You’ve got one of those nice Dell U2410 monitors for your photo work. You’ve got a puck, like the i1Profile, to drop across the screen to calibrate it. And you’ve got the profiler software, with lots of options… just like the monitor has lots of options. So, conscientious photographer that you are, you head off […]

I’m recently back from my contribution to The Center for Photographic Art’s annual Exposure Weekend. The event is 3 days of lectures, workshops, field-trips and portfolio reviews. This year I was again asked to do photographic critiques. The CPA calls them “portfolio reviews” but I find that term confusing since for me a portfolio review […]

Can a photograph be fine art? If by “fine” you mean in some sense “good” or “better” then of course.* In fact, the question betrays an ignorance of art per se , since that’s actually a question about the medium. Would the “Pieta” not be art if it were made of bronze instead of marble? […]

So you decide that you want to use the gradient tool to make some adjustments, say a bit of darkening in the sky, for example. Fine… but only do it once! If you do it and decide it’s not dark enough, do not go back and layer another gradient on top of the one you […]

Cleaning a clogged Epson printer head. (This uses the Epson 3800 as an example.) Here’s how: You’ll need to visit your auto parts store, and get a bottle of “ArmorAll Auto Glass Cleaner” – NOTHING ELSE ! ** (This product is one of the very few that has exactly the right ingredients, in the right […]

I recently had someone ask: “…how long can an ink jet printer can go unused before head-cleaning uses more ink than regular printing uses…” and the answer to that is easy: head cleaning -always- uses more ink than printing a simple photo. Probably (I’m making an educated guess here) about 10 times as much on […]

I just got the bare drive and discs. The drive installs as any SATA-based drive does: easily. I put mine in an external enclosure. First thing I notice is that the discs themselves are heavier (literally) than other DVD-R’s, and they are about 70% transparent. Mac sees the drive; Toast writes to it; writes are […]

I started shooting 55 years ago, and built my first darkroom at age 10. The point is just that I’ve been around for most of the changes, and of course the change to digital is the largest one of all. There was a time when saying that I was a photographer put me in a […]

Most of you know I’m an old-school “straight” photographer. I also am a “fine art” photographer (as opposed to a journalist, fashion, product etc shooter.) My work is sold to collectors, and hangs in galleries. It is meant to be studied and enjoyed, and to live a long life on someone’s wall because it “clicks” […]

Well, OK: maybe “only” 1000 years… (see more recent initial review, above, somewhere) (Before I go any further, I’d like to make a point. I think this technology is a milestone in the entire history of computers, and perhaps the most important invention since the computer itself.*) Yep: there is digital technology coming in a […]