21 January 2002 at 9:55 pm
From Sarah Holbrook
1. What kind of equipment
do you use?
2. How did you get interested in photography?
3. Why do you prefer black and white over color pictures?
4. What do you photograph most often?
5. What type of film do you use?
6. Do you process your own film?
7. When did you get interested in photography?
8. How do you know what scenes will look good as a black and white picture?
9. Do you use any special types of filters?
10. What kind of camera do you prefer?
From Cricket Kocisko
1. Do you feel that black and white film properly captures the scenes you see when you travel, because it seems as if not having color film would cause you to lose a lot of the character of the photographs.
2. What are the best kinds of scenes t o photograph in black and white?
3. What kinds of photographs do you like to take in back and white (architectural, portraits, landscapes...)?
4. Do you photograph more indoors or outdoors?
5. Do you ever take any black and white portraits?
6. When you travel, do you ever use color film?
7. Do you use a darkroom just for black and white film or do you do a lot of color film developing as well?
8. How for have you traveled to take pictures?
9. How often do you travel specifically to photograph?
10. What do you do with your black and white prints (sell, display, store, etc.)?
From Mike Johnson
1. Are there subjects that are shot better with
B&W film? What makes
them better?
2. How do you develop an eye for B&W shots?
3. With your travels in Europe, what cities are the best to photograph
in B&W?
4. Do you get any special access to places in Europe, to perhaps get an
angle normal toursits don't have access? If so how?
5. How did you get into B&W?
6. When traveling around, how do you keep from calling attraction to
your camera equipment, if possible? I ask because many thieves look for
travelers with expensive things like cameras to steal from.
7. What kind of films do you carry when you travel?
8. What types of subjects do you look for to capture "the essence"
of a
place?
9. How do you prevent your pictures from looking "touristy"?
10. Do you incorporate yourself into your travel photos, if so how do
you do so? Do you empasize yourself or the scenery?
From Kelly Trout
1. How do you set up lighting for black and white photography?
2. What are the best subjects of black and white photography?
3. What type of film do you use?
4. What type of lenses do you use?
5. What influenced you to go into photography?
6. Is there any other area of photography you would want to work in?
7. Do you prefer to develop your own photographs?
8. What is the most difficult aspect of black and white photography?
9. What type of schooling did you have for photography?
10. Do you prefer black and whiter or color prints?
From Meredith Long
1. What attracts you to black and white photography over color?
2. When did you become interested in photography?
3. How long after that did you decide to specialize in black and white?
4. How do you know if your picture came out the way you wanted if the subject is in vivid color?
5. Do you use the gray card often when metering the light for black and white pictures?
6. Why travel photography over everyday, or studio photography?
7. Where do you travel to?
8. What essential equipment do you take with you if you have to travel light?
9. What is the hardest part about being on location?
10. Do you travel with a team of travel photographers, or do you go on trips alone?
From Daniel Bolding
1. Which do you like better black and white or color photography?
2. Which do you think has more of an artistic affect?
3. What kind of lighting do you use in B & W photography?
4. Does film speed make much of a difference in black and white photography as it does in color?
5. What brand and speed of film do you mostly use?
6. Do you ever do B & W sports photography?
7. Do you think that B & W photography is becoming more rare?
8. How do you think Digital photography will affect B & W photography?
9. How long have you been into Photography?
10. What kind of camera do you use and prefer using?
From Courtney Bartie
1. How and when did you become interested in photography?
2. Why do you use black and white over color photographs?
3. How much equipment do you use while traveling?
4. Do you feel it necessary to carry a tripod?
5. What places were your favorite to photograph?
6. Do you always process your own photographs, working in a studio?
7. What is your favorite time of day to take photos while traveling?
8. What film speed do you usually use to ensure good shots?
9. What type of lenses do you prefer?
10. What do you think about digital photography?
From Ryan Grover
1. Do you do any color photography
in house?
2. What specific equipment do you use?
3. Beyond the size of the negative and improved detail, what are advantages
of using medium/large format cameras?
4. What black and white film do you use and why?
5. What problems do you find most challenging when trying to create contrast
on black and white while the image you view with your eye is color?
6. Why Black and White? Is it because of increased Creative Control?
7. Do you find any serious disadvantages by using only black and white?
8. What are your favorite things to shoot?
9. What interested you in black and white photography?
10. Any advice in general for those of use who wish to continue using black
and white?
From Jamison Haile
How long have you been photographing?
Have you won any prestigous awards for your pictures?
What are your main subjects? Do you enjoy people, still life, animals, or architecture?
Do you develop your own photos?
How long have you been photographing? in black and white?
What initially interested you in photography?
How often do you get to photograph for leisure purposes?
Who is your favorite photographer?
What is your inspiration for black and white photography?
From Gordon Lay
1. Has the technology in
black and white photography changed much over the years or is it basically the
same process.
2. Have you used digital cameras and a computer to create black and white photos?
If so how did you feel about the results.
3. Do you feel that there will always be a demand for black and white photographs?
4. When did you first become interested in black and white photography?
5. How long did it take you before you became comfortable in a darkroom?
6. What types of lens do you use most often when doing travel photography?
7. Do you use flash as often in black and white photography as it is used in
color photos?
8. Is there any special education or classes needed to work in this line of
business.
9. What is the most beautiful place you have ever photographed?
10. Has your job ever placed you in a dangerous situation.
From Jill Hearn
1. Do you use a flash differently
when taking B&W pictures?
2. Does the camera recognize that the film is B&W and meter accordingly?
3. Do you find that B&W's are more appealing to the eye than color pictures?
4. What is the best subject for B&W photos?
5. Is it possible to take a B&W picture at night?\
6. Do you prefer to develop your own pictures?
7. What types of filters do you personally use when taking B&W pictures?
8. What film speed do you prefer?
9. Do you take only B&W or do you experiment with color as well?
10. What are the advantages to B&W film?
From Rachel Sheridan 12:30 Monday
1. What is the first thing
you look for when traveling and taking pictures?
2. What are some of the best places you have traveled for photography?
3. What has been the most exciting place that you have ever been to take
pictures?
4. Why do you choose black and white over color?
5. What is your favorite thing about using black and white film?
6. If you had to pick one picture that you have taken as your favorite, what
would it be and why?
7. If you could recomend one place to go to take pictures where would it
be?
8. When traveling, do you prefer to take pictures of wildlife, landscape,
architecture, or just whatever the place is known for?
9. Why photography? With so many other choices for a career why choose
photography?
10. If you had to give one piece of advice to amature photographers what
would it be?
From Jennifer Vaughn (late)
1. What is the best time of the day you like to take your black and white photographs?
2. Why do you prefer the black and white to the color photographs?
3. What is the best lens and camera to use for black and white photographs?
4. Do you find that the best of your images are of historical reference? Ie: mills, old churches, barns, etc….
5. Do you like to photograph wildlife or landscape pictures better?
6. Why did you decide to become a photographer?
7. Where did the inspiration for black and white photography originate from?
8. What's your favorite picture you have taken?
9. Is there a photographer you admire and if so, whom? Why?
10. Does photography affect your personal family life?
From Kymm Brown (late)
1) What kind of developer
do you use?
2) Do you use plastic or stainless steel tanks and reels?
3) How long did it take you to get really good at loading the film in the
dark?
4) How long have you been developing?
5) Is photography a hobby of yours or is it strictly a job?
6) When did you become interested in photography and development?
7) Did you learn strictly through experience or through a class of some sort
as well?
8) How long have you been in this field?
9) How long does it take you to process one roll of film now that you are
experienced?
10) Do you have any special agents that you use to speed up the processing
and developing?
From Jamie Martin (late)
1. Did you find the darkroom process frustrating
when you first began?
2. Did you ever want to abandon this hobby/profession due to frustrations or
"hurdles"?
3. Did this career start out as a hobby or did you go right into B&W photography
as a career?
4. What was the one aspect of B&W photography that made you chose B&W
over color photography?
5. How long did it take you to get to the current level of photographic skill
that you are at?
6. What kind of schooloing or education did you obtain? or did you learn by
"hands on"?
7. How has your career affected your personal lifestyle? Do you feel it would
be better to be single in this profession or do you even think it has has an
impact on your personal life?
8. Do you admire any particular "photographers of note"---Ansel Adams,
Lewis Hine??? If so, why? What is it about that photographer that you admire??
Do you find your self following them??
9. Do you aspire to go beyond the level that you are at? What will it take to
get there? More education, more publicity, more years in the field of B&W
photography.....etc.
10. If there was one piece of advice you could give concerning B&W photography,
what would it be? Was there something you learned the hard way?
From Leah Edwards (late)
1. What is the best picture you have
ever taken and what makes it the best?
2. What is the most you have ever push processed film?
3. How much can you push process film before the results aren't worth the effort?
4. In what situations does push processing actually help the quality of the
image?
5. In general would you perfer to push process film or process it normally?
6. What are some of the benefits of black and white photography over color photography?
7. When did you start your career in photography?
8. What first interested you in photography?
9. Do the people who come into the studio for portraits have particular instructions
or do they usually let you set them up the way you want?
10.What is the most difficult shot you have ever taken?
From Emma Manning (late)
1. When did you become involved in photography?
2. What made you choose black and white photography?
3. What do you feel is the difference between black and white and color photos?
4. How long did you work in the darkroom before you felt like an expert?
5. Do you have any special techniques that help you to develop your pictures well?
6. Do you have any favorite brands of solution that you think develop you pictures better than others?
7. Do you have any horror stories about the darkroom?
8. Do you prefer to develop your own pictures or to have someone else develop them?
9. Do you enjoy the process of developing your own film more then actually taking the pictures?
10. Do you still enjoy color prints?