[AGL] Ewie website

[Bill Irwin]

www.BillIrwinphotography.com

Surprised that you couldn't find it on Google, but since I have become a
neo-famous web photographer there has been a lot of Bill Irwin's pop up!!?

Aren't all subjects related anyway?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <blacky at cbn.net.id>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:46 PM
Subject: [AGL] Ewie website



> I would appreciate having the URL for Ewie's website. Tried to google it

> up but got nowhere.

>

> And one peeve: doesn't anybody have the energy to take the time to fill in

> a new, and appropriate, subject in the proper space when launching off on

> a new topic?

>

> Jesus Joseph and Mary people go all over the place with the "Reply" to any

> given topic. Come on folks (old folks), it's only a few keystrokes more.

> And it will be appreciated by your potential readers (or deleters).

>

> Whew.

>

> BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

>

>

> > Mike and John,

> > Yeah, you city cats who live in high rises in the middle of large

colonies

> > beneath the dark brown cloud, seeing so many faces every day, idolizing

a

> > photographer of, well, geeks...It figures, shoot what you see. Not that

I

> > don't appreciate the late Ms. Arbus, but a little goes a long way.

> >

> > While I'm not into landscape art (bluebonnets in Texas, desert scapes in

> > NM,

> > etc), photos of non-human natural subjects are my preference. I once

> > watched

> > a UT grad and onetime fellow student named Jim Bones photograph plants

for

> > inclusion in the Seeds of Change catalogue, not easy but beautiful when

> > done

> > well. BTW, that catalogue has superb photography. If you want to study

> > photos of people I recommend the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition,

> > currently available on the web with Brazilian models included...

> >

> > Ewie, a friend for 50 years and a genuine Renaissance man, shoots

> > everything, with a 4X5, and does a dammed good job of it. He probably

> > prints

> > more in a week (when he isn't globetrotting) than you guys do in a year.

> > Check out his website. Not to say that he is all knowing and perfect (he

> > doesn't spell well) but he does spend lots of time outdoors where the

> > faces

> > are few and the subjects and the light change with the seasons.

> > G

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster at hotmail.com>

> > To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:17 AM

> > Subject: Re: [AGL] Mike Attack

> >

> >

> >> <IMHO, a photographer should be allowed to shoot one sunset a

> >> year.

> >>

> >> my taste in photography is more oriented towards Diane Arbus.>

> >>

> >> Mike-- I couldn't agree more.

> >>

> >> Jon

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> >From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>

> >> >Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the

> >> >60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >> >To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the

> >> >60s"<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >> >Subject: Re: [AGL] Mike Attack

> >> >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:01:59 -0600

> >> >

> >> >i hadnt seen the bottom part of Ewie's supercilious email.

> >> >

> >> >Ewie, you do nature photography, right?

> >> >

> >> >IMHO, a photographer should be allowed to shoot one sunset a

> >> >year.

> >> >

> >> >my taste in photography is more oriented towards Diane Arbus.

> >> >

> >> >like Hans Otto a professional photographer on our list, having

> >> >learnt how photography is/has been done starting with t-shirts

> >> >ruined by doing chemical processing, i dont need your introductory

> >> >instruction on color casts and what it doesnt say on the little yellow

> >> >boxes. and your advice to get my monitor adjusted because i seem

> >> >to be a self-admitted computer something. this from a guy who cant

> >> >do multiplication by threes.

> >> >

> >> >weren't you the guy with the self-nullifying philosophy mantra a

> >> >few threads back on this list?

> >> >

> >> >i met you briefly at a Dave Moriaty party. you didnt want to talk

> >> >about your heroic sailboat adventure that landed you in Hawaii

> >> >in one piece. you are married to a chinese woman and we have

> >> >met your ex-wife who does artistry hereabouts involving birdcages.

> >> >

> >> >well howdy there pardner. Dave Martinez told me he used to

> >> >room with you in Austin

> >> >

> >> >on a not unrelated subject, when is the next reunion? where

> >> >everyone, even me, is invited to.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >----- Original Message -----

> >> >From: "Bill Irwin" <billi at aloha.net>

> >> >To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

> >> ><austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:31 PM

> >> >Subject: Re: [AGL] Mike Attack

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > > Mike, maybe you don't understand this resolution thing, it is

> > confusing.

> >> > > The D5 does not produce a 39meg file, if it did they would be

> >> >advertising

> >> > > the fact all over the place.

> >> > > Here is a quote from the Cannon site:

> >> > > File size:

> >> > > (1) Large/Fine: Approx. 4.6MB (4,368 x 2,912) (2) Large/Normal

2.3MB

> >> > > (4,368

> >> > > x 2,912) (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 2.7MB (3,168 x 2,112) (4)

> >> >Medium/Normal:

> >> > > Approx. 1.4MB (3,168 x 2,112) (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 2.0MB (2,496

x

> >> > > 1,664)

> >> > > (6) Small/Normal: Approx. 1.0MB (2,496 x 1,664) (7) RAW: Approx.

> > 12.9MB

> >> > > (4,368 x 2,912)

> >> > >

> >> > > If it could produce a 39meg file they would certainly say so.

> >> > >

> >> > > I didn't see Polidori's photos but if they all look a little blue

to

> > you

> >> > > that may be a sign that you monitor is not color corrected.  Since

> >> you

> >> > > seem

> >> > > to be a computer buff I guess you know that monitors do not always

> >> >display

> >> > > the correct colors and for critical work they need to be calibrated

> >> so

> >> > > things have the correct color.   I have been doing this stuff for a

> > few

> >> > > years and it is true if a scene is illuminated just by sky light

> >> only

> >> >such

> >> > > as in the shade,  can have a bit of a blue cast.  But if you have a

> > blue

> >> > > sky

> >> > > that means you have the sun out and scenes in sunlight never have

> >> this

> >> > > blue

> >> > > cast - the engineers at Kodak have figured this out and make their

> > film

> >> >to

> >> > > show pretty damn good colors.

> >> > >

> >> > > Better get your monitor calibrated if you want to peruse a career

as

> >> >photo

> >> > > critic.

> >> > > Aloha

> >> > >

> >> > > ----- Original Message -----

> >> > > From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

> >> > >

> >> > >

> >> > >> Ewie,

> >> > >>

> >> > >> You've got the numbers right and wrong at the same time.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> The Canon D5's sensor is 35.8 x 23.9 mm, the same size

> >> > >> as a frame of 35mm film. It has 12.7 million pixels, its

> >> > >> maxiumum resolution being 4368 x 2912. Multiply that

> >> > >> and you get 12.7 million. Then multiply 3x for the 3 primary

> >> > >> colors and the raw file size is 39Megs, the same in effect as

> >> > >> the 40Megs you mention.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> Same as your camera and scanner without the muss and bother of

> >> > >> film and chemical darkrooms.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> As for speed, this camera shoots 3 frames a second in

> >> > >> burst mode. The specs do not supply shutter lag time

> >> > >> if any. Body is made of magnesium, the lightest metal.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> $2700 is Amazon's discount price for the camera new.

> >> > >> It will take some years before a used one will come

> >> > >> close enough to my money comfort zone, maybe never.

> >> > >> Meanwhile, i will use film in my Canon cameras,

> >> > >> process the slides, chose the keepers, scan them

> >> > >> for $1.90 a frame, correct the scan's levels in Photoshop,

> >> > >> and print on 8x11 inch glossy fake photography paper.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> Meanwhile, looking at Polidori's indoor shots of ruined

> >> > >> interiors in post-Katrina New Orleans, it is hard to overlook

> >> > >> the blue color casts of his incompetence. He was shooting

> >> > >> without a flash indoors on a sunny day. Objects in the

> >> > >> shadow on a sunny day are of course illuminated by

> >> > >> the blue light of the sky. So photos not shot in direct

> >> > >> light, sunlight or flash, are caca: Aunt Tilly under a tree when

> >> > >> she comes back from the drugstore is colored blue. They

> >> > >> don't tell you about that on the little yellow boxes. Might

> >> > >> reduce sales.

> >> > >>

> >> > >> Mike

> >> > >>

> >> > >>

> >> > >> > Well, Mike the Cannon D5 is a nice camera and I would like

> >> somebody

> >> >to

> >> > >> > give

> >> > >> > me one but it is 3 times the price of a Cannon Elan7 and scanner

> >> >combo.

> >> > >> > Another problem for me with expensive cameras is the problem of

> > them

> >> > >> > getting

> >> > >> > stolen, I had one stolen in China but it was only a $500 loss,

> > can't

> >> > >> > afford

> >> > >> > the $3000 loss.  A 35mm slide scanned at 4000 DPI comes to about

> >> 40

> >> > >> > meg,

> >> > >> > the

> >> > >> > Cannon D5 only 12.8 meg.  I don't know if the Cannon has this

> > problem

> >> > > but

> >> > >> > many digital cameras have a significant lag between pushing the

> >> >shutter

> >> > >> > and

> >> > >> > the actual scan making them a little difficult for capturing

fast

> >> > > action.

> >> > >> > Film cameras only 1/60 sec. or less.

> >> > >> >

> >> > >> > Now if you are a real purest you can get the Hasselblad for only

> >> > >> > $31,995

> >> > >> > but

> >> > >> > sill you will not get the resolution of a scanned 35mm slide.

> >> But

> > if

> >> > > you

> >> > >> > are a real resolution fanatic get the 4x5 camera - the only way

> >> to

> >> >go!!

> >> > >> > You

> >> > >> > can buy them on Ebay for around $500.

> >> > >> >

> >> > >> > The processing of color film is a bit of a problem but you can

do

> > it

> >> > >> > yourself or send it out.  Doing it yourself and sending it out

> >> cost

> >> > > about

> >> > >> > the same price.  Only problem is not instant gratification.

Some

> > art

> >> > >> > forms

> >> > >> > require a little work.

> >> > >> >

> >> > >

> >> > >

> >> >

> >>

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