Notes from the Workshop

On photography, film, music, art, literature, and the creative process in general.

Large (Format) Challenges
Ulrich Büchsenschütz Ulrich Büchsenschütz

Large (Format) Challenges

This headline was to read “Large Format Challenges”, and the blog was supposed to be about large format film photography. I had started thinking about this article back in June, shortly after I had finally acquired a large format camera. But there was too much going on at work and in my life.

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Analog Macro Photography
Ulrich Büchsenschütz Ulrich Büchsenschütz

Analog Macro Photography

Shooting macro photos on film has its merits, has it?
Some thoughts on analog macro photography, some old tricks and why I think it can be fun, mainly because of its limitations.

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Camera Malfunctions
Ulrich Büchsenschütz Ulrich Büchsenschütz

Camera Malfunctions

Modern digital cameras hardly ever malfunction. Not so analog cameras both vintage and brand new.

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Film Negative Archiving  Challenges
Film Photography, Challenges, Archiving Ulrich Büchsenschütz Film Photography, Challenges, Archiving Ulrich Büchsenschütz

Film Negative Archiving Challenges

Now that I’ve found a relatively fast and relatively inexpensive way to create a digital archive of my trove of film negatives, I started pondering to use the upcoming winter to go through about 20 years of negatives. Now, 20 years of negatives sounds like a lot. (…) The more worrying part is actually something else.

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