Photographs take time and planning
Nov 6, 2016 11:58:47 #
I have been a photographer professionally for many years. A few years ago I decided to join the ranks of the digital photographer. Lacking the immediate cash I needed to start at the platform that I once was on when I used film I decided I needed to come out of retirement. I made a few phone calls. One call went out to the last photographer I shot many a wedding for using film. His answer was a bit surprising. It seems that in the transfer over from film to digital he got lost in the format of digital because he told me he only knew Canon formats. I did not have the heart to upset his apple cart and tell him there is really no difference between Canon and Nikon (which is what I now prefer). I bid him a fond farewell and said thank you for at least speaking with me.
I think my background in electronics and computers saved me from becoming like him. I was one of the first in Cincinnati to recognize the digital age of photography was a coming. My first print was made on a color dot matrix printer on standard print paper. It looked like a photo from a news paper of that time period. Eventually the inkjet printer became available and I found the only gloss paper around was made by HP. The paper was and still is a very thin substrate with one glossy side and a matte side that really allowed you to write on it with pencil only. If you mounted this plastic like film no one could tell it was not a photograph in the true sense. Using the inkjet printers of the time it could from across the room pass as a photograph. I am glad the papers we have now finally became similar to the photo papers we used in the dark room.
I think my background in electronics and computers saved me from becoming like him. I was one of the first in Cincinnati to recognize the digital age of photography was a coming. My first print was made on a color dot matrix printer on standard print paper. It looked like a photo from a news paper of that time period. Eventually the inkjet printer became available and I found the only gloss paper around was made by HP. The paper was and still is a very thin substrate with one glossy side and a matte side that really allowed you to write on it with pencil only. If you mounted this plastic like film no one could tell it was not a photograph in the true sense. Using the inkjet printers of the time it could from across the room pass as a photograph. I am glad the papers we have now finally became similar to the photo papers we used in the dark room.
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Nov 6, 2016 12:27:47 #
Like yourself, I'd spent a number of years understanding and working with silver halide, and still do. Like yourself, I have a computer background, which has been helpful in a number of ways, such as stitching pano photos, and understanding some of the inherent noise (I consider it grain) issues. Having used Nikons since 1971, and still do, My last two digital purchases were NIkon cameras. The only thing I've found between film and digital is the exposure technique. After that, a few other tweaks and I've been exposing both sides of the photographic world with equal success. Welcome to UHH.
--Bob
--Bob
drklrd wrote:
I have been a photographer professionally for many... (show quote)
Nov 6, 2016 12:44:00 #
Nov 6, 2016 12:50:37 #
Welcome to this forum. You'll find quite a few folks with similar backgrounds, many also retired from full time work. For me, I started with my Dad's Speed Graphic 4X5, then Nikon F and onward and upward to 24+ megapixels on the current Nikon.
I've found it easy with the new technologies to get hung up on equipment and lose focus on composition.
I've found it easy with the new technologies to get hung up on equipment and lose focus on composition.
Nov 6, 2016 12:56:43 #
Welcome to the forum! Embrace the new technology, don't fear it. A whole new world has opened up for us!
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I didn't have the professional experience you had but I shot film for many years and finally switched to digital about 10 years ago I guess. I chose Canon since I already had several EOS lenses which would work on the digital bodies. I shot for a while in automatic and finally after attending a workshop, started using the other modes depending on the type of shooting I was doing.
Welcome to UHH and enjoy your time here. It is an addicting site with many great photographers onboard.
Welcome to UHH and enjoy your time here. It is an addicting site with many great photographers onboard.
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Welcome to UHH, glad you joined us. You posted some very nice work. Like you I also started out with the 35mm film and chemicals. Enjoy digital much better.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
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