When I was eight, our family went on a two week driving vacation from Indiana to the Black Hills, Yellowstone, and the Colorado Rockies. I’d been taking black and white photographs with my Brownie Hawkeye and making contact prints in a darkened bathroom. For the trip, I wanted to try color film, which cost a… [Read More]
How many exposures?
When I was exposing film, I noticed that, regardless of the format, I’d expose about the same number of square inches of film for a given type of subject. Said another way, after a day’s work, I’d have the same number of contact sheets to deal with, no matter which camera I used. I once… [Read More]
About that flow…
There’s a saying in the military that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. There’s a corollary in photography. No matter how much you plan and scheme and try to work things out ahead of time, the making of the image never goes quite the way you thought it would; this is especially… [Read More]
Sloof Lirpa announces a phone!
Cameras and cell phones are a natural pairing and consumers the world over have eagerly embraced the combination. However, the images produced by these miniature marvels have lacked the quality necessary for serious photography. It’s a shame that committed photographers have missed out on the advantages of cell phone photography. Imagine always having your camera… [Read More]
Unique File Names
When I was growing up, our family took vacations involving lots of driving. As a nine- or ten-year-old, I was fascinated by the way the odometer rolled over all but the leftmost digit every ten thousand miles. I’d sit in the back seat, calculating when it would happen, and when the great event was nigh,… [Read More]