jay ott

I'd like to see a video of the PC mod. I've had my M2 for almost 3 years. It came with the adapater that you "poke your eye" with. When I got it, I tried using a PC sync cord with my flash, but it's never fired the flash. I assume it has to do with the wires and if so, then I think it would probably be best to do the PC mod as well.

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Well, I'm hoping somebody does steal one of my photographs so I can sue them. Then I'll be able to get an M8 and go on a long trip.

Although you normally use slow shutter speeds, this time why not consider a higher ISO and/or increasing your shutter speed sufficient enough to eradicate all blur or are you doing this in low light?

Ralph Gibson wet scans his darkroom prints. I've never tried that and probably never will, but it works for him which is all that matters. It's just an option for what you're trying to accomplish.

Of course, the things you mention do generate ideas those are obvious places to get them, but I think it's more important to ask yourself what makes you respond to and cause you to photograph some things and not others. Why A and not B? Why photojournalism rather than landscapes? Photographers when interviewed always seem to be asked why? <p>

 

For Eliott Erwitt, it is "why dogs?" For Joel Meyerowitz, it is "why ground zero?" For Ansel Adams, it was why Yosemite in large format?" The list could go on and on.<p>

 

As to your photographs themselves and getting out of a block and a rut, you could start with why hard light rather than soft light? Why color rather than b&w? Why a long lens rather than a wide angle? Why that camera position and not that one? Why fine art rather than editorial? Why straight forward rather than abstract or surreal? Why does this photograph fail or succeed? <p>

 

I think asking what to photograph should be last on your list of questions. The most important question to the learning process I believe, is why. Perhaps just as important to ask is: what if. what if a wide angle? what if hard light? etc. What if I start a project which at first is a great idea but I find out later it becomes uninteresting or not sustainable?<p>

Perhaps these Winogrand quotes will help you:<p>

 

<i>"A photograph is the illusion of a literal description of how the camera 'saw' a piece of time and space."<p>

 

"Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed."<p>

 

"I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs."

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Yeah,I agree that the point of the photographs is unclear, but maybe that's the point. Perhaps he wants the viewer to project their own point. Most people know that stuff like that is happening but only photographers look hard enough to take the risk and bother showing it. How it's received is up to the viewer.<p>

 

I happen to agree with Brooks Jensen that it's depressing to photograph or look at photographs about the "bad side of life". As Boogie points out he couldn't sleep at night. Personally, I wouldn't want that. Nevertheless, the work is an eye-opener and done very well. I'm struck by the fact that it took 3 years to produce but less than 3 minutes to view it.<p>

I've had good luck at box speed with HC110 dilution G for 22 minutes.

Get there earlier when there's still enough light to focus before hand. Unless you're doing star trails, night shots work better when there's still a bit of ambient light. You might end up liking the black sky better but at least you'll have some variations to pick from.

Read the following books, Photographer's Market 2007; The Business of Photography by Mary Virginia Swanson and Photo Portfolio Success by John Kaplan.

Last year I ordered CS2 that was in my cart for awhile. I didn't realize that I inadvertently clicked on the academic version which arrived two days later but wouldn't be able to obtain a proper license. I emailed them describing *my* mistake and they gave me an RMA#. I paid the difference and got the right version in a matter of days.

When the days are dark and cloudy just about anything can be photographed but avoid including a dull sky. But when the days are bright and sunny it requires more effort, more planning, and paying more attention because sun creates all sorts of problems which amounts to limiting subject matter. "Sun is bad" [for photography].

Write to National Geographic, and they will forward it to his home address, which I have but don't have his permission to give it out.<p>

 

Alternatively, write to Santa Fe Workshops c/o Sam Abell. <p>

<i>"All you gotta do is stand in one spot and wiggle it around just a little bit. That's when you flat out got somethin'."</i> -- Jerry Lee Lewis<p>

 

Going from one metering mode to another will not help you get to know your camera and how it meters. I think you'd be better off choosing one metering mode to work with. Learn the situations when it is on and the one's when it is not. Look at the metadata and sort out how much it's off and the next time you can apply the appropriate adjustment.<p>

 

When you can accurately predict the times the meter is giving you what you want in any given lighting situation then you could move on to another metering mode and learn that one the same way.<p>

 

There is no steet mode for the same reason there is no wheat field mode or Austalian Outback mode. Sunlight is the same everywhere on earth no matter where it is.<p>

They waited 9 mos. because it took them that long to figure out how to use a scanner. They are trying to get something for free.

Meter off your hand and open up a 1/2 stop. Metering other midtones like a sidewalk or grass in the same light will also keep the wall white.

Go <a href="http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/techart.php">here</a>. You will see several articles about making enlarged negatives.

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I think you should base your decision as to whether or not you need to compensate dev. time on the answer you get to the question, "at what point do you find your highlights blowing out?" and then work from there by cutting back on your time until you get them where you want them.

Does anyone see the irony of Jack's story? If not, then you should read Thoreau's <a href="http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil1.html">treatise.</a><p>

Try PSprint.com. They did a great job on some notecards I had printed recently.