The Story Behind Every Photograph
Standard Video on Multi-Contrast Light Sources
This Month's Power of Process Tip is a brief video on Multi-Contrast Light Sources options that I am familiar with and find very similar results when applied towards my Split Contrast method of using only the extreme filtration. Examples of Extreme are detailed in a video in the form of Manufacturer's proprietary Filter Paks, Blue and Green inexpensive theatre lighting gels designed to go above the negative carrier and below the light source or the choice I use most often, the Ilford 500...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…April 2017
The digital age has given birth to many different terms relative to photography, one is High Dynamic Range, i.e. HDR. The term HDR refers to the contrast range a digital sensor in conjunction with a computer software logarithm is capable of reproducing. Black and White film in the hands of skilled negative makers has had extreme contrast capabilities for centuries, far more than even the most sophisticated digital cameras. However, with Black and White film the increased vibrancy is not...
Standard Video to my Minimal Agitation Process
Before clicking the link at the bottom of the page to view the 22-minute Standard video please take a look at the side by side comparisons above and the descriptive text which follows. Consider the above comparative sections of identically exposed FP 4 film, there is a light-colored block that is underlined by a piece of black tape, the upper right of the block was exposed on Zone 4, there is another piece of black tape more difficult to see near the bottom of the tree. This piece of...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…March 2017
5x7 Deadorff Camera 210mm Computar lens FP 4 processed Pyrocat HD minimally agitated The 2nd weekend in February of 2016 was forecast to have well below zero record-breaking cold temperatures. All week long I was planning to go to my favorite creek in search of Ice Patterns & Abstracts. The Mattabassett Creek is close to my home where the current moves swiftly and the shapes of the trees that reflect in the water or ice have a character all their own. I stopped by the creek on my way...