The second installment of the One Minute Rant. Each audio is one minute or less and focuses on a very specific topic to engage readers here on the FR to comment and start a dialog! Just click on the RANT logo to listen.
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New Digital Paper Review, Canson and Hahnemuhle
As promised here are my paper tests/ review for the new offerings by Canson and Hahnemuhle. This audio review covers the following papers:
- Canson: Arches Platine, BFK Rives, Arches Aquarelle Rag
- Hahnemuhle: Bamboo 290 GSM.
Give a listen and then try some of these papers and determine what you like.
Viva la Revolution-
Stephen
Note: More tests to follow in the coming weeks…stay tuned!
Poll question: What is your favorite paper? Please note I have left out the Arches Platine as it is not currently available for purchase and the poll below is for Matt surface papers only. If your favorite paper is not listed please just click other and then type it in! I have listed what I feel is a good sample of true fine art papers…your vote counts! (You can vote for more than one.)
Custom Camera Accessories and Conversions
Many of the camera systems I have used over the last 2+ decades have been either custom made or modifications to older systems to “fit” newer capture devices. If the option of custom lens mounts, custom lens caps and complete from the ground up camera systems is new to you then give a listen to this audio blog (click on the AUDIO logo) recorded December 2007 with Adam Dau of S.K. Grimes.
I have also posted (below) an image of my Hexomniscope Camera by Abelson Scope Works with its newest custom accessories…custom made lens caps (or perhaps I should say Pinhole Caps) and .1 spacer rings to allow different controlled positions for the pinhole made for me by Matt Abelson of Abelson Scope Works. For me and my works the OPTION of custom configurations and accessories is essential as I find the out of the box systems and accessories most companies offer miss the mark time after time.
Also, stay tuned for an exciting audio interview posted early next week with Matt Abelson of Abelson Scope Works.
Viva la Revolution!!
Super-Size Me! What’s Up with Big Digital SLRs?
Is it just me or are cameras getting really big…I mean SUV big? Have you also noticed your aunt Minnie now carries one of these beasts for her casual pictures of roses and nephew Timmy? So… what gives? Click on the audio logo for a 6 minute thought-provoking discussion on the enigma by Stephen Schaub.
Let the Healing Beguin or Photography with a capitol P!
Thoughts on the current state of the photographic industry (film, digital and hybrid) as well as suggestions for reclaiming the web and our industry for ALL photographers…we are all in this together!
The 5 Minute Zone System
This short audioblog (under 5 minutes) will give all photographers who want better control over their exposure when using black and white roll films a quick and easy working solution: The 5 Minute Zone System! This is not your grandfather’s full-bore Zone System but rather a user-friendly method for predictable, repeatable results! Just click on the audio link and give it a listen… Viva la Revolution!!
More info on the FULL-BORE Zone System: Click Here!
The Final Rebuttal
The last (I promise) rebuttal to the ongoing discussion on “does your camera matter”? For a bit of background on this post please click on this LINK to read my first post which was earlier this month.
LINK to new article on Luminous Landscape
Viva La Revolution! Stephen Schaub
Meter Matters – Building a Knowledge Base for Proper Exposure.
Do you trust your in-camera meter? I hope not! This audioblog focuses on the idea of building a knowledge base for a better understanding of light, material limitations and proper exposure. By hybrid artist Stephen M. Schaub. 
The Stupid Things Photographers Say: Part Two- I Will Never Print On Canvas
Real “men” print on canvas. (Disclaimer: men is used here to refer to photographers in general and in no way am I suggesting that women can not be real, or photographers, or both.) That’s right… Canvas. Oh- so you don’t print on canvas because you:
1. Think that Canvas is not photographic?
2. Have the IQ of an ant?
3. Don’t understand what “photographic” means and thus have the IQ of an ant?
Give a listen to this audioblog by hybrid artist Stephen M. Schaub and release yourself from the tyrannical limits of your output media…
The Stupid Things Photographers Say: Part One- Cropping is for Pussies.
The first in what promises to be a never-ending series on the stupid things photographers say, by Hybrid Artist Stephen Schaub.
Figital Revolution 
