ken_kuzenski

I've said this elsewhere on photo.net but just MHO: do NOT NOT NOT NOT let a client 'see everything.' It is EVIL. No good can come of it. Danger lurks this way. You can show her more finished edited photos than you agreed to supply and discuss which ones she wants, but do NOT let her see everything. It is like wrestling a rabid cobra while dancing on a bed of fire. There is no possible good that can possibly come from it under any conceivable circumstances in this planetary system. Just MHO. But I'm right on this one.

I hate to sound like a pictorialist ;-) but Nick, I think a photo doesn't have to be razor sharp to be beautiful, and your harbor-and-church shot above IS beautiful. And ees for other two comrades, red is perfect color for being FED cover, show support for people's heroic revolution, da? Now keel moose and squirrel! ;-)

Truth! We've watched our fathers bravely decline and we say "Getting old takes guts" many times. I sympathize with "I knew I was going to get old, I just had no idea how quickly it was going to happen." :-) But back on topic: if you love doing it, DO it! If you don't ... rethink. I gave away two enlargers plus a lot of printing gear a dozen years ago and haven't really missed it. I still develop my own B&W, and I love the smell of fixer on my fingers. I scan any negs I want to keep, and any I want to print get edited with GIMP and sent to a large online printing service. Works well for my simple needs. :-) But you have to do what you really deep down want to do. Tell us what you decide to do!

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That's better advice than what I had. I was going to suggest giving the mom a glass of wine with two klonopin tablets crushed up in it. That should keep her relaxed enough that she doesn't annoy you. *Not that (legal disclaimer) I suggest doing that." Many years ago I did a bunch of head shots for actors, but I had it better back in those film days--the actors couldn't insist on chimping each shot. :-)

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/deutsche-borse-photography-2019-scli-intl-gbr/index.html There are a couple of good photos in the story. I REALLY don't know why photography news, or even call it journalism, would be in the "style" section ...

Man, we are seeing some GREAT night photography here! :-) I particularly love Uhooru's shot of the woman waiting outside the lobby, and Ricochet's Washington photo--you're right, too, that 80mm Zeiss is just fantastic, isn't it? I'll throw one more into the mix, although it's just a quick "grab shot," my father-in-law sitting on the porch of my parent's house, Christmas lights reflected in his glasses.

Love it, Luis--thanks! The old Soviet Rangefineders are a HUGE amount of fun for the cost--not unlike my little Yashica Electro 40=some years ago! ;-)

That's a big issue--there are a lot of possibilities there, and it would be easier to do some diagnosis with someone experienced holding the camera. Are there any experienced photographers around you could ask to take a look at it? The good news is that even if it's broken, you can get autofocus point-and-shoot film cameras about as inexpensively as it gets, so you will be able to replace it easily if you need to. Good luck!

I've been scanning photos for many many years--old family slides and negatives, my own film stuff, and my wife's family photos. One thing I'm sure of: get the best scan you can--highest resolution, most bits, whatever. Because 10 years from when you scan it, it will seem painfully small and crude and simple. Never fails. Technology moves so fast that today's "best" is going to be mediocre in 7=10 years. FWIW. MHO.

Bill, I love the Winston LInkstuff also--just amazing work he did. And we are seeing some fantastic photography in this thread! By the way, I was fascinated by your post on the "don't call me Shirley!" thread about quality control--speaking of amazing work. And Ed's Dublin and akocurek's chicago photo--this is just beautiful photography. Since this is "casual conversations" maybe I'll be forgiven for taking this off-topic a bit but akocurek's great Loyola photo reminds me of a trip wifey and I took 20 years ago, chaperoning a bunch of high-school kids on a trip to Chicago (one of the best cities in America to visit!) We had a truly *terrible* tour guide, and ... you certainly know that part of the Manhattan Project took place at U of Chicago, right? Well, we went past Loyola, and the tour guide told us, "This is the University of Chicago, where America built the atomic bomb that we dropped on Tokyo in 1947." I just LOST it laughing, and said to wifey, "1947 Tokoy? That must have been Godzilla!" :-) Here's a 2002 snowfall shot in my back yard, shot with the various back-yard lights and low snow-filled clouds for light. Shot on 35mm, either with a Nikon FE or a Ricoh SLR. I think it may have been C-41 B&W film but it's been so long I don't remember. I apologize for posting mediocre stuff but it's getting everybody else to post GREAT stuff. ;-)

I'm a little surprised to find that I agree with you on something. :-) But yeah, there IS no "moral principle" in big business as a whole. Big business treats consumers the same way farmers treat chickens: extract the maximum possible money from them (us) and when our value to them is gone, PLUCK 'em. :-( Software licenses are three-card-monte games. Open source software is Nirvana.