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| Miss_Despotic |
I'd like to draw attention to this amazing lady that I was lucky enough to work with last year. The thing that set Katja apart for me was the fact she works on film (with a box brownie, if I'm not mistaken) she doesn't like the look of digital and I think it shows in her pictures.
Does anyone know of other photographers who work in this way? It's an arduous process, which to some will no doubt seem a little pointless in this day and age, but I found it (and indeed her) fascinating
| 3 Feb 10, 10:13 AM pepperpants UK, 3 yrs |
There are lots of photographers who still work with film, despite the fact that the larger portion of commercial photographers work in digital. There is a specific quality of light that is difficult to acheieve on anything other than medium to large format film and is often specific to longer exposure times. (In my experience--I've also never really looked into the potential of post-editing digitally.) As I understand it, the lenses in many older cameras are not designed for color (being designed pre-color) and tend to give muted results, so getting fabulous color prints from some older models van be a real challenge. (I can't help but wonder what model Katja Mayer uses). Mamiyas and other relatively inexpensive medium formats produce really beautiful color prints. | |
| 3 Feb 10, 11:05 AM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs  |
Ha ha. Are these 'older cameras' 19th century glass plate cameras that you are referring to?
'Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather' - Velvet Underground | |
| 3 Feb 10, 11:13 AM pepperpants UK, 3 yrs |
Whoops. That was stupid. No, I have, for example, about 2 cameras from around the 30's that produce really diffuse color prints regardless of light and exposure times. The fact that color film existed doesn't mean that the lenses that were manufactured were optimalised for color use. Edited 3 Feb 10, 11:15 AM by pepperpants | |
| 3 Feb 10, 2:55 PM ConsciousnessJunkie UK(N), 5 yrs |
Very pretty... however pretty much identical to most other cutting edge fashionista photographers who use digital. Nothing wrong with that of course, fashion is fashion. However I see nothing there that doesn't look like it wasn't done on digital. Fair play to her though, she's clearly getting work from her USP. |
