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Large & Ultra Format Film Negative Size Comparison & Why I Choose 14x17
July 25, 2021 - I was working on a new project for my new Chamonix 14x17 ultra large format camera and I was trying to explain how much...
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How To Mix D-76 B&W Film Developer at Home & Save a Lot of Money
April 23, 2021 - If you develop your own black and white film at home, then you already know that you probably go through periods where y...
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SP-8x10 Daylight Processing Tray Initial Review by Tim Layton
January 22, 2021 - In this article today, I am sharing my initial review of the SP-8x10 Daylight Process Tray.
I develop multiple sheets o...
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Cooke Series II F4.5 Variable Soft Focus Lens First Print
December 21, 2020 - The Taylor, Taylor & Hobson company of Leicester, England and later of New York, began their production of soft-focus le...
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New Vintage Large Format Lens Project by Tim Layton
December 06, 2020 - I have been wanting to research, document, mount, and photograph a standard still life scene my collection of vintage la...
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My New Favorite iPhone App For The Darkroom in 2020
February 28, 2020 - A few years ago, I discovered and started using Mark II Artist's Viewfinder to simplify the scouting and composition pro...
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How To Make a Simple B&W Contact Printing Setup For Darkroom Printing
February 05, 2020 - In this article today, I am going to show you how simple it is to make a black and white contact printing setup that you...
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5 Advantages of ABC Pyro Developer For Large Format Photographers
January 15, 2020 - As a large format B&W photographer, your workflow can be very simple or it can be fairly complex.
I have a few observat...
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HP5 - ABC Pyro - DBI - AZO - Amidol - KRST
January 14, 2020 - If you understood the title to this article (HP5 - ABC Pyro - DBI - AZO - Amidol - KRST), you should consider yourself i...
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Scanning Analog Film With Pixel Shift Technology - Part 1
January 05, 2020 - I am starting the process of testing the cutting-edge pixel-shift technology available in some digital cameras to use as...
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Go Small To Achieve Big Things
December 05, 2019 - As we near the end of the year, I have started my business planning process for next year and I realized something that...
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Large Format Photography is so SLOW - Why Bother?
October 28, 2019 - We all know that large format photography is incredibly slow, even if we weren't comparing it to the blazing fast speed...
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My 5 Favorite Large Format Lenses For Fall Color Landscape Photography
October 19, 2019 - In this article, I share my 5 most used and favorite large format lenses for fall color landscapes.
I plan to start usi...
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Darkroom Diary 8/03/2019: Using The Beseler C-6 Large Format Camera For My Wild Horses Photography
August 02, 2019 - Yes, you read the title correctly... I am excited to share that I am using the very rare Beseler C-6 4x5 Press Camera to...
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Can You ID The Grain From These Films Exposed at EI 3200?
July 25, 2019 - I've recently been exploring and testing a variety of different black and white film and developer combinations to use a...
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Darkroom Diary: Testing Tri-X at EI 3200 Developed in Rodinal
July 20, 2019 - Last week, I shot a roll of the new emulsion Kodak T-Max P3200 film while photographing the Wild Horses of Missouri.
Yo...
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Darkroom Diary 7/13/2019: B&W Wild Horses Print Comparison Using Kodak P3200 and Tri-X in D76
July 12, 2019 - I decided to try the new emulsion Kodak T-Max P3200 film this week while photographing the Wild Horses of Missouri.
I r...
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Fuji Announced Neopan 100 ACROS II is Coming!!
June 19, 2019 - Fuji Announced Neopan 100 ACROS II is Coming!!
Back in April 2018, I heard the terrible news that Fujifilm was going to...
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Trying To Use Large Format For Wild Horse Photography
June 05, 2019 - I have been exploring new ground this year by photographing the wild horses of Shannon County, Missouri using my Nikon F...
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Photographing The Shannon County Wild Horses Using B&W Film & The Nikon F6
May 02, 2019 - I first learned about the wild horses of Shannon County, Missouri back in 2010 when I was looking for land in the Ozarks...
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Breaking News: Is The Kodak Film Business Being Sold?
February 04, 2019 - According to a new article published by PetaPixel: "Big news in the world of film photography: the Kodak film business i...
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An Easy Tip On How You Can Instantly Improve Your Photography
December 30, 2018 - I have a very easy tip for you that will instantly improve your photography.
As photographers, we are constantly in the...
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How Analog Film Helps Me Create Better Artwork
December 22, 2018 - I have been thinking more lately about my black and white film workflow because I am writing a detailed article in the A...
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Minimalist Large Format Photography Guide
November 21, 2018 - I get a lot of questions from analog photographers from around the world and one that I have been getting a lot lately i...
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Darkroom Diary: Managing Curling in Silver Gelatin Fiber Prints
July 19, 2018 - My Darkroom Diary series is a monograph about the lessons that I have learned while making large scale black and white f...
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Introducing Darkroom Dahlia - Large Format B&W Silver Gelatin Fine Art Print
July 14, 2018 - It was a fantastic day in the darkroom. Tim Jr. and I made this new print using our newly updated 8x10 enlarger.
"Darkr...
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The Ultimate Tip For Sharpening Very Large Prints (hint: it doesn't involve Photoshop)
June 02, 2018 - Would you like the ultimate tip for sharpening very large prints?
You will likely either find my answer annoying or pos...
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Update on My DIY Film Development Tubes
April 14, 2017 - I have continued to test my DIY development tubes with Pyrocat HD and the semi-stand process. I discovered something tha...
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DIY Development Tubes For Large Format B&W Film Using Pyrocat HD and Semi-Stand Development
March 26, 2017 - I have been developing my films (black and white, color negative C-41, color slides E-6) on a Jobo processor for many ye...
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Nikkor-T ED 600mm Telephoto Convertible Large Format Lens
March 24, 2017 - I have been wanting a longer telephoto lens for many years for my large format view cameras. I needed the reach many tim...
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Al Roker from NBC Shines The Light on Analog Photography
March 07, 2017 - Al Roker from NBC's Today Show shines the light on old-school analog photography today as he takes viewers behind the sc...
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The Science Behind Making a B&W Darkroom Print
February 07, 2017 - In this article, I share some important details on the scientific aspects of darkroom printing that are good to understa...
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It is Difficult to Be Simple in Modern Times - But it is Possible
November 29, 2016 - In our technology-driven busy world, it seems increasingly difficult to be still, quiet, and peaceful. When I visit a ma...
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How to Read A Black and White Film Negative
August 18, 2016 - The reason why we expose and develop our films is to tell stories via our photographs. Do you know what your negatives a...
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Film is Alive and Well as Evidenced by the New Jobo CPE-3 Processor!
August 15, 2016 - As an advocate for the arts, photographic film, and darkroom photography, I am super excited that Jobo has developed a b...
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How To Calculate New Exposure Times for Different Size Enlargements in the Darkroom
August 05, 2016 - I received a great question from one of my Darkroom Diary Subscribers (thanks, Rey) and I thought I would create a blog...
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New Hahnemühle Platinum Rag Paper
April 17, 2016 - I am very excited because there is a new paper for platinum printing.
If you have never tried platinum printing, then t...
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Black and White Darkroom Resource Glossary
April 11, 2016 - I found a very good thread over on APUG that I thought could be useful for darkroom photographers.
I have consolidated...
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20+ Reasons Why I Use Large Format Film in the Digital 21st Century
March 26, 2016 - I am often asked about why I would go to all the trouble of lugging around "that huge camera" when digital has taken ove...
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Why I Choose Black and White Darkroom Photography in the 21st Century
March 26, 2016 - I receive a lot of emails about black and white photography, so I thought I would share some of my key thoughts about wh...
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Reflections About my Future as a Large Format Darkroom Photographer and Next Steps
March 26, 2016 - In a recent article, I shared my thoughts about how I think the incredible options and variables we are afforded today a...
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Tested an LED Light Bulb for Contact Printing in the Darkroom
December 06, 2015 - I have been using incandescent light bulbs in the darkroom for over 30 years to make contact prints. I was motivated to...
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One Camera, One Film, What is Your Choice?
November 17, 2015 - I was recently talking to a friend and I asked him if you had to pick one camera and one film to create with for the res...
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Advice for New B&W Film Darkroom Printers
November 15, 2015 - I thought I would share some practical advice that I recently gave to a friend in regards to getting started with black...
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Why I Still Create Fine Art Prints in the Darkroom
October 15, 2015 - I love when people ask me why I still print in the darkroom and haven't "gone digital".
I am not quite sure what "havin...
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The Ultimate Freedom for a Large Format Photographer - The Nikon F
October 11, 2015 - The vast majority of my work is created with large format camera systems, but I love the freedom of using a mechanical s...
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Sage Advice for New Black and White Film Photographers
October 11, 2015 - When a photographer starts exploring black and white film and darkroom printing for the first time, I have noticed a few...
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Why Use Large Format Film in Modern Times?
October 04, 2015 - Why would any photographer use large format gear and film when we are living in the digital age?
Why not use large form...
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The Quest to Get Ilford HP5+ 11x14 Large Format Film Figured Out
September 29, 2015 - With the new 11x14 camera, I am going to test and give HP5+ 11x14 sheet film a try.
I have an update at the bottom of t...
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Kodak T-Max 100 is Faster than Tri-X 320 for Long Exposures
September 26, 2015 - It may sound a little odd that a 100-speed film is faster than a 400/320-speed film, but that is in fact, true when it c...
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Metering for Different Film Types - Darkroom Discussions
September 24, 2015 - Metering for film photography is one of those topics that seems to always come up. In particular, when people are new to...
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How to Calculate Dilution Ratio in the Darkroom
September 12, 2015 - In this article, I discuss how to correctly figure out the amount of chemical for the total volume desired to be used fo...
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Metering for Black and White Negative Film vs. Using Digital Cameras
September 05, 2015 - One of the things that I love most about black and white negative film is the ability to capture a very wide range of co...
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The Pentax 67II Medium Format Film Camera
August 22, 2015 - The Pentax 67II has long been out of production since 2009, but I have been wanting this camera for many years.
In this...
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Wet Mount Scanning vs. Dry Mount with Epson V700/800 Scanner
May 31, 2015 - In this article, I share my personal test results from dry scanning and wet mount scanning my films with you so you can...
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How to Make Your Own Fixer & Stop Bath for Darkroom Black and White Archival Printmaking
April 02, 2015 - If you want to properly process archival darkroom silver gelatin prints via the classic method as taught by Ansel Adams...
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How to Make a Black and White Darkroom Print with Variable Contrast Paper
April 02, 2015 - In this article I will walk you through the process of making a black and white print via an enlarger in the darkroom. T...
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How to Make Black and White Proper Proofs in the Darkroom
April 02, 2015 - If you are a traditional black and white photographer then you absolutely must determine your personal EI (exposure inde...
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How to Make Black and White Contact Prints in the Darkroom
April 02, 2015 - In this article, I am going to walk you through how to make a silver gelatin darkroom contact print from beginning to en...
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How to Expose for Shadows and Develop for Highlights Using B&W Film
April 02, 2015 - If you have been around film photography for very long a couple of quick observations come to mind. First, things just s...
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How to Choose a Black and White Film Developer
April 02, 2015 - Based on the continued growth of analog film I've decided to write an article to help you with some of the key informati...
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How To Determine Base Exposure For Contact Prints In The Darkroom
April 02, 2015 - There are a variety of reasons why you would want to determine your base exposure time for your contact printing process...
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The Importance of Time in Fine Art Photography & Storytelling
March 12, 2015 - I decided to write this article because I am hopeful that by me sharing the way that I work, that I can help others be b...
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Film - What is it Made of?
March 10, 2015 - Have you ever wondered what film is made of? If so, you are in the right place.
By knowing more about the underlying de...
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Analog Film Photography Exposure Considerations
March 10, 2015 - When thinking about our subjects, scenes, and the story we want to tell with our photograph, there is little to worry ab...
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Diafine B&W Film Developer - Everything You Need To Know
March 10, 2015 - So, what is Diafine? Diafine is a fine grain, full or greater film speed two-part black and white developer that possess...
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Darkroom Chemicals 101
March 09, 2015 - As a film photographer, one of the benefits, in my opinion, is the hands-on approach that you have in regards to your fi...
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Fine Art Black and White Printmaking
February 20, 2015 - In modern times, we are fortunate enough to have had many great photographers come before us and perfect many of the pro...
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Kodak Tri-X and 35mm SLR — Best Value in Town
November 07, 2014 - As you can imagine I routinely get people from all over the world asking questions about getting started in black and wh...
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