Great resource for getting information about Russian cameras and lenses and see sample images taken with them. Actually the site does test many international brands but is very comprehensive with the Russian made ones. Photographer from scratch. Photography training, photography training courses, technique reviews, photography history, lens reviews, camera reviews Source: [PRO] PHOTO. Go and shootRead more
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Lippmann Colour Photography – AlternativePhotography.com
Source: Lippmann Colour Photography – AlternativePhotography.com TL/DR – 1) Interesting technical discussion of one of the earliest color photography methods and 2) a great website that covers alternative photography. Mr. Lippmann won a nobel prize for developing a color photography technique in 1908. He used a interference of light technique where light coming into the glass plate film was also bounced off a mirror behind the plate and thus the image recorded was the resulting combination of incoming light andRead more
The Royal Photographic Society’s whole archive is searchable and viewable for free
This is actually quite amazing! If you like old cameras or study photography or photographers you can search through all the RPS’s journals by keyword. Wow! The RPSJ is the oldest continuously published journal of photography – from 1853 until now. They covered the gear, the people, the techniques, the industry…. What a great resource! Source: The Royal Photographic Society Example link to ‘Best Shots’ Volume 158 Read more
The New York Public Library Digital Collections resource has an amazing number of historic photos.
The New York Public Library Digital Collections have an amazing number of historic photos – including some from early San Francisco where I live. Definitely worth a look – maybe you’ll find something interesting? They have a decent search tool to help go through the archive. Source: Search results – “photography” – NYPL Digital CollectionsRead more