In this series of articles I try to discuss some aspects of mastering the craft of photography and get that out of the way, in order to enable photographers to concentrate on the more important creative aspects.
I am not saying that a non-technical approach will not work, for some types of photography it is the only way and I think that’s great.
I am looking at a photographic equivalent of the technical process behind the craft of artists like, let’s say masters in painting, without attempting one second to imply that mastering such a process will by default enable you to come even close to their artistic value. But without technical prowess you will not be able to reach into all the depths of any technical artistic craft or art form.
When discussing photography people often concentrate on cameras. ‘What camera did you use for that photograph’ or, my favorite, ‘That is a beautiful picture, you must be using an expensive camera’.
That’s not a big problem but we tend to forget that a camera is not much more than a light tight box whit a hole in it. The actual subject is transferred to your film or sensor by a lens…
Read MoreNow that we have our digital negative we need to transform that into a perfect digital original, fit for digital processing and printing.
We are going to …
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