I was to dumb (or smart enough not) to get into the darkroom processing with my film cams. Nikon loved me but Kodak didn’t, except for the film, so I took a lot of pics, playing with the light for macro and micro. If you are really into the up-close, there are ring lights for most of the better cams. Without a (involved and expensive) studio lighting set up, you get to play with neat/cheap tricks like the blocked flash or bounced light. A Kleenex rubber banded over the flash is fun. Just pointing the flash away from the subject and holding white paper (bounce) with different contours is neat to play with.

For me, the digital ‘lab’ has bee something fantastic for lighting. I wish I had more time to just play with that. Yep, after a few years of bitterness when a camera bag with 2 bodies and 7 Nikkor lenses was stolen, I tip-toed into digital and am a full convert. We have a true pro in our New England Pixie population you should be talking to, DB. I hear he has forgotten more than I’ll ever know about photography.

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