Articles Tagged with black-and-white photography

Unfamiliar territory

Out of one’s field

Our photographer looks at some paintings.

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A hands-on process

Working manually

How much of your work is your own?

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The colors of your mind

Does what you say affect what you see?

We consider how your words may affect your eyes.

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Tools shape the artist

A choice of camera is unexpectedly important

Our photographic consultant finds that the camera he uses can have an unsubtle effect on the pictures he takes.

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The angle of the light

A photographer and appearances

16l06-22bOur photographer draws our attention to how differently the same objects appear in different light.  It’s a lesson easily generalized.

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The postures of photography

Conforming to the machine

Our photographer notices how a new technology forces our bodies into new positions.

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Why an f-stop?

It’s all the astronomers’ fault

fstopOur photographic consultant is reminded how complicated things are for beginners, no matter how straightforward it all seems to the professionals.

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How big is a picture?

Returning to the Brownie format

b620The photographs that came out of this Kodak Brownie camera from the 1930s may be the best size ever found.

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For the long run

docsOne of our consultants has been working on a genealogical project this past week.  It prompts some thoughts on the difference between science and scholarship as well as the longevity of documents.

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Making it easy makes it hard

Simplicity is good, but not always

123Photography can seem very complicated, so cameras made for non-experts are often highly simplified.  This can make them difficult to use.

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