19 Oct The Etiquette Of Editing
Or how to post-process without tears. Or as few tears as possible...
October 2022
17 Oct ” Our Family Never Took Many Pictures “
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14 Oct Session Time Out – Server Does Not Recognise You – Do You Exist?
Currently, if you are getting your emails from a particular telecommunications giant, you may be getting them really, really slowly. They stick, as you cannot get rid of them. Using the service is an exercise in philosophic patience...
12 Oct Verge Collection
I've lost the little card the council sent me to tell me when the verge collections are. I'm stumped - I know there was a white goods day and a green waste day but I can't remember the day they wanted us to put our old photographic lenses on the side of the road. I'll have to ring up for another - there are fresh lenses coming out from the camera manufacturers and the shed is starting to fill up with the old ones. You let it go a year and there won't be enough space in there for the lawnmower and the folding garden chairs. I had no idea this would be a problem when I was just starting photography. I had a Pentax Sv with a 55mm Takumar lens that I never unscrewed - because there was nothing else to go onto it. I was so poor at the time that I took all my pictures with that one lens and they are still in my collection. And fool that I was, I didn't realise that you shouldn't do it...
11 Oct ” I Want To Learn Photography From The Beginning “
Okay. Can do. Here's your Bitumen of Judea and your lavender oil. I'll meet you up on the roof...
07 Oct A Smaller Sony For A Bigger Experience
Monday night saw me in the Stirling Street Shop for a presentation of a new Sony camera dedicated to video shooting. And this one may come a little closer to my own experience as a new video shooter. It is a smaller-sensor camera than the currently fashionable full-frame type. It uses the APS-C sensor and has the classic Sony E-Mount. This means that a ast number of existing Sony and other maker's lenses will bayonet right on. The debate about the size of sensor is not canvassed here - the choice is deliberate to allow the lens choice, smallness of camera, and increased depth of field. I gather from Sheryl's introduction and the experiences of the professional cinematographer who was given a chance to use the camera for a weekend that it is fully capable of most of the features of the full-frame version - the FX3. The marketing phrase from Sony that asks us to leap into the world of film-making is particularly appealing in that this camera doesn't need to be enclosed in an after-market cage to carry the accessories...
06 Oct The Paperless Office And The Cashless Shop Go To The Show
And can't buy anything...
03 Oct The Good New Days
A thanks to those who had the fortitude to read through the post on 16mm filming with the old Bolex H16. If you were nostalgic then be prepared to be thrilled with modern practice. I know I am. This may be hard to read if you are an experienced videographer, because the writer isn't, and has only come to the business in the last year. But modern video shooting for me is seen in light reflected from the older technology, and I am delighted with what I see. My favoured system is Fujifilm but all the other good video cameras and systems are equally wonderful. How do I shoot on my Fujifilm X-T2? Set the film simulation I like - in my case Pro Neg Hi. Set the ISO to either 1250 or Auto. Set the shutter speed to either 1/50 or 1/125 sec. Set the lens on Auto aperture. Set the lens focus to Continuous. Tilt the LCD screen so that I can see it easily. Point the rig. Press the button. When the scene is done - I either review it...
30 Sep The Good Ol’ Days
Like most people of my age - a certain age - I get nostalgic. It's sort of a mental version of acid reflux. But not near as much fun. The good old days for me were the 1950's and 60's - and as a photographer they were a pretty good combination of then-new analogue tech and much older equipment. Things were around, and famous names were still famous. And you could get real hamburgers for 25¢...
28 Sep Padded Cells For The Sane
A recent evening on YouTube - I only read it for the articles - sent me to a British photographer's show and stopped me in my tracks. He talked about bags. Like a lot of photographers I have a number of bags and cases that store and tote my photographic gear. I am not quite as bad as one former CE employee who admitted to eleven separate bags and cases in their possession at any one time. I'm sure I have had eleven over the years but never at one time. At present I can count seven camera bags and a tripod bag and I really do need each one...