There are two special moments in darkroom work: the first is when you unroll the wet film from the black developing tank and see the negatives, and the second is when your first full size print comes to life in the developing tray and you see the image in the red light. It was a…
New Batteries and Loading Film
My camera needed new batteries and the film had to be loaded manually. There were a lot of reassuring levers, clicks and mechanical confirmation sounds. My motor winder missed the engage occasionally and just spun. But the manual winder on top of the camera still worked. I had replaced the small hearing aid type battery,…
Reliving the Photographic Tradition
A few weeks ago a plan came together that had been hatched four years ago. I made a major challenge to myself, but hedged my bets. The challenge was to embrace modern digital DLSR technology, so I bought camera equipment that performs far better than I make pictures.But I hedged my bets by purchasing some second…
Nominee in 8th Black and White Spider Awards
BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER basilARTinc - BASIL STATHOULIS FROM SOUTH AFRICA LONDON 21 October 2013 - Amateur photographer Basil Stathoulis of South Africa was presented with the 8th Annual Black and White Spider Awards Nominee in the category of Wildlife at a prestigious Nomination & Winners PhotoShow. The live online ceremony…
Fujicolor
Life is interesting. Last year I bought a Fuji Digital camera that I almost exclusively shoot in black and white. Thirty years ago I used to love shooting Fujicolor, enriching my visual life much more than Paul Simon’s Kodachrome. This year Anita de Villiers introduced me to a simple way of blending on Photoshop that…
My Digital Photos Filing System
I remember working for my father when I was still at school. My jobs were always to file in his office. “It’s easy to file. The hard part is to find something after you’ve filed it” he would say. That was way before computers. Now we all drop files into our hard drives and hope…
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