{"id":1697,"date":"2012-05-23T07:34:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T12:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2012-05-23T09:53:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:53:07","slug":"back-to-the-big-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Big Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve been giving a lot of attention to my new page at facebook: facebook.com\/JohnSiskinPhotographer. I\u2019ve added more than a dozen albums filled with images from my article and book projects. I hope you will check out some of this. In addition I have started tweeting; frankly I don\u2019t know how I feel about this pastime yet. So, with all of this, I seem to have neglected the blog. I\u2019m back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve tried for a while now to get back into shooting 8X10 inch film. I used to really enjoy this. It is extremely challenging, but when you do it just \"\"<\/a>right the results are sublime. I\u2019m not going to attach any images made with the 8X10 camera to this blog, because you might get the idea that a print of a large format image looks like what you see on your screen. It doesn\u2019t, it\u2019s much better. Film is essentially an information storage medium, as is digital. A large piece of film stores information in a more continuous way than a small negative or digital capture. In addition there is a quirkiness to the way large format lenses represent the world. Every current Nikon 50mm f1.8 lens sees in the same way. There were many different large format lenses, and even two of the same brand and design didn\u2019t always see the same way. I mention all this <\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a>because I recently acquired one of the most marvelous large format lenses ever built: a 14 inch Gold Dot Dagor, built by Kern in Switzerland for Schneider Corporation of America. The lens is the last generation of the famous Dagors, first designed in the 19th<\/sup> century. Let me tell you folks there is a lot of history here and a wealth of fabulous images. Anyway the lens is inspiring me to set up the equipment to develop sheet film. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be writing about this in future blog posts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve added pictures that I made with lenses I assembled. For more about this please check the article<\/a> I did for view camera. These lenses inspired me to see differently. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One more thing I want to say about the difference between shooting a big camera and a digital camera. When you shoot digital you try to make a good capture and then you have almost infinite opportunity to interpret that capture in post-production. If you shoot film for a traditional print, say a silver gelatin print, you have too make decisions about the final image when you shoot. You can\u2019t, for instance, change the color of the filter you use to make black and white image when you print the image, you can only do it when you shoot. This means you need to think more about the final image when you shoot, not just when you edit. I don\u2019t think this is better or worse, but it is different. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for paying attention the blog. I\u2019ll be back soon. Here are the usual reminders.
\nPlease check out my books and classes: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Understanding and Controlling Strobe Lighting: A Guide for Digital Photographers<\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photographing Architecture: Lighting, Composition, Postproduction and Marketing Techniques<\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An Introduction to Photographic Lighting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Portrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks, John<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Getting Started in Commercial Photography
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Thanks, John<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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