the last word

The curators loved the re-composited image. Whew! I spent most of yesterday touching up the rest of the images, but didn’t have to go back to the original files for any of them. Some of them had noticeable noise at 1:1 on the monitor, though they looked fine in the 8×10 proofs. I try to… [Read More]

With the print sizing settled, I started the final image editing. I was surprised by the selection that the curators made; many images that will be in the show aren’t the ones I print a lot. Indeed, there are several that I’ve never printed. In addition, I usually try to make each print of any… [Read More]

I’ve been getting ready to print the images for the exhibition at the Center for Photographic Art that opens in March. The first thing to do was to nail down the sizes of all the images. The curators sent me a list of seventeen picks. They wanted all but one matted to 26 inches wide,… [Read More]

I saw this in Car and Driver, of all places. The source is Pablo Picasso. I think it’s a good thing to keep in mind when the little voices in our heads say, “No, don’t do that.” The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.  

From the mailbag: After 24, or so, posts, me thinks it is time for a PhD (push here dummy) summary…..that is a horsey, horsey, ducky, ducky, big animal pictures review of ETTR methods and what works best with what kind of camera…..dontcha think…?? I’ve summarized most of what I’ve learned about in-camera histograms and ETTR… [Read More]