Drew Medlin is a self-taught B&W fine art photographer based in the Southwestern US. Working primarily in black and white, his photography spans several genres, including: landscape, still life, abstract, lightning, and astrophotography. Drew has been interested in photography for many years now, and it has become his primary method of expressing his creative vision. Lightning is one of the subjects that has held his interest the longest: it’s become… Continue reading | 2 Comments

The first in a series of FAQ’s on a variety of topics but always related to Black and White fine art photography. A collection of questions I’ve received over the years and that I’ve always answered to, and still keep responding to. So it’s about time to publish them in a series. If you’d like to see any questions answered that you think might be a great help to others… Continue reading | 13 Comments

Matt Toynbee

Matt Toynbee is a fine art landscape photographer based in the South East of England who’s very passionate about where he lives. Matt views being a photographer a chance to explore and discover unusual and interesting locations, and by representing these through art he tries to share his passion for these places. Matt enjoys an enthusiastic Internet fan-base and has been featured on several Digital and Analogue photography… Continue reading | 8 Comments

Luca Cesari

I was born in Italy in 1984 and have started seriously with photography in 2008.
My favorite subjects are dreamy landscapes; I really can’t get enough of all those splendid moments spent creating something beautiful, which can make my thoughts travel back to the place and arise deep passionate feelings.
My first approach on processing involved a lot of HDR’s and multiple exposure blending; at the moment I’m more and more into ‘getting it all right on site’ and, while still believing that an effective manipulation in the digital darkroom is essential to get the pre-visualized images (especially when dealing with Black and White images), I now try to capture the best negative in just one RAW file. Graduated Neutral Density filters help me on that. Continue reading

Jeff Gaydash

This week’s guest writer is Jeff Gaydash. Jeff Gaydash has a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in photography from The College For Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. He was a partner in a photographic and digital imaging studio for 6 years and is now a web developer for Wunderman Team Detroit working on Ford Motor Company business. Jeff has recently made a conscious decision to move away from Continue reading | 14 Comments

Regan Shercliffe

This week’s guest writer is Regan Shercliffe and he writes about the use of Tilt Shift lenses in B&W fine arts photography.

Regan is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Luther College at the University of Regina in Regina Saskatchewan Canada. He has been taking pictures for a number of years but has become a more serious student of photography over the last year.

Regan’s Continue reading | 15 Comments

Joel Tjintjelaar

How to calculate the exposure time?

Choosing the right exposure time when using ND filters can be quite confusing.

First of all, do a light metering without the ND filter. Most DSLR’s have a built-in light metering function. Just set your camera to aperture priority (AV for Canon, A for Nikon), select the aperture you want to use and press

Joel Tjintjelaar

Last week’s Part 1 of this series was just some basic information about long exposure photography. Today I’m going to discuss some more technical subjects.

The difference between light and dark ND filters

There’s a wide range of ND filters to choose from. There are ND filters starting from 1 stops to 10 stops. But

Joel Tjintjelaar

It’s no secret that I love long exposures. However, I already declared and explained my love for long exposure photography in another article. This article isn’t about why I make long exposures, it’s about the filters I use to make the long exposure.

Joel Tjintjelaar

In part 1 of this series I discussed when and why you can or should use the HDR techniques in your photography. In this final part I will discuss how you can use HDR specifically for B&W.

Bringing up the structure

HDR really brings up the structure of objects, especially objects like wood or rocks. It actually depends on how