{"id":1164,"date":"2010-11-07T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365cameras.com\/blog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2012-05-06T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T15:19:50","slug":"photography-site-of-the-day-the-light-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/365cameras.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/photography-site-of-the-day-the-light-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography Site of the Day – The Light Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though some think of those of us who are committed to film photography as anachronistic, film offers experiences that digital still can’t offer or can’t without much manipulation.<\/p>\n

That’s not just snobbery, that’s the way it is. It’s a different medium.<\/p>\n

While we’re all happy that film is still available, we have been losing emulsions and film sizes. That seems to be inevitable with the thirst for the quick fix that a digital camera offers.<\/p>\n

With that said, that’s been the way it has been in photography since the beginning. Some processes replace others. We’ve had several different ways of making film and paper emulsions over the years. Some dedicated people keep the older processes alive after the general population moves on.<\/p>\n

That’s where The Light Farm<\/a> comes in. It’s tag line is: A Cooperative of Photographers – Artists, Scientists, Historians – Dedicated to the Renaissance of Handcrafted Silver Gelatin Emulsions <\/p>\n

Just picking through some of the topics that are covered on the site are:<\/p>\n

Paper and Coating
\nDigital Negatives
\nKitchen Lab Emulsions
\nContact Printing Paper
\nPrinting Out Paper
\nToning and Color Control
\nSilvergum Printing
\nGlass Negatives
\nDry Plate Photography
\nArtisan Film Negatives
\nOdds & Ends
\nLiterature List
\nUnpatented Pending
\nHistorical Films
\nGalleries<\/p>\n

For many people, currently available digital or film technology are satisfying enough.<\/p>\n

Many others follow the quest to have total control, to have a distinct feel, to recreate the past, to preserve history, or to keep analog processes alive in a dwindling marketplace.<\/p>\n

Lest you think this is totally impractical and that digital processes are totally eschewed, or at least incompatible with analog content, here’s an article that gives a nod to how computers and older processes can work well together. Silvergum Printing<\/a><\/p>\n

Please excuse me, I have some more reading to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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