While most newer DSLRs and mirrorless cameras do a much better job of handling noise, especially at high ISO settings, than previous versions of the same camera, for all the reason above, it’s not going away anytime soon.

During the later 19th and early 20th centuries, Pictorialism was an aesthetic movement that dominated photography. There’s no standard definition of the term but in general it refers to a style where the photographer has manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of creating an image rather than merely recording one.

“Black and white photography is truly quite a ‘departure from reality’, and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.” —Ansel Adams

Business Sunday is taking (at least) a month-long hiatus as I debut a new feature focusing on outdoor portraiture. Let me know  if you would prefer to keep this feature going or would rather I bring back Business Sunday.

At the time I made the photograph of my home, I was working as an engineer for a Great Metropolitan Telephone company and trying to make my way as a professional photographer at nights and  weekends. Just a few years years after I made that photograph, my life drastically changed