Nikon F4S

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21
Jan 10

Hybrid digital darkroom workflow

Dunn Meadows (Indiana University Bloomington): Digital Darkroom Workflow

Many of you that follow my blog know that I use film for some of my work. Sometimes I get asked if I have a wet darkroom and my answer is no, but I did at one point. I got rid of it when I purchased my first DSLR, a Nikon D70. I also got rid of all my film cameras including my favorite Fuji GW670. But for the past several months I have started building my arsenal of film cameras again and I couldn’t be happier. I however decided not to rebuild a wet darkroom and instead chose to take a hybrid approach. I shoot film but all the post-processing and printing is done using a digital workflow. Here are some details about the hardware and other products I use:

Digital Darkroom Hardware:

Scanner: Nikon Coolscan 8000 and Coolscan 4000
Scanner Software: Vuescan Professional Edition
Computer: Macbook Pro with 2.5GHz Intel Processor and 4BG Memory
Monitor: Dell E248WFP
Software: Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS3
Printer: Epson R2400
Monitor Calibration: Colorvision Spyder Pro 2
Calibration Software: ColorEyes Display Pro
Photopaper: Epson Somerset Velvet, Hahnemühle FineArt, and Ilford Premium Plus

I couldn’t be happier with this arrangement, I get all the benefits of shooting film including access to cameras that would cost thousands for equivalent digital versions. I enjoy the process of manipulating images a lot more than I used when doing the same in a wet darkroom. I however do realize that all my time spent in a wet darkroom have trained me well to get the most out of my digital darkroom. The image you see above is what I envisioned and created in the digital darkroom and what you see below is the actual capture itself. What do you think?

Cameras / Canon AE-1 / Canon Canonet QL17 / Design / Hasselblad 500C/M / Holga / Nikon D70 / Nikon F4S / Nikon FM2N / Thoughts — 1 Comment
13
Jan 10

A few years worth of work in one image…..

Well I haven’t posted anything in a couple days. I have been busy meeting people, plotting my next move, and reading a lot. The above is a composite/collage I made from some of my photographs shot over the past several years. It kind of shows that I am not someone that is hung up on a particular style, method, or subject. I used this collage as a backdrop for my Photography Twitter Page (@photoindica). If you have been following me on my @pkoduri Twitter account please consider following @photoindica .

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10
Jan 10

Holton Valley Farm [Before and After]

BEFORE

After working on this image in my Digital Darkroom this is what I got. Tools used:
1. Adobe Lightroom 2 – Preset Punch and Sharpen Landscape
2. Photoshop CS3 – Levels, Healing Brush, Selection Tools, Layers and Layer Masks, and Adjustment Layers

AFTER
Holton Valley Farm (Kentucky)

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5
Jan 10

Googly Eyes Turtle

Googly Eyes Turtle

The above image is from one of the first rolls of film that I shot on a used NIkon F4S camera. The lens is a Micro-Nikkor 60mm AF-D lens.