words, but worth the read!)

http://www.brianpritchard.com/why_colour_negative_is_orange.htm

What about Photoshop Elements.

Two important ingredients with Photoshop are layers and blending. You can work with both with this program.

Check here:...

I find this place is helpful for photography lighting:

https://strobist.blogspot.com/


And if you’re interested in lighting just for people, this is a start:
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Very nice. Good job.

John Dersham is on Facebook and a former Kodak sales rep.

Maybe worth a try and ask him.

When I had to make a large print, I would put at least one, usually fixer, sometimes two on the floor in the darkroom. It wasn’t very often. 20x24 is the largest I made and I used trays for 16x20 and...

wheathins,

May I suggest having a backup job, just in case you need it.

Some advice:

Find someone who could help you with your photography, be your coach and mentor.

Do you have a...

Never.

I’m retired now but when in business, it was digital for me since 2004.

Film days, it was medium format which, when looking back, was a Pita!

They used to be listed on the B&H web site. Just checked it and when I searched, it didn’t produce any results.

When I was in business, I used WHCC but they only print from digital files.

I’m a retired professional photographer. It was a second career for me. But I did pretty good with it and I enjoyed every moment of my business.

The best thing that happened to me, helping me get...

Could be, but I finally got all of the ingredients correctly put together when my wife started liking the portraits I made of her!

Most people I met wanted a portrait made that makes them look...

So true.

Thanks for mentioning the rapport that's needed between subject and photographer. I found this enjoyable and fun and people could tell it.

"Lighting is often more significant in creative/expressive image making than camera/lens and related gear."

Yes, you are correct.

But also posing and composition are two
more pillars out of...

Sorry to hear about Dynalite. I have their system but put it aside when I went to Quantum flashes.

One of the reasons I got hired is my ability to put together lighting patterns to make beautiful photographs of people. I would do, sometimes rather quickly, a facial analysis to determine the best...

"Right, go out an buy a digital SLR when a $25 flash meter is all you need."

Stupid answer.

You could use a digital slr as your tool for correct exposure. And there are some apps to make your phone into a light meter.

I always work to get proper exposure for the entire photograph....

It’s those few glasses of wine that can get you to buy things you might otherwise pass on. I’ve done that myself even having found my cc on the floor of our living room the next day! No more as I...

I’m retired now, but I started a professional photography business when I was in my fifties (1998). I was lucky to meet a fellow who became my coach and mentor. I recommend you do the same.
...

Yousuf Karsh made the portrait of Churchill you describe.

The story I heard about it is when Churchill walked in to have his portrait made, he had a cigar in his mouth. After setting him up for...

This gentleman was my teacher and coach.

Look at this video when placing this description in google search:

portrait photography for everyone zucker

Hope this helps you.

The portrait of...

Could the fp shutter be held open then use a lens on the camera with a shutter.

Shutter in lens would sync with all shutter speeds.

I used a graflex, long time ago, but if my old memory is...

What I do is to use “save as” is I will add the letter c after the file name. For the first iteration, c1 after the file name. Second iteration I use c2 after the file name. And so on. I use the...

I find that ID-11/D-76 is a very good developer.

Microphen gives me more contrast negatives.

Perceptol is a fine grain developer.

I use mostly ID-11/D-76 developers. But it depends on film...

When I started my photography business in 2002, I soon learned that beauty is in the eye of the checkbook holder.

I had a great coach and mentor who helped me.

I’m retired now. I enjoyed it...

Check with other businesses in your community that have waste to dispose. Car dealer, oil changing business, plumbing business come to mind. Maybe one of them could help you.

Hi Bill,

After I take the photograph, I don’t wind the shutter until I’m ready to set up to take another photograph.

Haven’t had light leaks. I use the dark slide only when changing backs, otherwise I leave them out so as not to compress the gasket, which can cause light leaks. Some of my Hasselblad cameras go back...

Place to order light trap seals for Hasselblad:

https://dickwernerhassystore.com/

Omega D-2 is built like a tank. Both in high school and college used to make prints.

Another consideration, if you’re only going to enlarge 2&1/4 square negatives is a B-22. I do own one, it’s...

I’m a retired professional photographer.

There are basics to learn for making beautiful photographs. Essential to consider when making photographs of people are poising, lighting and composition....

Interesting article:

https://emulsive.org/articles/darkroom/developing-color-negative-film-at-room-temperature-the-best-option-that-nobody-uses

Thanks Bob for your thoughts.

Now I only use...

I’ve sometimes wondered if the temps that are used for developing with C-41 were originally recommended because that’s what labs used to get things done quickly during the heyday of film.

#3

Truth be known, I’ve been lazy for a while and haven’t used my darkroom like I used to. I’m going to spend more time with darkroom work now that winter is drawing near.

Ulophot,

Thanks for you thoughts.

In my mid fifties, professional photography was a second career for me. Monte really helped me. There is a book that Monte had written that is quite...

The person I learned the most from for portraiture was Monte Zucker. He was my mentor and coach and he believed in a classical style of making portraits that produced lifelike and pleasing results...