The “Ideal” is to compose in the viewfinder. I mentioned in another post about the workshop class I took on composition. Even though 4X5 Field and View cameras have fallen out of use for the average photographer, the hidden benefit to using them is that focusing and composing directly on the focusing screen and seeing […]

I do not recall where I learned this technique. The process is complicated and takes planning. I used a 100mm lens on my Olympus OM-1 [an old manual 35mm film camera]. I still have the camera and several lenses! I started by marking my tripod’s panning base with marks starting dead center, then two to […]

Sadly, Polaroid Image Transfers are a thing of the past. Ancient, in 2026, Polaroid Image Transfers were a great creative tool. What is missing today, despite Polaroid reentering the photography world, are their 669 and 4X5 pull and peel film packs. For anyone born after 1990 (I’m guessing), all Polaroid films had a pod of […]

In a previous post, I talked about two images where I used an entire roll of film to make one image. That inspired me to do more images in a similar but much less difficult way. I may have another photo to add to these two shots. I found a bunch of B&W prints when […]

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