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Governor’s Island

Posted on August 25, 2009 by cschulze22

Last weekend I took a ferry to Governor’s Island to see the progress being made to turning the former army post into a preservation/park. Being an urban island undergoing environmental change, I immediately began to compare it to Treasure Island in SF. Like Treasure Island, a large portion is man-made out of land fill. Also, both islands played host to military posts. However, the big difference I immediately discovered between the two islands is how each city plans to transform … Continue reading →

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Are Pricey Monitors the Answer to Good Prints?

Posted on August 17, 2009 by cschulze22

One of my good photo friends emailed me today with a question about whether or not “people without access to pro-level gear are more or less fucked” when it comes to making decent prints of their photographs. My answer to this is yes and no. Yes, if you don’t want to learn how to print. No, if you are open to learning certain techniques in Photoshop that will help you bypass the lack of fancy equipment. The article which he … Continue reading →

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I’m In Brooklyn

Posted on August 5, 2009 by cschulze22

View From My Back Window©Corinne Schulze For anyone who doesn’t know yet, I have made the voyage across the middle of this vast country to the other coast in order to pursue my MFA in Photography at SVA this fall. So far I am liking it a lot. I’m not missing being gainfully employed and I have settled into reading some of my summer books. I’m in the middle of reading A New History of Photography and also Modern Art … Continue reading →

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Et tu Kodak?

Posted on June 23, 2009 by cschulze22

Well, it happened, Kodak has finally retired it’s infamous kodachrome transparency film. I remember when I started using it 6 years ago in an attempt to get richer colors in my digital scans. What I got was a pain in my ass. The film is awesomely archival, but, alas, did not translate so well in the Nikon film scanner. I also remember having to send it off to Kodak, since there were like only two places in the country that … Continue reading →

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