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Good news! Well, news.
I’ve re-jigged my ‘City and Flowers’ zine – pinhole photos of flowers and Birmingham.
It’s now got:
* More pictures
* Less price – it’s only £5.50
Follow the link for a preview: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10175648-city-and-flowers-3
This is my set up and process for ‘scanning’ negatives. That is making positive, digital copies of pictures from film negatives.
The usual way of doing this is using a scanner. But – unless you have a zillion-pound, wet-mount drum scanner – you’ll probably be using a flatbed scanner. I haven’t had any joy getting good results out of a flatbed.
I get much better results using a digital camera, a tripod, a light pad and a homemade negative holder. I process the scans in Lightroom and Photoshop. (They are photos of negatives, not scans as such, but I’m going to call them scans.)
Continue reading “‘Scanning’ film negatives”News! This zine has been reissued: https://blog.dankspangle.com/re-issued-improved-city-and-flowers-zine
My new book (well, more of a zine), City and Flowers.
Photos of a city (Birmingham) and flowers (roses, carnations, gerbera, and others) taken with an ONDU pinhole camera.
You can get it here: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10175648-city-and-flowers-3
Literally photographs of streets. Road markings, orphan gloves, unpaired shoes, dead balloons, lost flowers.
Buy it here: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9698239-dank-spangle-street-photo…
“The first Foyer Arts Exhibition, curated by Participate In Art in partnership with the Royal Porcelain Works, is presenting the incredible works of Worcester based stereo-graphic projection and nature photographer – Anthony Pearson.”
I wouldn’t call myself a’ nature photographer’ (or my works ‘incredible’) but nice words. Thanks PIA.
Open daily from 9:30am to 4:30pm.
The Foyer of the Royal Porcelain Works, Severn Street, Worcester, WR1 2NE