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I found this video of some photography tips. It is labeled Rick Sammon’s Top Ten Digital Photography Tips, but this really applies to all photography, film or digital. This is a pretty elementary video, but probably of use to anyone getting started or in need of some basics.

I found a multi part video interview of Ansel Adams. This includes segments watching Ansel Adams work. This is well worth watching for any photographer.

Ansel Adams talks about becoming a photographer after seeing pictures by Paul Strand. He talks about some of his pictures and how they were taken, how photography differs from painting, black and white versus color photography, and several other topics.

What did Ansel Adams think about electronic imaging? Watch the video and find out.

One rare treat is seeing Adams’ personal art gallery in his home.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Here are more Ansel Adams resources

I’m still a film guy at heart. I have to be. I have hundreds of feet of it in the fridge. That was a joke. Film is just cool.

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It’s just the magic of the chemistry. Don’t get me wrong, digital is cool too, but there’s something about taking some plastic into the dark, bathing it with chemicals and having an image appear that is just absolutely awesome, mystifying and expressive.

So anyway, I was watching the review videos of some high-end consumer cameras, EOS 5D Mark II videos and Nikon D700 videos.

We’re at an incredible moment in photographic history. The amount of capability in these consumer machines is truly amazing even for a neo-Luddite like me. OK so maybe that’s a bit harsh. I am a software guy after all.

And if I ever really did splurge to go all out, my heart gets all fluttery when I look at the EOS 1DS Mark III or the Nikon D3X.

The one thing that still amazes me though is how much the costs of these cameras are above the costs of the professional film cameras that they have replaced. I guess with the cost of processing film it might be worth it. I don’t know. I seem to spend more time with Adobe Photoshop than I should.