Now I will to go to the darkroom and cuddle my 3 Focomats and two DeVeres and tell them how much I love them and how I will even forgive them the hernias that develop when I move them
Thanks Mark, Making a bush change can help health issues a lot, unless you need regular attention, then the dearth of country doctors can cause serious problems - I put all my E6 work out to Churchill Colour Labs and did very little C41, which went to Irvin, both in Perth I am glad to hear there are...
Me - I am an UN-retired commercial photographer using only black and white silver gelatine materials I retired when digital came along, as a quick analysis showed that I would need to keep changing cameras and software every 18 months or so - So I retired from my Fremantle studio and bought our hou...
I am disappointed - I was hoping for a set of weird images, these all look like you have made a serious camera, which is obviously want you wanted, so my disappointment is in realitude a compliment on your skill
This is my darkroom as it was years ago in 2006 - New pix coming when it is extended to take a couple more DeVere enlargers and a contact printing set-up on the dry side and a set of roll processing troughs on the wet side for prints up to 40 x 50 inches - A recent print sale is paying for the work ...
Dear impetuous ones - Washing and drying your negs has to be a coldly efficient process and anyone who tries to look at wet or damp negs needs to learn discipline and to hang them up unlooked at and retreat as quietly as possible so as to not waft any dust from your clothes - Doing this naked does ...
I use fish tank heaters and have done since setting up my current deep tank line in 1985 - Keeping priorities in mind I use my brewing heaters for brewing As a side thought, how long do people here keep their deep tanks going before scraping out the dead rats from the bottom of the tanks? - So far m...
Actually I would have a real problem with that. Last time I used my real name on photo.net I got a solicitors letter from my ex-wife of ten years before claiming more alimony because "I obviously could afford an expensive camera" Apparently he was under instructions to google my name once...
I have a spare biggest bugger Gitzo, I am not sure of the type Nr, but I will have a quick look, hang on a moment OK, back now with 'phone pix, hmm pic loading thing does not want to load from 'puter the type Nr has been cut away on both of them when I had them modified to allow use of a 35mm PC Nik...
Somewhat tangentially I note that W.E.S took sides in his work, particularly Minimata - I believe it is important for a journalist/photojournalst to become engaged with his subject - "Objective neutrality" is a fiction for all but the brain dead - As is said in the Levant, "He who sit...