by stevesherman | Aug 14, 2017 | Process Tips, Uncategorized
This month’s PoP tip deals with how to exactly key in on areas of a Silver Gelatin print that needs to be flashed. For those unfamiliar with the Flashing Technique, a short explanation here: Flashing is allowing a controlled and tested amount of...
by stevesherman | Jul 30, 2017 | Story Behind the Photograph
Coney Island Mafia This image was made on an unseasonably warm day in early April, yet it is the perfect image to kick off August, typically the hottest month of the year. On my second visit to Coney Island in Brooklyn New York, I came across a group of locals...
by stevesherman | Jul 13, 2017 | Process Tips
Below is a short video about how progressively designed negatives for Multi-Contrast Silver papers can provide a significant range of options when approached with the idea of a “Contrast Formula” as the foundation....
by stevesherman | Jul 1, 2017 | Story Behind the Photograph
This month’s Story Behind Every Photograph has for this month only morphed into The Story Behind Steve Sherman’s Quest to understand the Mystery of the Creative Process. What I learned was quite a surprise to me and has resulted in an even greater...
by stevesherman | Jun 14, 2017 | Process Tips
Hartford City Hall Staircase 110mm Schneinder Super Symar FP 4 f 22.5 @ 3 minutes 15 secs. N – 4 Pyrocat HD Minimal Agitation The Eye / Brain relationship can process huge amounts of contrast and therefore many times with Film we have to compress huge...
by stevesherman | Jun 7, 2017 | Process Tips
My rebuttal to the Magic Formulas and Photographer’s Romance with the Nonsense is at the end in italics, but first here is a direct comparison between two identically exposed 7″ X 17 ” J&C 200 film shot back in 2003 and processed upon my...
