The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Fourth Edition is a must-have for every serious photographer… period. An earlier edition was a constant resource for me while at RIT and now this newer edition is my Xmas gift to myself this year… it is expensive but well worth it. It is quite thick and full of very useful [...]
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Something for the Holidays
Posted in Admin, analog film technology, analog photography, collecting photography, death of film, diafine developer, digital photography, digital printing, digital revolution, digital technology, Exposure Meter, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, inkjet papers, kodachrome, kodak, lens test, photography today, scanning film, Test Targets, visualization techniques, Xtol Developer, zone system on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Make One and Be Done
Posted in AudioBlogs, d'Vinci Noir, indian hill gallery, indian hill imageworks, New Artwork, pinhole, pinzonie, stephen schaub, Xtol Developer, tagged art in vermont, hybrid arts, photography in vermont, pinhole photography, stephen schaub on September 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Click on the audio blog logo to listen to a discussion on making one of one photographic prints. New Artwork form my upcoming show at Indian Hill Imageworks, Opening October 9 from 5-7 pm. Hand-held negative pinhole image printed on hand-made Bhutan Mitsumata Thick White paper as a d’Vinci Noir Print Edition size: one. Image size: [...]
Stand Development Part 3
Posted in film scans, fuji film, kodak, rodinal, scanning film, stand development, stephen schaub, Xtol Developer, tagged fuji acros stand developement, kodak tmax 400 stand development, ro9 xtol stand developement, stand developement on August 10, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Ok, so lets put everything together and start processing some film. First, be sure to listen/ watch Part 1 and Part 2 prior to this post as there is important information in those posts not covered here. Then click on the Audio Blog Logo to hear an 11 minute summary of tests- what worked and [...]
Stand Development Part 2
Posted in rodinal, scanning film, stand development, Xtol Developer, tagged agaitation or no with stand developement, borax for stand development, rodianl stand developement, stand development technique, xtol stand development on August 4, 2009 | 20 Comments »
In this second installment on Stand Development I will outline some basic equipment needed, proper agitation techniques and other necessary processing information… Stay tuned for the Part 3 in a few days! Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Stand Development – Part 1
Posted in alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, AudioBlogs, bw400cn, diafine developer, film scans, fuji film, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, rodinal, stand development, Xtol Developer, tagged rodinal stand development, stand development, stand development scanning, tmy-2 stand developement, xtol rodinal stand developement on July 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is part one in a multi-part article on stand development and semi-stand development (BW) for the purposes of scanning. I have been spending much time looking at different dilutions, different agitation techniques, different recipies and I have come up with a good working solution for my tested films that produces perfect results every time. To [...]





