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I only compete with quality, not cost. I know what I have to make to make end's meat...
 
Well I sure wasn't going to say 19.25 feet or something like that. All I recall was that the narrower the fstop the greater the depth of field since the cone is much narrower. that's why those cheap instamatics had great depth of field-really small fstops. and I never did much portrait stuff other than taking senior pictures for the school yearbook:mrgreen:

I use to work on 11 X 14 cameras. Pretty hefty cameras those were. Ya drop it you're fired.
 
Not bad now you just need to go out and sell it. And that is the hard part.

I just started getting back into it after doing it for years I hit a little bump in the road health wise.

Here is one of my fave images I did

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Nice shot. Where did you meet Steve? I used to shoot 4 x 5 exclusively. Then I fell prey to digital, and have been digital ever since...though I still use really old lenses with my Nikon. Simply don't make them as good as they did in the 70s, I think. And I don't need auto focus, or TTL metering for stuff that isn't snap shots. I do miss that 4 x 5, some days.

You seem to like high contrast. I'm on the other end. I like real low key, low contrast. Unless it's portraits or commercial work. And yeah, selling it is the hard part. Or, more to the point....selling it for a good price, lol.
 
I use to work on 11 X 14 cameras. Pretty hefty cameras those were. Ya drop it you're fired.

never worked with them or the medium format (Hasseblad or something like that comes to mind-real expensive)
 
But seriously....you hiring?
 
Nice shot. Where did you meet Steve?

I had a studio in Brooklyn before it was cool to be artsy fartsy in Brooklyn and got hired by SPIN magazine. Pretty cool for a 20 something yr kid huh?:)

I used to shoot 4 x 5 exclusively. Then I fell prey to digital, and have been digital ever since...though I still use really old lenses with my Nikon. Simply don't make them as good as they did in the 70s, I think. And I don't need auto focus, or TTL metering for stuff that isn't snap shots. I do miss that 4 x 5, some days.

You seem to like high contrast. I'm on the other end. I like real low key, low contrast. Unless it's portraits or commercial work. And yeah, selling it is the hard part. Or, more to the point....selling it for a good price, lol.

I like to push the full range out of my materials. And digi is the future. And to tell you the truth I think I have more than enough time in a darkroom for a thousand lifetimes:)
 
I had a studio in Brooklyn before it was cool to be artsy fartsy in Brooklyn and got hired by SPIN magazine. Pretty cool for a 20 something yr kid huh?:)



I like to push the full range out of my materials. And digi is the future. And to tell you the truth I think I have more than enough time in a darkroom for a thousand lifetimes:)

It's not the dark room I miss...it's the anticipation, the build up. You go out with a 4 x 5, and, say, 6 film holders, 12 shots. You take em. Then you wait to either send out for development (chromes) or you develop. That entire time, you have this image in your head, and it just builds and builds. Now, I can see exactly what I shot right away. Which is good, no...great. But. You lose that moment before the unveiling. In school, I lived for that. It's what got me hooked into this, instead of illustration.

And yeah, digital IS the future. It will one day surpass 4 x 5 in quality, if it has not already, 8 x 10, etc. Get yourself a tilt lens, and no need for those hulks anymore. Or, better yet...a digital back for a hassy....yum.
 
I guess JRyan was photo shy?
 
It's not the dark room I miss...it's the anticipation, the build up. You go out with a 4 x 5, and, say, 6 film holders, 12 shots. You take em. Then you wait to either send out for development (chromes) or you develop. That entire time, you have this image in your head, and it just builds and builds. Now, I can see exactly what I shot right away. Which is good, no...great. But. You lose that moment before the unveiling. In school, I lived for that. It's what got me hooked into this, instead of illustration.

And yeah, digital IS the future. It will one day surpass 4 x 5 in quality, if it has not already, 8 x 10, etc. Get yourself a tilt lens, and no need for those hulks anymore. Or, better yet...a digital back for a hassy....yum.

I miss the darkroom occasionally then I wake up:2razz:
 
You seem to miss my points. Anyone who thinks I should "suck on a 38 magnum", I don't want to debate with anyways.

Honestly. I mean, who would want to suck on a 38 magnum? I mean, IF I had to choose, I'd likely go with a glock, since you don't have to keep those oiled like some other guns. Even then, though, if I REALLY wanted the flavor of metal in my mouth, I'd probably go with a washer, or something. Even if they had, like, flavored gun barrels, it would just be awkward, and look really weird.
 
You seem to miss my points. Anyone who thinks I should "suck on a 38 magnum", I don't want to debate with anyways.

I sure wouldn't say that

do you know why?

because I am an expert on firearms. There is a 38 S&W, a 38 special (popular police revolver round) a 38 ACP and a 38 Super but I have never heard of a 38 Magnum (maybe there is a wildcat called that but I have never seen it in 37 years of competitive shooting)

a 357 is essentially a 38 Magnum and 38 specials can be shot in any revolver or single shot pistol chambered in 357 but not the other way around

So it is rather doubtful I would ever think you should suck on a non-existent caliber because you might try to take the advice and of course would fail since the chance of actually finding such a cartridge is about zero

does that help?
 
Honestly. I mean, who would want to suck on a 38 magnum? I mean, IF I had to choose, I'd likely go with a glock, since you don't have to keep those oiled like some other guns. Even then, though, if I REALLY wanted the flavor of metal in my mouth, I'd probably go with a washer, or something. Even if they had, like, flavored gun barrels, it would just be awkward, and look really weird.

the non-corrosive finish Glock uses on its slides tends to be rather bitter in taste.
 
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