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I want a 5d, but I also want to buy better 4x5 gear. It's a toss up. I can get a 5d, and my digital snaps will be better and bigger. But, hell, can I make a decent 36x48 print from a 5d ? probably not. I am torn torn indeed, I have had my 20d setup for over 4 years now, but watching the technology change makes me want to buy and not buy all at the same time. Antique is cool, so is bleeding edge, what's a photog to do?

so...if this stuff comes out white - it's over exposed or fogged right? I am trying to figure this paper out as I type.... It's funny, I thought it would be a snap. I have made Dags and the like, but this seemed like it should be easy.

Great... There are various reason for think you are great. I am great at figuring things out. I have strapped a number of techniques onto my belt. Digital, wet color printing, wet black and white, cyanotype, van dyke, gum prints, daguerreotypes. I have too many cameras, and have mastered none of them. But once in a while I take an exposure that shifts my focus. There are images that I see that inform my thought process and concepts. I scour every corner of my environment for new sights and ideas. In the end, none of that will make me great. To be great is a value that is affixed by critics, publications, exhibitions, collections and the like.

 

Once in a while, I come up with a great image. Great is just a benchmark. It is something to surpass, it's not the end all be all, it is a tick on a chart. Will it be your only tick mark, will you sit back and gloat over your genius? Hopefully not, you need to suck it up, let it take you places and let those places find your next great image. It's good to recognize your work in positive ways, but you have to accept it, share it and move on. Push the concept, surpass you greats until they are merely a half way mark to where you want to be.

The zenitar is okay, but a little soft in places.... but it's cheap and fun to use.

 

 

I am a big fan of the 17-40 L... It is probably my most used lens.

I fume my plates until yellow. But the blueness I have experienced has been seemingly from overexposed plates. But I'm no expert. I have only been doing dags for a year or so. The plates are copper with silver plating, I use Theiss plating in St. Louis, but there may be a better place. I buy my copper plates from Daniel Smith art supply. The chemicals can be aquired from many places. As fro equipment, I build my own. I built a nice fuming box last fall.

Hello,

 

I have been shooting a few weddings here and there for the past three summers,

and I like the work, My photography has been well liked. I am looking to assist

an experienced photographer and learn a thing or two. I have shot about 10

weddings by myself and I am fairly well equipped, but I want to see how someone

else does it.

 

I have my whole summer free, aside from a few side jobs and teaching

engagements. If you are looking for an assistant of a partner, please feel free

to contact me. You can find samples of my work on my website

www.tylerrobbins.net - My wedding work is located under the Commercial category

and my other work is located under the Fine Art category.

 

My resume is also available on the site. I have a BFA and I am working on my

MFA. I own 2 dslrs and lenses/flash as well as a laptop and destop, film

scanner and cs3 and lightroom....

 

 

Tyler Robbins

 

tyler@tylerrobbins.net