Back in the 80’s, I subscribed to a dead-trees publication that listed the particulars of most of the open calls-to-entry for exhibitions. I wrote letters, received forms, sent in slides, received acceptances, packaged prints in reusable shipping containers, sent them off, felt good about awards, received the prints back, unpacked them, dealt with damage, rinsed,… [Read More]

I got tired of the straight edges in the images using the image-stacking code that I’m been writing. Here is the result of the application of some trigonometry to the workflow.            

I’ve spent much of  the last few days writing computer code for a new project, which like almost all my projects, is an outgrowth of an previous one. When I was working on the frozen flower pictures a few weeks ago, I noticed an interesting mistake. I had been making captures for stacking of some… [Read More]

The day before yesterday, I wrote this post about my decision to step down as moderator of the DPR MF Forum and to step away as a participant in that forum. I took the opportunity to reflect on what I’d like gear fora to be, and some ways in which I think they fall short…. [Read More]

I’ve been a participant in the DPR Medium Format Forum for over two years. I’ve been a mod on that forum for more than a year. I’ve been an MF user since, well, would you believe 1949? I’ve used digital MF cameras since 2002. About two years ago, I sold all my Hasselblad MF gear… [Read More]