Watching a Picture come to Life

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…

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…