hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

Don't be so afraid of taking more shots than you have before. Did you ever think that you might get a shot that you did not think of that would be even better than you imagined? i think it increases creativity, which is why I mostly keep everything until they are downloaded in the computer so I can see them on the larger screen.

Ron Dial Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador

To convert to B&W first or not. I shoot a lot of B&W and B&W Infrared, film and digital. Color Digital images have much lower contrast than do B&W film images. I find that if I fix everything in Color, then convert to B&W and adjust contrast, levels, etc. it is a much better image.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

If you are that good at film, then changing to digital will not change that. There is no difference. If you want to take that one shot at a time you can do that. I was there. I do not spray and pray but I sure do take a few extras to get what I want.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I regularly shoot 4x5 and my total cost per negative is roughly $1.50. Not all that outrageous.
--Bob

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

to quote, "There is no difference".

If one is shooting black and white using film and switches to digital, there is a considerable difference. Fortunately, I learned that I needed to think 180 degrees from film in order to achieve what I wanted for black and white digital images.
--Bob

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

Doesn't "Monsoon Season" in Arizona last about 3 hours? I heard it fell on a Tuesday last year and most people missed it because they had to work.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I think you are thinking of our fall.

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

safeman

Over the years I have live in two places where summer storms are spectacular, South Florida and South Eastern Arizona.

In 1963 my uncle (Sam) sent me to South Florida. For almost 3 years I lived in a six man squad tent west of Homestead and 5 miles from the entrance to Everglades National Park. Have you ever seen 100 Wood Storks silhouetted against a pink sunset, Swallow-tailed Kites doing barrel rolls in a blue sky? Thunder storms so violent you had to pull off the road because you couldn't see the hood ornament on your car, sunsets so vibrant they could make a 20 year old want to cry. I have and all I have to do is close my eyes and remember. Because during that period I was making $99 per month before taxes. If I could have afforded a camera I couldn't have afforded film and processing.

Now I live in South Eastern Arizona. Monsoon season has historically been from July to September. Monsoons are different from Florida storms mainly because the terrain is different. The storms are as violent, thunder, lighting and downpours of rain. Maybe because of confining terrain, mountains, canyons and valleys the storms seem darker more malevolent than the storms I remember in Florida. There are times they actually scare me. I still chase them though, trying to capture that dark malevolence.