FILM IS FUN is now in full swing with the start of WPPI and we have just added several new workshops into the mix as well. Check it out at www.filmisfun.com and also be sure to listen to the audio above with Scott Sheppard of Inside Analog Radio and myself as we outline what is a FILM IS FUN workshop.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Vote below for your pick as to FILM IS FUN first international workshop destination.
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First look at the images in this link by New York Times photographer Damon Winter’s photo series, “A Grunt’s Life”:
http://www.poyi.org/68/17/third_01.php
Now read this post:
http://www.e-ariana.com/ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/384DCFFD0D8AC102872578380074884A?OpenDocument
My quick thoughts…
1. A good image is a good image.
2. It’s not the camera, it’s the photographer. The camera is just a tool. No matter how much you spent on a camera, in the end it is a dumb block of mechanics that needs your vision and creativity to work. For those who feel that the iPhone app Hipstamatic is somehow “altering” the image I would say this:
What about grain? That’s not “natural.” What about the particular color palette of a film- Velvia, Kodachrome (had to get that one in for historic sake!)? What about TX pushed? What about print size, lens choice, framing decisions, depth of field— all of these affect the visual quality of the final image and are not “real” or neutral… and I have not even touched on the darkroom or Photoshop as editive creative elements! All photography is manipulation, all photography is editive!!!
3. Photojournalism has the word PHOTO in it for a reason.
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
PS- Thanks to Art for sending me these links and for helping start this conversation here on FR.
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First click on the link below and read the article and look at the examples…
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2011/01/digital-vs-film-canon-5d-mark-ii-vs.html
Now here are my thoughts…
1. The film looks fantastic! The latitude is much better and I like the feeling of the film file much more.
2. The test was very good. It would have been even better if the film scan was done on a higher resolution scanner like say an Imacon. This would have also leveled the field a bit as the RAW processing done to the digital file corrects a lot (but apparently not enough) and the film image was stuck with a relatively middle of the road scan on a Fuji Frontier SP-2500. It is a shame that the scanned image had to be upsampled (due to the scanner resolution limitation) as this film has a lot of subtle detail that a higher quality scanner could have showed optically.
3. I would also like to hear their thoughts regarding a side by side print analysis say at 2 or 3 different sizes… the proof is in the print!
4. The digital wins in the high speed test but the film is still quite good.
In the end will this article sway any true blooded digital shooter to consider film…? I don’t think so, as there will be a myriad of excuses on the RAW conversion technique or other BS that really does not matter. It is a good solid test and it confirms once again the many strengths that film and the hybrid workflow provide for the working creative photographer
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
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Indian Hill Imageworks which is the business and hands-on-creative-end of the Figital Revolution has been featured along with six other wide format printing atelier’s in the current issue of The Big Picture Magazine. The article focus on fine art printing and highlights the features offered at each studio… check it out!
Viva la Revolution- Stephen
Selection from the article “Drawing a Fine-Art Crowd”…
According to Schaub, Indian Hill’s philosophy is quality over quanity. The husband and wife owned company prints small volumes, but focuses on details and one-on-one attention, which Schaub believes is enough to attract fine-art clientele: ” We are artists working for artists.”
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Taken from http://laist.com/2011/02/05/missing_dennis_hopper_polaroid_disa.php
If you know anything please help in the recovery of this artwork.
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