Gordon Hutchings – On Creativity

Photographer Gordon Hutchings weighs in on the creative process in three insightful videos. Read my conversation with Gordon Hutchings here.

Ink Info – Agitate Cartridges to Prevent Sedimentation

Sediment in ink can settle so agitating ink that’s been stationary (for more than a month or three) makes sense. Agitate gently, or you may damage the needle valve in the cartridge. You don’t need to do this for ink in a printer, unless you...

Conversation – Paul Caponigro & John Paul Caponigro

Father and son talk art. Here’s an excerpt. JPC O’Keefe once made the statement “You must learn to love the paint.” I think this quote very much emphasizes the process of being alive to one’s materials. I think the same needs to be said for...

Dan Steinhardt – About Paper / Meaningless Terms

Last week at The Fine Art of Digital Printing workshop The Fine Art of Digital Printing workshop (taking place at Brooks sponsored by Epson) spoke about paper. We always have special guests at these events and we were delighted that Dano was able to come...

Paul Caponigro – HMCP

“The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography is privileged to exhibit a special group of Paul Caponigro’s photographs chosen by HMCP’s Director, Paul Turnbull, from Mr. Caponigro’s voluminous archives. Entitled, “Select Photographs: 1956 thru 2005″, the seventy-five silver gelatin prints can be seen in the museum’s...

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II heralds a new era in DSLRs. Simply. $2,699 21.1 mp HD and SD video – up to 1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 fps Full frame live preview High ISO – 25,600 Low noise Lightweight “The highest level of...

Kevin Ames – Perfectly Imperfect

Kevin Ames found that perfect wasn’t and imperfect was, while he was a special guest during a special session of my Fine Digital Print workshops this week. After years of doing top notch commercial photography, to get the most expressive results from a developing body...

Adobe CS4 – New Features

John Loiacono emphasized three key concepts during his keynote address at Photoshop World in Las Vegas. Timesavers (real speed increases), Integration (transparently with Macromedia products), and Cutting Edge (daring new features). Check out my previous post on this event here. What’s new in Adobe Photoshop...

Adobe Announces CS4

This morning Adobe announced CS4 with a web broadcast demonstrating many new features across the entire product line. In it, John Loiacono (senior vice president of Adobe’s Creative Solutions Business Unit) described CS4 as “The most compelling release in adobe’s history.” Here are three stunning...

Printing – Ideal Viewing Distance

Scale changes ideal viewing distance. To see a 4×5” print you have to get close to it. You can’t see anything but its shape and color from the end of a long hall. To see a 6×10’ print in its entirety you have to stand...