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Had a great time at Hyattsville Arts and Ales
Had a great time in Hyattsville this past Saturday September 17. Great people good weather, fun conversations, what more could i ask for? I have to admit I’m new to the art fair scene but it has been great so far.
Todd Harris
Come out and see me and my pictures! IRL!
https://hyattsvilleartsfestival.com/about/basic-info/2022-festival-information/. Come out and see! Sept 17! Hyattsville MD
Thanks!
Control?
Photographers like control. We try to control the light in a studio, we control shutter speed and depth of field with our apertures. We try for the finest focus in the exact point in space to best capture the image we want. Our subjects are either static or models directed. If the subject won’t be still for us we freeze them in frame with a high shutter speed, or we choose to let them blur, our choice, our control. So what happens when the control isn’t there? What if the photographer’s work is not seen, not understood, or mis-understood? What happens when a photo is handed over to a gallery to hang as they will? Will it be lighted properly, hung at a good height, straight? It takes some getting used to, this loss of control.
Todd
BTW. go see The Big Show in person if you can. I have an image in the show.
https://www.creativealliance-onview.org/the-big-show-2022
What kinda camera ya use?
This is the question. Well I’ll tell you, I use the one in my hand. Ok I know, not so fast, I use a diverse handful of cameras and methods to make my images, some large and some small. I will start with my digital cameras I shoot with a Canon 5Ds with either a 50/1.4, a 24-70/2.8 L lens 180mm Macro lens, or sometimes a motley handful of adapted manual lenses. I also have Lumix LX7 and a phone for my pocket, My manual lens collection includes a Contax 50/1.4, a Contax 80-200/4, a Zeiss Tessar lens in an Icarex mount and a few Pentax screw mount and Nikon manual lenses. My most often used film cameras are a Contax 167mt, a Canon EOS 1n and a Nikon f3 that looks like hell. A few others who see regular service are my Yashica Mat-124G and a Pentax 645 with several lenses, 75mm, 120 macro, 45mm. If I need or want to really get the detail, I use a Busch Pressman Model D or a Cambo 45SC for 4x5 film or a beat up old Deardorff V8 for shooting 8x10. The film then gets scanned with an Epson V850, a Nikon Coolscan 8000, or a Kodak flatbed scanner(not mine) or a digital copy set-up (not mine). I’m somewhat eclectic in my approach as you might have guessed I use what i am in the mood for or what suits the situation best. If portability and speed are essential, i go with a small camera. There is no substitute for slowing down and getting a big sheet of film exposed to get that range and detail if you have the time and space. The results are often amazing but the challenge is quite formidable. Those are my cameras thanks for reading!
Todd