Magnum and the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of spending some time with Pablo Inirio, master darkroom printer at Magnum Photos in New York. I was thinking about that interview recently as I heard the news of Kodak’s bankruptcy and pondered the precarious status of “old media” like books, film and silver gelatin prints.

As Magnum’s printer, Inirio gets to work with some of photography’s most iconic images. In his small darkroom, the prints lying casually around include Dennis Stock’s famous portrait of James Dean in Times Square (right) and a cigar-chewing Che Guevara shot by Rene Burri. Intricate squiggles and numbers are scrawled all over the prints, showing Inirio’s complex formulas for printing them. A few seconds of dodging here, some burning-in there. Will six seconds be enough to bring out some definition in the building behind Dean? Perhaps, depending on the temperature of the chemicals.

Of course, this…

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Why Should I Shoot RAW?

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/5604-this-transformation-is-the-best-case-ever-for-shooting-raw

Explanation of How Crop Factors and Depth of Field Correlate

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Explanation of How Crop Factors and Depth of Field Correlate.

Want to Improve Your Photos?

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

If you really want to make better photos that grab the viewers attention check out Ted Forbes excellent website: CompositionStudy.com

The site approaches photography with art in mind and explains composition and how to make your photos more artful.

This site has really helped me improve my photography.

DOCUMENTARY FILM: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hi LCC Members, If you have not already seen this movie? You should it is a great story!

The movie and book are available at the Palm Beach County Library -Title: Vivian Maier : a photographer found You can see more about the movie here: DOCUMENTARY FILM: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER

Track A – History of Street Photography, Part 1

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Great site about the history of street photography.

The Artists' Sanctum

As indicated in the Introduction, this is Track A (History of Street Photography). Track B (Art of Composition and the Composition of Art) will start in the near future. You can find a link to the posts already written to date on The Art of Street Photography page in the header above.

Part 1 – The Evolution of Street

When María and I sat out to begin documenting the history of street photography, after some discussion, we realized that given the great variation in the art form, it was best to begin a discussion of what street photography is by looking at its pioneers and the work they created. In this chapter, we’ll touch on some of the acclaimed masters and tell you a bit about them and their work. We won’t do much analysis of their work here; that’s probably best served by looking at one photographer at…

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Doug Carson Has Camera Gear For Sale

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Photography By Steve daPonte

FOR SALE. Complete camera package consisting of the following:

PENTAX K-7 14.5 megapixel camera body. This camera has only 3800 total shutter cycles and is in excellent condition with no visible wear.
PENTAX 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 zoom lens. This lens was purchased with the camera body and is also in excellent condition.
LENSBABY Composer Pro 35mm f2.8 lens. Like new.
KENKO 420-800mm telephoto zoom lens. Manual focus. Like new.
VANGUARD Alta 255CP carbon fiber tripod. Basically new. Purchased for travel, but never used. Includes carrying case.

As stated above, all equipment is in excellent to new condition. The equipment includes all original accessories, manuals, software, etc. in the original boxes. In addition, there are two extra LI90 lithium ion rechargeable batteries and a Magic Lantern PENTAX K-7 guide which is superior to the factory manual for ease of use. The original total price for everything was over $2400. I will sell the complete package for $750.

Doug Carson

772-463-8068

luannecarson@comcast.net