Thanks Paul, nice to hear from you, as I definitely think you're one of the best photographers posting here. And I know nothing of analog gear, but the names all sound fancy haha. What is that little modern device in the center? A light meter ? HP: Cool, makes me wich I had more than an afternoon in SF when I was there.…
Thanks guys. @disanski: Asking never hurts; I personally prefer to use a wider lens and walk right up to the subject to take a picture. Using a telephoto lens to photograph someone across a street is fine but has a certain voyeuristic quality about it that I'm not a fan of, I'd rather try to make the viewer part of the…
haiddasalami (I just now realized what your name says as I tried to type it) here in Ottawa, the 'pro' photo place charges about $6 for colour and $6.50 for black and white film. B&W film is super easy to develop at home though. I started doing it in my bathroom and the only tricky bit it getting it totally dark while…
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Great point about the sword being unsheathed. Also good idea EQ - I was wondering a lot about the framing and what I wanted to do is give the viewer a bit more space to travel before it gets to the main subject and then stay there :) I see your point and I will try that with some of the…
The thing that gets me is, why when split focusing was around 40 years ago cant they put it in as standard now? I doesnt make any sense what so ever. I was only using stock college d80's so the lens is gona be cheap and poor (18-70 i believe, and slow at 3.5-4.5). I get what your saying that modern lenses arent designed…