Southern Ohio Photography Services and Zone System Testing

 

Photopraphy Services for Southern Ohio

..............and darkroom help.

neg1224.jpg
Midnight December 24, 1995

RICH TONES ARE EASY TO CAPTURE
geyser.jpg
WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR TRUE FILM SPEED

boat.jpg
Lobster boat 9758

PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES.

Digital or Film still photography. Digital video.

Serving Southern Ohio,

Kentucky, and West Virginia

(see serving area map.) QUICK, FREE ESTIMATES.

News media, Magazine, Real Estate,

Insurance, Industrial, Commercial, Sports.

We are able to react in short order to breaking news.

( We like being a newspaper stringer )

 

oldsilo1.jpg
OLD SILO GOLF COURSE

We specialize in news and magazine photography , and take pride in never having missed an assignment. With high resolution digital imaging we can upload the images which match your story in short order. We prefer conventional film & prints, but since the quality is lost on newsprint anyway, we'll compromise and upload the ones and zeroes directly.

Besides, you can undo "photoshop touchup" but, Spotone is forever!

Help for B & W Photographers........... EVERYWHERE.

We make this easy for you.

Free tests and e-mail help,

plus inexpensive testing

and analysis to improve the quality of your

Black & White photographs, and calibrate

your equipment to the

 ZONE SYSTEM!

This is the equivalent of a 200 level college

course for about $ 30.

We de mystify and uncomplicate the

fundamental law  of the Zone System

and enable you to choose an exposure

for a scene that captures detail in both

the shadows and the highlights.

The problem with B & W photography.

This is;

Big! Key!

Fundamental!

       There is only one exposure

 for a scene!!!..........................

 and you'll never know if you're

really using it .........

unless you test.

TESTING For YOU:

No expensive equipment required.

Simple, easy to follow , free instructions.

                                     free e-mail help.

 Very inexpensive negative testing and

 expert analysis.

 ( about what a few rolls of film costs )

Please feel free to use the testing instructions

at no cost, and evaluate the results on your own

by printing test strips.

However, with our 30 + years of darkroom

experience and countless tests of different film

and developer combinations we guarantee

you will save ; film, paper, a lot of time and

guesswork, plus have a more precise film

speed and development time by using us

to test the actual density of your film with a

digital densitometer,  evaluate the results,

and guide you to the correct adjustments

for a minimal fee.

With  years of darkroom experience behind us, and countless tests of various film / developer combinations we've learned a few things.For instance; a particular Nikon F2A, loaded with HP5 at 300 asa, and developed with Rodinal 1/32 for 5 minutes produces 10 negative densities that are exactly one zone apart given one more stop of exposure! These results are impossible to obtain with trial and error.

Welcome to the web site. This site is dedicated to improving your black & white photography. We'll teach you to avoid those muddy, stark, contrasty, images and get you started in the zone system approach without having to earn a Master's in fine art. We also provide thought provoking, quality images for many applications in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.

river.jpg

weeds.jpg

Price Squeeze

cats.jpg

Red Tumbling Arrow 7

jaws.jpg

Tumbling

Tumbling

Tumbling

Price Squeeze

Please note well.
There are no images missing from the site.
If one fails to appear, please refresh your browser. 
If a spreadsheet fails to download, hit the back button
and download again.

BACK TO THE TOP