Author: glg59
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Luminescence from down under. This is a fun picture with just a single light source. The glass chessboard and chess pieces were perfect for capturing an otherworldly shot using a slow shutter speed to show movement of the hand and piece. This image was captured by setting the chessboard on two chair backs at the…
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Industrial equipment is an interesting art form! I was driving down a back country road over curving and lightly rolling hills, when I came around a curve to see this enormous, bright white pump jack. It was like a shining beacon in the middle of a field, and I was fortunate to have my trusty…
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How I GIMP along in post-processing – A Two Minute Read GIMP is an indelible tool I use in all of my post-scan editing work. As a FREE alternative to offerings like Photoshop and Lightroom, GIMP offers a complete suite of tools needed to get the most out of an image. I have learned to…
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One photographer’s opinion on the ongoing debates about digital vs film photography. In searching for some good content on the advantages or disadvantages of film photography, I came across an excellent article by Natalie Carrasco on the website MOMENTS. Sticking with my endeavor of one-minute reads, below are a few excerpts from the full article…
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An interesting shot using Cinestill 800T film. In a previous post about Kodak re-formulating their Vision 3 cinematography film, of which Cinestill 800T and 50D are derived from with the remjet removed, I commented that I wasn’t really a fan of the halo effect that comes with these films. Because the anti-halation remjet has been…
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Movement in two directions. I took this shot from the back of a taxi and used a fairly slow shutter speed of 1/30 for the 85mm lens. The movement of the car blurred just about everything in the direction the car was going, but I panned with the motorcycle going the opposite direction, and got…
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Kodak is redesigning their popular Vision 3 motion picture film. Kodak Vision 3 Redesign Underway If you are an avid film photographer hanging out in the back alleys of the film world, you have probably used some Cinestill film, which is Vision 3 motion picture film respooled with the remjet removed. Without the anti-halation layer…
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Another motion-blur shot from hand-held camera. Two things I like about this shot: The train speeding by, and the red donut of light from the oncoming train. The latter effect is a property of Cinestill film, a re-spooling of Kodak Vision 3 motion picture film with the remjet layer removed, and thus the halation from…
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Scanner manufacturers sometimes make big promises with high DPI ratings. Not so fast. When I started scanning my film to build a digital archive, the first scanner I bought was a Canoscan 9000F MarkII with a stated resolution of 9600 ppi, meaning the scanner can output a file of that rating, but PPI resolution does…
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Essential filters for your black-and-white film photography. I remember reading somewhere long ago, that the difference between a good photographer, and a great photographer, is filters. This was before digital cameras came about, where many of the effects that were obtained through filters can now be done with the digital camera or in post processing.…
One-Minute Reads about Film Photography 