anglophone1
Well-known
Roger
Greetings from a fellow monocle wearer!
I looked at Schwarsweiss but meine Deutsch ist senr rostig, and had dismissed Foam as a little "too arty" for me but I'm going to take another look.
I found Lenswork a liitle "too serious" so I guess I'm just a picky old fart.................
Clive
Greetings from a fellow monocle wearer!
I looked at Schwarsweiss but meine Deutsch ist senr rostig, and had dismissed Foam as a little "too arty" for me but I'm going to take another look.
I found Lenswork a liitle "too serious" so I guess I'm just a picky old fart.................
Clive
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Clive,
Ich auch.
Do you go to Arles? I subscribed to FOAM after seeing their stand there, but then decided it was patchy as well as arty.
As for Lenswork, you are no doubt familiar with Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word.
Cheers,
R. (with monocle -- there aren't many of us left)
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anglophone1
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Roger
Have been to Visa at Perpignan lasy two years, can't go this year, but have been thinking about Arles instead, its only 2 1/2 hour away so really should, unless I spend all summer in Ireland................
Clive
Have been to Visa at Perpignan lasy two years, can't go this year, but have been thinking about Arles instead, its only 2 1/2 hour away so really should, unless I spend all summer in Ireland................
Clive
vincentbenoit
télémétrique argentique
Roger,
Any link to Schwarzweiß? I'd like to check it out. Thanks.
Vincent
Any link to Schwarzweiß? I'd like to check it out. Thanks.
Vincent
Charly
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I'm slightly lost with all the german going on being the philastine I am! Have flicked through Ag and was most impressed but didn't have the ££ at the time. If I've some pennies next time I pass The Photographers' Gallery I'll pick it up. PhotoIcon impressed me when I found it once but I've not seen it since.
With regard to printing with Iron III I would certainly read the article, if only because process interests me, even if it is something I'll never do. I take your point about a balance between specialism and accessability though but I think that if there is room for one then their is room for another. B&W isn't especially about alt processes - but where they are relevent, they should be included. It will pique someone's interest - providing the inspitation necessary to justify publication. Providing the magazine follows esoteric print-processing one month with gaining photographic access to some really scary event that 99% of people would never consider due to the high risk of death the next month - ie - there is enough bredth of material to keep all readers reading - and it it written in a clear and accessable manner - everyone wins.
RE Top 10 ways not to nauseate your friends with your crappy holiday photos - yes and no. Dogmatic articles which oversimplify something are a really good way of making a readership feel patronised. An excellent example from said magazine was "A beginners guide to digital" which featured a photograph of a dull garage door. It was utter drivel and a waste of paper that spanned several issues. The great irony is, that with digital, their is, to my mind, a "best practice" workflow - which whilst marginally different to each according to their style - is nonetheless very important if one expects decent prints from digital files.. Michael Riechmann outlines it excellently on Luminous Landscape. I am sure that there is a similar "best practice" to developing film - and printing it with an enlarger. In fact Roger, if you could write "Waterbaths for consistant film processing on the cheap" or "Finding consistancy in your film processing whilst moving flat every 4 months" I'd be very grateful!
With regard to printing with Iron III I would certainly read the article, if only because process interests me, even if it is something I'll never do. I take your point about a balance between specialism and accessability though but I think that if there is room for one then their is room for another. B&W isn't especially about alt processes - but where they are relevent, they should be included. It will pique someone's interest - providing the inspitation necessary to justify publication. Providing the magazine follows esoteric print-processing one month with gaining photographic access to some really scary event that 99% of people would never consider due to the high risk of death the next month - ie - there is enough bredth of material to keep all readers reading - and it it written in a clear and accessable manner - everyone wins.
RE Top 10 ways not to nauseate your friends with your crappy holiday photos - yes and no. Dogmatic articles which oversimplify something are a really good way of making a readership feel patronised. An excellent example from said magazine was "A beginners guide to digital" which featured a photograph of a dull garage door. It was utter drivel and a waste of paper that spanned several issues. The great irony is, that with digital, their is, to my mind, a "best practice" workflow - which whilst marginally different to each according to their style - is nonetheless very important if one expects decent prints from digital files.. Michael Riechmann outlines it excellently on Luminous Landscape. I am sure that there is a similar "best practice" to developing film - and printing it with an enlarger. In fact Roger, if you could write "Waterbaths for consistant film processing on the cheap" or "Finding consistancy in your film processing whilst moving flat every 4 months" I'd be very grateful!
back alley
IMAGES
slm
Formerly nextreme
Same here.
I actually stopped buying it right when Alisa left (coincidentally) , as whoever imports/distributes it here in Montreal was placing a higher priced sticker over the magazines printed CAD price. I emailed the publisher, as I thought they control the price the magazine gets sold at, and were probably not aware it was being sold at a higher price than they intended. Never got a response.
Anyways, I always checked out each issue since then at the magazine rack, and never felt the content inclined a purchase. Also, is seemed like the only printed price for a few issues were in GBP. Having said that, I felt the urge to splurge and bought the latest issue, and the CAD price was back again, printed directly on the magazine, albeit something like forty cents higher than before.
I really like B&W and hope it keeps the film & darkroom content high. No problems with some digital content, but I buy it for the former, not the later.
aizan
Veteran
i'd like an english language version of nippon camera and asahi camera. just saying.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Vincent,
Sorry; no. I've not even seen it for a while, living in la France profonde. But a quick Google revealed:
http://www.schwarzweiss-magazin.de/header.htm
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Charly,
I couldn't agree more, but unfortunately, some editors seem to know so little about photography, or to hold their readers in such low esteem, that they think people WANT that sort of rubbish.
Inevitably, 'how-to' pictures are sometimes less than Great Art, but if an article is illustrated ONLY with rubbish, why read it? I didn't see the garage door article but I do remember the notorious sheep article.
Even then, there are occasional exceptions. Years ago I did a 'plaster head' sequence to show the effects of front-, back-, side-, rim-lighting: much easier to see and remember the effects with a perfect plaster head, but I also made the point (with some 'real' pictures) that these textbook illustrations oversimplify what goes on in the real world.
Cheers,
Roger
nksyoon
Well-known
anglophone1
Well-known
Hiya Nick
Do you subscribe? If so , can you bring one to Ireland?
Clive
Do you subscribe? If so , can you bring one to Ireland?
Clive
nksyoon
Well-known
Sure, need something to read on the plane anyway...
ath
Well-known
I'm afraid this link is not about the magazine. It's a portal for german b&w enthusiasts and includes a forum for b&w photography.
Schwarzweiss is published by http://www.tecklenborg-verlag.de/ - click on magazine.
For the analog purists - as far as I could see from randomly checking it it contains a significant portion of digital content nowadays.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
bmattock
Veteran
Canceling a subscription is so much like "Take that, you *******s!"
I just let 'em lapse if they don't do anything for me anymore.
I liked that one a couple years ago, but the cover price after the trip to the US...tsk. Same for one of my favorite magazines, AP.
I just let 'em lapse if they don't do anything for me anymore.
I liked that one a couple years ago, but the cover price after the trip to the US...tsk. Same for one of my favorite magazines, AP.