A brief note about some of my recent images on my photoblog. I’ve been scanning some black & white negatives that I’ve recently rediscovered, not having had access to a darkroom for many years now. I was fortunate to find the Epson V350 scanner, which is a low end flatbed scanner with an option to scan slides and negatives. It actually does a surprisingly clean scan, and can pick up some great shadow detail.

Which brings me to my point about dark images. Looking at them on my computer screen, they seem to be at the very edge of acceptable in terms of exposure. I tend to like images on the dark scale of things anyway, enjoying picking out the most subtle details in the shadow areas.

There is an eleven grade exposure guide at the bottom left of the photoblog screen, and if you like me, can clearly see the differentiation between the black rectangle and the rectangle immediately to its right, then you are probably seeing a very close approximation of what I am.

In any case, if the images do appear far too dark, please check the exposure guide, and feel free to drop me a comment.