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Fuji  The film in the green box. Kodak  The film in the yellow box. That's all I knew about photography before I went to school. An I wanted to know more. The biggest mistake many photographers make is to try to shoot a person's whole body, head to toe. I try not to attempt this, unless clothes are important (such as a uniform). Instead, focus on the face. The eyes and mouth are the most important features, so I start there and work out until I have just enough to represent the person. Unlike the human eye, photographic film can't easily handle bright areas and dark shadows, as in direct sunlight, so I use the shade for a narrow tonal ra

So I'm currently in a situation where I know exactly what kind of photography I want to do - and I know how to do it - but I'm finding it's getting progressively harder to do it. And frankly, if you go to a museum and you look at prints done by masters of photography you realize that you cannot get that kind of look with digital paper, especially not if you're doing black and white photography (which I hate). This is partly because of resolution issues - you seriously want to argue digital can compete easily with 8x10 negatives? - and because of the nature of the paper itself. And finally, I want to mention just one more thing that I like

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs. - Marlene Dietrich ps. Wow, she was ellegant AND intelligent. Classy!!!