Photo Retouching TechniquesA Step By Step Guide For Big Prints From 35mm Film
Photo Retouching TechniquesThe art of photography and digital imaging has always been the kind of experience where the learning process never ends. There are always new techniques, pieces of equipment,...
View ArticleCoffee, Tea, Or Vitamin CKitchen Chemistry In The Darkroom
A century and a half of research and development in photographic processing technology has given us some mighty fine materials to work with. The ease and speed of processing high quality black and...
View ArticleISO 400 Black And White FilmsThe Best Keeps On Getting Better
This article was very nearly called "9600," which is what you get if you multiply 24 by 400. Twenty-four films, that is, times ISO 400. There are at least this many, though half a dozen or so aren't...
View ArticleDigital Files Vs. Scanned Medium Format FilmWe Put The Mediums To The Test
Very few people would dare to ask this question, "Is digital better than film?" just a few years ago when the only cameras that could produce a digital file with qualities that approached film's...
View ArticleB&W Film Developing Made EasyDo-It-Yourself Tips& Techniques
If you enjoy black and white photography you might question whether you need a traditional darkroom at all. Maybe you would be happier shooting black and white with a digital camera, and printing...
View ArticleSilver And OilA "Mixed Media" With Archival Qualities
All Photos © 2004, Jack Jeffers, All Rights ReservedAfter spending more than 30 years documenting the Appalachians and publishing two books about the region, I retired to Lander, Wyoming, in 1996, to...
View Articledr5 LabsRenewing The Black And White Lease
All Photos © 2004, George Schaub, All Rights ReservedI grew up with black and white. Color, for me, was a distraction, a pretty thing that was fine for stock and the family album, but the color of the...
View ArticlePro TalkJill Enfield; Ways And Means
"With the alternative processes, you can see someone's hand at work. It's a very personal way of creating a photograph."Most of us are finding more of everything thanks to digital imaging technology,...
View ArticleThe DarkroomCoping With Change; Two Dozen Tips On Dealing With Diminishing...
"Sorry, that's been discontinued." The salesclerk shakes his head. And that, you realize with sinking heart, is that: no more of your favorite film, paper, developer, whatever. These are trying times....
View ArticleShoot Film And Scan; One Photographer’s Approach To The Digital Dilemma
Stymied by all the buzz about megapixels, dpis, ppis, and what-have-you? Should you use a digital camera? Or shoot film? And which is really better? Well, yes, it's a veritable jungle of competing...
View ArticlePhoto GearCovering The Photo Beat; Black And White Papers
There are quite a few new photographic papers available this year, despite many changes in the business. As with film and chemistry, the paper business was affected by the "Ilford Factor." From late...
View ArticleA Traditional Photographer Merges Film And Digital Techniques; The Art And...
One look at the work of Richard Lohmann and you know you are viewing the work of a very skilled photographic practitioner. But what really has Lohmann excited these days are evolutions in digital...
View ArticleThe Cultural Landscapes Of Chris Faust
I went into this determined not to portray fine art photographer Chris Faust as some sort of oddity because, lo and behold, he still goes into the darkroom. And as a photography teacher, he encourages...
View ArticleKodak Portra 400: Latitude, Grain, And “Scanability” Combined
If you’re a confirmed film shooter, welcome to the new all-but-universal color film. If you’re new to color film, this is the place to start. And if you shoot both film and digital, but have been...
View ArticleNew Life For Old Films: A Lab Service For Past Processes
This story began with the discovery of a few old rolls of C-22 126 format film in a drawer coinciding with some information that came in from the folks at Film Rescue. The idea of finding the formula...
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