Dr. Stein's Photographic Establishment

Dr. Stein's Photographic Establishment

Photographic Life In The Little Studio

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  • The Exhibition Catalogue

    The Exhibition Catalogue

    One of the hardest books to write – and the easiest to illustrate – is an exhibition catalogue. It can also be one of the dullest. A lot of my photographic bookshelves contain these sorts of thing. I have purchased them from second-hand shops as examples of a famous photographer’s work. Often these are the…

    Dick Stein

    May 26, 2023
    Art, Collecting, Commercial theatre, Culture, Design, Exhibitions, Illustration, images, Photography, Promotions, Uncategorized
    Art, catalogue images, Exhibitions
  • An Attack Of The Moralities

    An Attack Of The Moralities

    The recent and on-going kerfuffle about AI generation of images has prompted me to examine my own ethics when it comes to making use of other people’s images. For years I have cheerfully shot pictures in art galleries of the interesting things on display. I comment on them, but never claim them for my own.…

    Dick Stein

    May 25, 2023
    Uncategorized, Photography, Legalities, Art, Design, Exhibitions, Digital, copyright, amateur photography, images, copying
    AI, Art, images, Internet
  • The Raising Of Wild Hares

    The Raising Of Wild Hares

    When the day slows and you seem to have run out of things to do, settle down in a chair and concoct a scheme. This need not be world domination or pyramid selling or anything like that. It can be as simple as a plan for a new palatial dwelling to be built on the…

    Dick Stein

    May 24, 2023
    Advertising, amateur photography, Art, Bad ideas, Design, Finances, Good ideas, Photographic Education, planning, Uncategorized
    desires, ideas, lusts, stark reality
  • The Second Time You Leap Off The Cliff

    The Second Time You Leap Off The Cliff

    This is not about love affairs or business ventures…it’s about home-designed engineering. The fine art of making a limousine out of a kiddy-car and a bag of dead fish. In my case I have a car so no need for the smelly Roller. But I always need newer and weirder photographic gear, and the prices…

    Dick Stein

    May 22, 2023
    Accessories, amateur photography, Design, Digital, Equipment, ergonomics, frugality, Good ideas, Lighting, Photography, Professional photography, self-reliance, Studio Photography, Uncategorized
    LED, Lighting, Studio, Video
  • The Answer To A Scientific Question…

    The Answer To A Scientific Question…

    Can be yes, no, or perhaps…sometimes. The value that you derive from asking depends entirely upon your willingness to listen carefully and to think about what you hear. The idea of not taking no for an answer lies in the realms of tyrants and used car salesmen. I have wondered for some time if there…

    Dick Stein

    May 22, 2023
    Uncategorized, Cameras, Equipment, Photographic Education, Design, Professional photography, Digital, Good ideas, amateur photography, images, experiment
    acceptance, results, science, testing
  • When Does Frugal And Sensible Behaviour Start To Say…

    When Does Frugal And Sensible Behaviour Start To Say…

    ” Bah. Humbug. “ When it starts to see people spending money they do not have on items they do not need. Then discarding these for newer goods upon the urging of advertisers. Of course the miser will be scorned by those who have the shiny new toys, and those who wish they could have…

    Dick Stein

    May 21, 2023
    Advertising, amateur photography, Bad ideas, Business, Cameras, critics, Digital, Equipment, Exhibitions, experiment, Finances, frugality, Good ideas, Illustration, Photography, planning, Professional photography, Retro, self-reliance, Uncategorized
    commercial promotion, common sense, frugality
  • If It’s Not A Hustle, It’s A Side Hustle.

    If It’s Not A Hustle, It’s A Side Hustle.

    Or else it’s nothing…so the Internet seems to think. Everything is a sale. I want to write and illustrate a book. The topic will be scale model tabletop photography. I am assured there is ample technical support for writing and editing it, publishing, and promoting it, selling and branding and optimising…and it sounds like a…

    Dick Stein

    May 20, 2023
    Advertising, amateur photography, Art, Books, Business, Culture, Digital, editing, experiment, frugality, Good ideas, Illustration, Photography, Professional photography, Uncategorized
    Art, Business, money, Publishing
  • If You Could Point And Shoot…

    If You Could Point And Shoot…

    Would you? Or would you insist on changing a lens, a setting, a point of view, the subject, or your underwear? Are you capable of accepting things as they are without feeling the need to change? If you are a camera designer or software developer, the answer to these questions is always ” No ”…

    Dick Stein

    May 19, 2023
    amateur photography, Cameras, Design, Equipment, Film, Good ideas, Kodak, Photography, Uncategorized
    Film, Kodak, simplicity
  • Tape It Up, Tony

    Tape It Up, Tony

    It looks silly. It looks naff. It looks cheap. But it makes you look. And that is why there are twin stripes of yellow reflecting tape wound round everything in the studio. Every tripod leg, light stand leg, studio stand arm…and as many levers, clamps, and hazards as I can find. I have briefly considered…

    Dick Stein

    May 17, 2023
    amateur photography, Business, Digital, Legalities, Photography, Professional photography, Security, Studio, Studio Photography, Uncategorized
    safety, Security, studio hazards
  • When You Don’t Know What To Do

    When You Don’t Know What To Do

    You sometimes do far better than otherwise. This sentiment may not apply to flying multi-engine airplanes, but the act of videoing them at the local airport is more forgiving. at least you can come back next week even if you crash. A friend has purchased a long Sigma zoom lens for his Nikon DSLR camera…

    Dick Stein

    May 17, 2023
    Accessories, Action photography, Aircraft, amateur photography, Cameras, Digital, Equipment, ergonomics, experiment, Good ideas, Lenses, Nikon, Photography, Uncategorized
    Airports, experimenting, long lenses
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