TheMadPeacock On The Sofa

Over at Computerdarkroom Ian Lyons does a good job of walking through the process of creating to black and white using the channel mixer and some split toning. This is one if those times when black and white is not black and white.
I like the affect and the split toning could come in useful but [...]

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There are as many ways to convert a digital color image too black and white as there are fish in the sea. I want the deep contrast of black and white film but I am a digital boy.. Never have shot film in my life, would not know where to start and I am a [...]

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After my last post I started to think about the books I have read that embrace the digital darkroom and the power it represents.
One of the first books that came to mind was Welcome to OZ by Vincent Versace. This is not a book about creating images that are montages of multiple images; there are [...]

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Photography for me is not about capturing what’s before you but capturing your vision. Over on f/1.4 there is a great post that takes this a bit further than I normally do but the way Seán has realized his vision of middle earth is inspiring and I urge you to take a look.
I often hear [...]

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I currently use 2 external drives and the Mac software raid system so that they look like one drive and all my photos are safely stored on 2 drives.
This new 1T external RAID box is perfect and if you don’t know why you need to keep your stuff on an external drive read Computer Games [...]

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