Without a doubt, it is one of the most complex aspects of learning photography - moving from auto exposure to totally working in manual. I can't speak for JD Milazzo, but I can say that I never - NEVER - wanted to work in manual. I was convinced that working in manual would get in the way of connecting emotionally to whatever I was
If you have been following our journey - a journey which began about a year and a half now - it started with the purchase of a single vintage Pentax 6x7 lens. That experience was so revolutionary for Falcon that, for his fine art work, he only uses vintage lenses. In November of 2019, he purchased a vintage Pentax 6x7 film camera, and, shortly
NyghtVision Magazine Volume 9, Number 4 will be available November 24, 2019. Click here to read it. In this edition: Product reviews - H&Y Filters, PortraitPro version 19. The work of Patrick Stack, Rasmus Stelling, Lew Brown and Falcon. Featured models include Ella Rose (from UK) and Cheri Summers (USA). Poetically Man Dwells returns as does Lighting the Un-Lightable. The Way Back looks at film
Looking back, deciding to use vintage lenses was one of the best decisions I've made. It has rekindled my creativity, and it has forced me to engage what I am doing in a way I haven't since 2005. 2005 was a watershed year. After two years of working as a professional, using only "program mode," JD Milazzo and I had been forced to work
Yes, I've told the story before, but it warrants being told again. I think about this exchange between JD Milazzo and me now almost 16 years ago. I was sitting on the steps to the second floor, the manual to our new Canon 10D in my hand. JD asked what the difference between aperture priority and shutter priority was. In true fashion, I quipped:
PHOTOGRAPHY ADVICE I GIVE EVERY TIME Never having used film for photography, I never found myself bound by the restrictions that came with film. Aside from the fact that you never really knew whether the images you spent all day creating were going to come out. Unless you had your own darkroom, it could be a month or more, and then,
