Analog Specialties

I find students still adhering to 70 year old recommendations without bothering to question them. You can’t really blame anyone,...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. Thoreau A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done. Laozi By...

What are photographs about . . . ? Are you really interested in the interior of this old empty house? Or is it a reason to use camera...

Painting a picture requires concentration, but it’s also very freeing. Painting studios are free and open places. You can have the...

Ansel [Adams] wrote six volumes on the subject. And you really don't need all that information. I found that too many of the West Coast...

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me. If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and...

Perhaps the most useful Zone System attribute is that it’s a good shorthand for discussing print tones. That’s what the above guide is –...

Ansel [Adams] wrote six volumes on the subject. And you really don't need all that information. I found that too many of the West Coast...

There is a proportionate relationship – a reciprocal relationship - between shutter speeds and f-stops (apertures); 1/8 sec at f16 is...

Oh boy, here we go . . . Zone System. First of all, the above scale is a very general reference - I don't want any lawsuits from any...

Printing a Negative: let’s be reasonable please . . . In an interview Brett Weston said, “Printing is the ultimate moment of truth in...

There’s always been a lot of dubious instruction, commentary, and folklore about washing fiber base prints: fast or slow water flow, feed...

Ansel Adams developed this method about 80 years ago. It’s utter simplicity to use once you understand it. Later in life, Adams explained...

The above scale is very approximate. Please don't threaten me for misrepresenting a divination, yeah? There are only so many...