Jay Abend

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Digital Darkroom
Digital Print Display
How To Mount And Frame Your Ink Jet Masterpieces
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2001

Oh, what a world we live in. Cell phones the size of a pack of chewing gum, 200 channels of cable TV, the Internet and digital cameras that anyone can afford. As technology marches forward everyone seems to get all wrapped up in the hardware...

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Expand Your Horizons
Consider New Film Developer Combinations
Jay Abend  |  Feb 01, 1999

One of the truly liberating aspects of shooting black and white film is the relatively low cost of setting up and maintaining your own darkroom. When moving to a new studio recently, I was forced to break down my existing darkroom and consider whether to...

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Fill The Frame
Making The Most Of Medium Format
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 1998

Medium format cameras are hot, and with good reason. While many predicted that 35mm advancements would slowly signal the demise of bulky medium format cameras, the exact opposite has happened. Advances in film technology now make it possible to get nearly...

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Flashkon 2000 Linear Monolight
Wider Is Better
Jay Abend  |  May 01, 2001

Over the years I've seen a lot of weird and bizarre photo products. While the photo market is a relatively modest niche all by itself, there are always those willing to cater to the sub-niches and micro-niches within. When a Flashkon 2000...

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For Fun And Profit
Making Money With Event Imaging
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 2001

Shooting professionally or even semiprofessionally is the goal of many camera owners. With digital photography, more and more good photographers are finding that their existing photography skills and the instant results...

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Film Photography Reviews
Fuji NPH 400 Professional
Fuji ReInvents Fast Color Negative Film
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 2002

I knew this would happen. I knew that just as digital cameras got really good and really inexpensive we'd see lots of great film stock. I'll admit that my own shooting, whether for clients or personal amusement, is mostly digital...

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Digital DarkroomPortraiture
Getting Skin Tones Right
Digital Portrait Techniques
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2002

While it's clear to every serious photographer that digital cameras will eventually replace film as we know it, there's still cause for concern with the skin tone of digital portraits.

Unless...

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Lighting
Getting The Right Light
Affordable Solutions To Expensive Problems
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 2000

If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times, photography is all about light: where the light is coming from, how it hits your subject, how you expose your film to capture it, etc. Since my profession involves getting the right kind of light...

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Hasselblad Zeiss Telephoto Power Pack
A 300mm f2.0 APO Redefines MF Sports Photography
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2003

Hasselblad Zeiss Telephoto

When you think about really long, really fast glass, you naturally think of 35mm. I have owned both Hasselblad and Mamiya RZ systems for years, and the longest lens I own is a 180mm. I'm like most shooters--I think of compact and portable 35mm as the...

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Lighting
Hot Lights Are Cool
How To Mix Tungsten And Flash Lighting For Great Results
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 2000

There was an era long before my time when a pro photographer shot with big, heavy, hot tungsten lighting. In the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, hot lights were the state of the art. Giant 1k, 2k, and 5k tungsten fixtures from Hollywood suppliers flooded the...

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