Maybe you’re getting tired of reading about blind spots. I know I’m getting a little tired of writing about them. I promised to give it a rest, but first I’ve got a few things to say about one of the most frustrating things in modern digital photography: paper selection. I’ll go through it without the… [Read More]

I re-read yesterday’s post and it seemed like a downer, so I’ll post some good news on the film front. Kodak has come out with a new film called Ektar 100, which they claim has the sharpness and grain structure of the old Ektar 25, with two stops higher speed, and more latitude (it would… [Read More]

Today my wife asked me to get some ice for Christmas dinner from the freezer in the garage. While I was doing that, I noticed a big stack of film that had been sitting in there for years. I gathered it up into a paper bag. 220 rolls of Tri-X and Portra 160. 4×5 Ready-Loads… [Read More]

It’s bad enough that you get trapped by your own blind spots, but it gets worse: it’s all too easy to become the victim of somebody else’s. A couple of months ago, I suggested that workshops were a good way to see how other people do things, and perhaps discover the existence of mental door… [Read More]