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Online Image Editor. Basics. Black white. Black and white photography Sooner or later, anyone who is serious about making good pictures is likely to start wondering about black and white.

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This is true whether they started their photographic careers with silver halide or digital photography, and this is a module for them. Graffiti, Loches At the digital extreme, you simply shoot digitally and convert to monochrome. At the silver halide extreme, you can set up a full darkroom, or shoot black and white and have it both developed and printed commercially. In fact, there are still further subdivisions and permutations. The underlying truth, though, is this. If you use a camera with a through-lens meter, seriously consider setting a film speed that is significantly lower than the ISO speed: for ISO 400, for example, ISO 320, 250 (probably optimum) or even 200, the last if you habitually rely much on auto-exposure.

Painter, Honfleur digital shooting We find this easily the least satisfactory approach. Canon Racer. Choosing a photo lab. How do I choose a photo lab?

choosing a photo lab

Maybe you have just read the free module welcome to film; maybe you just aren't happy with the lab you've been using, whether it's your first or your twentieth. Whatever it is, you want a new lab. Where do you start? Welcome. Once upon a time, when the world was young, the vast majority of photographers shot only black and white and colour was a novelty, so there were numerous books and magazine articles on how to make the transition to the new medium.

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Later, when colour was fully established and digital imaging was a novelty, there came a spate of books and articles about how to adapt to digital photography; a flood that has not yet abated. But we are hearing from more and more photographers who have acquired an interest in photography via digital imaging, and are wondering why so many people still use film. In short, for many, traditional film has become the novelty. The analogy with motorcycles and cars is, for us, exact. A lot of this module will seem either self-evident (if you're naturally a 'film person') or completely alien (if you're naturally a 'digital person'), and that's fine. The Look Film has a different look from digital, and some people prefer it. Archival permanence Camera cost Simplicity. Photoshool illustrated. Photo school All modules except for the first are in alphabetical order.

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Note that some of the headings -- Basics, First Look, Quality, Reviews, and Travelogue -- are not just single topics, but consist of a whole series of modules. When we revised the site in 2008 there were around 80 modules, corresponding to a modest shelf of books. Well over half were free; click on the links to find out more about The Photo School generally, or to subscribe. Click on free modules, and you'll go straight there; click on paid modules, and you'll go to a free introductory page, something between a 'taster' and an advertisement.

Go to illustrated list of modules go to unillustrated list of modules click here to return to home page © 2005 Roger W. Zone focusing in photography. The Luminous Landscape. Celebrating Our 15th Year Kilt Rock - Mealt Falls, November 2014 - Isle Of Skye, Scotland Fuji X-T1, 55-200mm at 74mm, f/8, 7.4 sec ISO 800, Lee Big Stopper by Kevin Raber There are Currently 184 Photographers Visiting The Luminous Landscape The contents of this site were last updated on 30 November, 2014 Michael's Phlog was just updated on October 21 lu-mi-nous (lue'muh nuhs) adj. 1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright. 2. clear; readily intelligible Welcome to The Luminous Landscape, the web’s most comprehensive site devoted to the art and technique of photography.

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The Publisher of this site is Kevin Raber. Medium Format Digital In The Field. In early October, 2003 I spent seven days shooting in seven National Parks in the Canadian Rockies and Montana.

Medium Format Digital In The Field

That shoot is detailed in a separate article and portfolio which together with this technical report provides some insights into working with medium format digital equipment in the field. The Equipment This was the first major shoot that I have done using medium format digital. I've been shooting film professionally for the past 35 years — usually medium format for landscape and 35mm for wildlife and nature. But two years ago I began to use 35mm digital SLRs for an increasing amount of my work.