30 Apr It’s An ” Elle ” Of A Thing To Sell
You must forgive me for these titles. It's late at night and the ghosts of long-dead newspaper copywriters are drifting through the room. I suspect we're built on an abandoned newspaper morgue...
April 2019
29 Apr ” It’s A Wrap. “
Finished already? That was a fast column this morning...
26 Apr The Analog Line – Part SIx – Whereton
Where should you choose to do your Analog photography? Where indeed - this is also a question that the digital shooter has to face each time they head out. If they don't head out at all, wherever they are is a defacto studio...
25 Apr i160A – The Low Down Flashgun
I am amused these days when every product or service I see is preceded by the letter "i " in lower case. It is put there to suggest that the object is considered to be intelligent. I'm prepared to believe this but would like to point out to the manufacturers that this does no good at all when the purchaser's name starts with " D " for dumb. My first name is Dick...
24 Apr The Ring Cycle On The Cheap*
You can be Lord or Lady of the Ring Light on an economical basis with the Glanz LED 48 A unit. Rule 'em all...
23 Apr Winter Is Coming
And for those who follow Game Of Darkrooms, you'll know what this means; cold bathrooms, cold laundries, and cold darkrooms. Harder to keep processing solutions to recommended temperatures - slower processing times. Cold, stiff fingers. Family members banging on the bathroom/darkroom door demanding to use the facilities for something other than photography. Well, you'll have to sort out your family yourself - a Port-A-Loo in the back yard is a possibility - but Adox has a solution that will help in the darkroom; Neutol ECO paper developer. Adox has turned the corner of the analog revival and are making new premises for themselves while pumping out their versions of classic films and solutions. They make the Adonol that replaces the old Agfa Rodinol and now there is Neutool ECO back on the Camera Electronic shelf. Neutol and Neutol WA were always very good matches for many varied monochrome papers when they came out of Leverkusen. Now the Neutol ECO promises to be even more useful due to several factors: a. It is hydroquinone-free. It has no HAZMAT label problems and can be used by...
22 Apr ” Adapt or Die “
The legendary slogan of Les Lentilles Étranger...
19 Apr The Analog Line – Part Five – Howchester
How you do anything has a great deal to do with the supplies you have available. Analog photography is no exception - and these days unfortunately the machinery and raw materials are getting scarcer. At this point I'd like to point out that at one time there was no such thing as analog photography - prior to 1826. Between that and 1975 there was only photography. Subsequently there has been digital as well. Which gives you pause...
18 Apr Oh The Hide Of It…
I am going to be in trouble with this post...
17 Apr Bad Back
I've got a bad back this week. So do all the other members of the family - we fight each other for the Voltaren. And the worst part of it is none of the muscular aches and sprains was garnered doing magnificent things. None of us saved the Princess Bride or secured the Arnhem bridge - we sprained ourselves sitting on chairs at work or opening pizza boxes. Painful is worse when it's mundane pain. I mention this because the product for today is designed to prevent pain - both for you as a photographer and for the people who view your work. I'm talking particularly to the videographers. The Three Legged Thing " Trent " is one of those video monopods that can make a fair substitute for a tripod when space and mobility are the prime consideration. Please no protests that a firm called Three Legged Thing is selling a one-legged thing - there's no cocaine in Coca -Cola either. The Trent is headless as it comes from the packet - the second little box is the adjustable foot. It features...