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Analog Film, Darkroom, Digital Photography, Macro, Medium Format, Scanning Film, Software, Uncategorized

Film Digitizing Gotcha!

As my earlier posts have noted, I have been exploring various options to digitize my film negatives and slides.  I have an Epson V700 flatbed scanner, a Plustek Opticfilm 120 scanner, and have also tried scanning using a Fuji XT-1 APS-C (16 MP) digital mirrorless camera with both a Leitz BEOON copy stand, and more recently, using a Minolta Copy Stand II.  The scan quality … Continue reading Film Digitizing Gotcha!

Unknown's avatarMike Kukulski2 Comments
Analog Film, Darkroom, Landscapes, Large Format, Medium Format, Workshops

The Art of Black & White Photography – Workshop Review

A week ago, I returned from Montana where I had attended a black & white photography workshop, “The Art of Black & White Photography,” June 9-14, sponsored by Photographer’s Formulary, in Condon, Montana, and taught by Nathan McCreery. Nathan has been a professional photographer since his college days, with work encompassing wedding, portrait, commercial and product photography; he is primarily focused today on fine art … Continue reading The Art of Black & White Photography – Workshop Review

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Analog Film, Darkroom, Large Format, Medium Format

Do Analog Photographers Dream of Celluloid Sheep?

There has been a lot of movement in my photography pursuits over the past several months; I hesitate to call it progress too quickly where it may be just manifestations of G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome).  Nonetheless, I have made several acquisitions in support of furthering my wet darkroom capabilities, expanding my digital scanning capabilities, and may have fallen down the analog rangefinder rabbit hole.  This … Continue reading Do Analog Photographers Dream of Celluloid Sheep?

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Darkroom

The Wet Darkroom Revisited

Many of us involved today in the art of photography cannot remember a time when photography was not primarily a digital experience, with images taken on digital cameras, recorded on digital memory media, imported to a computer, and then processed with a favored suite of software. For many the ultimate output from this endeavor is an image viewed primarily, if not solely, on an electronic … Continue reading The Wet Darkroom Revisited

Unknown's avatarMike Kukulski5 Comments
Darkroom

New Darkroom

After about a year of off and on work, I have finally completed my darkroom, in the corner of my basement.  The selected site is next to my woodworking shop and my wife’s pottery wheel, so separation from woodworking and pottery dust was a particular challenge. Continue reading “New Darkroom”

Unknown's avatarMike Kukulski2 Comments