I already miss The River, and I haven’t even left for Orvieto yet.
And I really miss Orvieto and that is why I am going there. Well, that and to work in my new darkroom.
New darkroom. New project. Stay tuned.
First round of workshops. Bringing new folks to film photography, guiding those already using film to master the photographic process. I love teaching for success. Teaching the mastery of the machine is easy. It can be accomplished overnight. Learning the photographic process is a life-long endeavor.
Understanding the film you use, the developer you use… This knowledge is the foundation to the questions that demand the verdict of why you placed the lens where you did, why you selected that focal length, why you determined the shutter speed to that aperture. Those answers form the previsualized image in your mind before the exposure is made.
I did my first, what? Landscape… scenic? I think it will make a nice postcard. Or worse, placemat at the dinner table. But…
I surmounted my fear of the far away and exchanged it for the up close and personal. Now… if I can just make the far away personal. We. Shall. See.
I leave you with: Placemat (10 for $20).
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Sinar F 4×5, 120mm Schneider, TMAX 100 at 100, 10-seconds at ƒ/64, Number 25 filter, C-16 for 7:00 minutes at 68º, running water as stop, Photographers’ Formulary F4 Archival Fixer, running water as rinse, HypoClear, 10-minute wash, PhotoFlo, hang dry overnight, scanned on Epson V850 at 600 dpi and 48-bit RGB color for the separations for the book.
