There’s an article in the March/April 2012 issue of photo technique entitled “Mastering the Camera Histogram for Better Exposure”. The article contains some important misstatements. I’m not sure how they got by the magazine’s vetting process, but, if they gain currency by inheriting the stature of the magazine in which they are published, they may… [Read More]
Archives for May 2012
Slit scans of the fog burning off
I took some pictures of the fog burning off yesterday morning, and continued in the early afternoon when there was some cloud cover. Here are the pictures in chronological order, which happens to be the order from most to least abstract. 135mm lens, about an hour and a half exposure.
Photography and the work ethic
Friday night, I told David Bayles that I was working on photography about four hours a day, and that seemed to be the right amount of time for me. We got into a discussion of the work ethic of some photographers. David said that Brett Weston immediately processed his film upon returning from a photographic… [Read More]
More slit scan infrared
Fog burning off yesterday around noon. 47mm lens, about 20 minute exposures.
Infrared cirrus
Last night, I made some infrared slit scan photographs of a spectacular high cirrus formation, using a 47mm lens and my new lens hood (see previous post). Time runs from right to left. Each exposure was about half an hour long.