Kate and I got a bit of a windfall earlier this fall. Our savings are in good shape, we’ve got new shoes and the car has a new muffler, so a new computer seemed in order, but we delayed until after our trip to Europe. After Europe turned into after the holidays, with the end [...]
Hexar RF, ZM Biogon 35, Delta 400, Xtol 1+1 (straight Xtol seems to give more shadow detail) A funny Pentax commercial. Everything you need to know about scanning B&W: this saves me from having to write up my own notes on B&W scanning. Apparently the ‘G’ in G9 stands for gateway drug. A neat photo. [...]
Kate setting up her mother’s computer to get podcasts Studio 360 recently ran an interview with David Plowden, one of the few times I’ve heard a photographer interviewed on the radio. It’s worth a listen, particularly if you enjoyed Plowden’s recent book, Vanishing Point. The interview makes it clear that vanishing point perhaps refers as [...]
I’m blessed with a local library that values photography books. Here are a few of the books I’ve recently plucked from the self. Harry Callahan. The Photographer at Work.: fascinating, more about this one another day. Moksha, by Fazal Sheikh: beautiful, ethereal B&W, troubling subject. I usually pass on social justice sort of photography, but [...]
Picture number 03580035? Marek asks “have you already made more than three and a half million pictures in your life Matt?” Er, well no, not exactly. Here’s how the serial numbers work. The first four digits are the roll number. The last four digits are the frame number. Any letters indicate that there are multiple [...]