Thomas902 wrote:
"...digitizing my collection of film negatives from the 1960s, '70s," Loving Ann's Mesmerizing gaze Bill...
You truly bonded well with all your subjects... so critical in portraiture reportage...
BTW: Loved shooting BIF with Manual focus glass... there is a special magic latent in the aforementioned.
Street (Editorial) reportage...
Venue: Hagerstown, Maryland circa 1980
Film: TriX ASA 400 shot at ISO 400
Developer: D76 1:1
Illumination: Heavy Overcast
Thank you for sharing Bill Burkholder...
All the best on your epic journey
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Birds in flight with manual glass... ahh! That's a real challenge. Many folks who never used fully manual cameras can't appreciate the things we went through to get our images. It's trivially easy today, compared with fifty years ago.
I used that exact film and developer combination most of the time from 1968 to 1976, when I discovered Ilford films and developers. I added FP4, Pan-F, and HP5 to my bag, then Kodak Kodak T-Max 100, T-Max 400, and later, Ilford's chromogenic film. I did a few things with Fujifilm Neopan SS, given to me by a Japanese exchange student my parents took in. It was grainy and soft.
Most of my work from 1968 to 1973 was done with Nikkormat FTn and a 35mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, and 135mm f/2.8. Then I switched to a Nikon FTn. In 1981, I got the first of two F3 bodies and six all new AI-Nikkors at work, and was burning through cases of Ektachrome as an AV producer.
Unfortunately, my employer owned all my best commercial work from the 1980s, and it got destroyed when the company was sold. By then I was in other roles there.
For those with film images they wish to digitize, here's an alternative to scanning. Download the PDF file:
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burkphoto wrote:
Birds in flight with manual glass... ahh! That's a real challenge. Many folks who never used fully manual cameras can't appreciate the things we went through to get our images. It's trivially easy today, compared with fifty years ago.
I used that exact film and developer combination most of the time from 1968 to 1976, when I discovered Ilford films and developers. I added FP4, Pan-F, and HP5 to my bag, then Kodak Kodak T-Max 100, T-Max 400, and later, Ilford's chromogenic film. I did a few things with Fujifilm Neopan SS, given to me by a Japanese exchange student my parents took in. It was grainy and soft.
Most of my work from 1968 to 1973 was done with Nikkormat FTn and a 35mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, and 135mm f/2.8. Then I switched to a Nikon FTn. In 1981, I got the first of two F3 bodies and six all new AI-Nikkors at work, and was burning through cases of Ektachrome as an AV producer.
Unfortunately, my employer owned all my best commercial work from the 1980s, and it got destroyed when the company was sold. By then I was in other roles there.
For those with film images they wish to digitize, here's an alternative to scanning. Download the PDF file:
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Great article!! Thank you very much. Not sure I will do this, but I have friends who are trying to do this. Article directions are very clear and accompanying images extremely helpful.
PAToGraphy wrote:
Great article!! Thank you very much. Not sure I will do this, but I have friends who are trying to do this. Article directions are very clear and accompanying images extremely helpful.
Back in the 1980s, the macro-copy methods shown in that document were used by many professionals — with analog equipment — to duplicate film images for slide shows. So when digital cameras became good enough for high resolution, I figured, "Why buy a scanner when it's so slow?" I can camera-scan a full roll of negatives in under ten minutes, convert them to positive in about three minutes, then pick the few frames I want to post-process for presentation and preservation.
burkphoto wrote:
Back in the 1980s, the macro-copy methods shown in that document were used by many professionals — with analog equipment — to duplicate film images for slide shows. So when digital cameras became good enough for high resolution, I figured, "Why buy a scanner when it's so slow?" I can camera-scan a full roll of negatives in under ten minutes, convert them to positive in about three minutes, then pick the few frames I want to post-process for presentation and preservation.
I have boxes of negatives and oodles of albums, but have resisted doing anything with them as I am swamped with projects. I have kept the info just in case something changes and I do have friends who ask me about it.
PAToGraphy wrote:
There is no challenge topic for "No Host, Just Post" challenges. They are an opportunity, sort of like Free Sundays, to show favorites, post something you might be working on or just some of your recent works. When there are openings in the calendar the dates are left open for this activity. Lesley and I will be checking in, but neither of us may be commenting as much as if we were the host. Commenting is optional for participants too.
So, what have you been working on? All 4 of my editing programs have recently updated and I am trying to learn some of the new features. ON1 program has a new feature I'm trying to perfect - sky swap. The intelligent software pretty accurately identifies the sky and masks it out. There are numerous skies from which to choose depending on what suits your image and various sliders and adjustments to make it look natural. Here is one example.
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Great start off Pat that's a good Sky change..
burkphoto wrote:
That is a pretty trippy transformation!
I am digitizing my collection of film negatives from the 1960s, '70s, and later. These are a few of many casual senior portraits I made for friends and their parents.
Very nice Portraits Burk.
I have spent the better part of the last month or two working in Southern Louisiana on Disaster Relief Teams. During that time I have tried to improve on my out of the window with a smart phone mode of photography. Post editing helps some I guess....
PAToGraphy wrote:
Thanks, Karin
I went for a hike the day. I did not find a lot of color in the trees, but found these colorful rocks.
Finally made it up to Mount Nebo on the 19th.
JustJill wrote:
I went for a hike the day. I did not find a lot of color in the trees, but found these colorful rocks.
Really like the path, Jill, it looks welcoming!!
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