BlogUpdates Archives - Luigi Barbano Photography

Mar 16

by Luigi Barbano in Black and White Tales, BlogUpdates, FineArt, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: @realDonaldTrump, B&W, B&WTales, Black and White, black and white tales, COVID-19, fine art, fine art printing, fineart, inkjet, inkjet printing, photography

Black and White Tales – Print #10

Another week and another print from the Italian COVID-19 insulation. President Trump made a great tweet to express his sympathy to Italians during this difficult situation. Here is my personal answer. A little edit of my post after few days. Sadly in this world, specially in Italy, if I simply state that this is “my personal answer” to a tweet by President Trump, people wrongly assume it will be a polemic or negative answer before they even watch the video. So here the message to be clear: I love the USA and I really appreciated President Trump tweet!!! . . . Take a look at my Thunderbirds’ Portfolio here. Keep the fight for health and freedom my friends! See you next week! .

Mar 08

Black and White Tales – Print#9

A little tale and some considerations about Corona Virus in Italy. Many friends from the USA asked me about how I’m dealing with the COVID-19 and how is the situation in Italy, so I chose a print that expressed how I’m used to deal with situations limiting my freedom of movement. . . . Follow me here on the blog if you like to have some first hand updates about the Corona virus in Italy. . UPDATE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS IN ITALY – 8th of March 2020 A lot change since I made the video, so I will try to do a daily update of the situation. I will keep this out of the Black and White Tale project to not infect it with the virus and the total craziness going on in Italy right now. .

Black and White Tales, Print #8

A good photograph is not just an image, it also needs to be taken with some ethical principles. “Urbex”, an ugly label shortening Urban Exploration, must be done following good practices with respect for people and their properties. Here a little story about ethic and friendship. . . . This image won an Honorable Mention at the 14th Black and White Spider Awards in 2019. See you next week! .

Feb 10

by Luigi Barbano in BlogUpdates, ethic, FineArt, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: B&W, Black and White, fine art, fine art printing, Luigi Barbano, photography

Black and White Tales – Print #5

A day in Cologne, Germany. . . . Stay tuned for the next tale!

Feb 04

by Luigi Barbano in BlogUpdates, Film photography, FineArt, meditations, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: B&W, Black and White, film, fineart, italy, Luigi Barbano, Mantova, photography

Black and White Tales – Print #4

Fourth week, another black and white print and another short tale. What is luck? . .

Jan 26

by Luigi Barbano in Black and White Tales, BlogUpdates, Film photography, FineArt, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: B&W, B&WTales, Black and White, black and white tales, filmisnotdead, fine art, Luigi Barbano, photography, print

Black and White Tales – Print #3

New weekly print and tale, this time something more deep and personal. . . . If you enjoyed the video don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

Jan 20

Black and White Tales – Print #2

Second week, second print. Enjoy the tale. . . To see the original image click here. .

Jan 12

by Luigi Barbano in Black and White Tales, BlogUpdates, Film photography, FineArt, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: Black and White, black and white tales, fine art, inkjet printing, Luigi Barbano, photography

Black and White Tales – Print #1

Here we are, with the first print for the Black and White Tales series. Enjoy the video and check the image below. . . .

Oct 19

by Luigi Barbano in BlogUpdates, Fujifilm, IR Photography, News, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: Achievemnts, B&W, Black and White, contest, infrared, Infrared photography, photography, Spider Award

Luigi Barbano’s five pictures nominated at the 12th B&W Spider Award

12TH ANNUAL BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER LUIGI BARBANO LOS ANGELES October 20, 2017 – Professional photographer Luigi Barbano was presented with the 12th Annual Black and White Spider Awards Nominee title in the category of Nature at a prestigious Nomination & Winners PhotoShow streamed Saturday, October 14, 2017. The live online gala was attended by over 11,000 photography fans around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the industry’s most important event for black and white photography. 12th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from The Armory Show, New York; Christie’s, London; McCann, Singapore; GQ, New York; Hot Docs Film Festival, Toronto; Y&R, Malaysia; Sharon Calahan, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville; Bloomsbury Auctions, London; and Donald Schneider Studios, Berlin who honored Spider Fellows with 672 coveted title awards and 1034 nominees in 31 categories. “Spider Awards 2017 proves once again to be a great challenge for the jury to select the best images of the year. Every year this photographic competition increases its quality of content, reputation and prestige” said juror Andrea de Polo, Cultural Heritage Consultant at Fratelli Alinari Photo Archive in Florence. Curator and Arts Writer Paola Anselmi added “Congratulations […]

Jul 09

by Luigi Barbano in BlogUpdates, Film photography, Fujifilm, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: Acros, Black and White, film photography, Fujifilm, ols potographs, swissinfo

Old pictures, dynamic range and Acros…

I was reading on Swissinfo.ch, the article The breathtaking photos that showed Switzerland to the world by Marguerite Meyer (Writer), Ester Unterfinger (Photo editor) I was impressed by this picture: The picture in itself is just a good documentary photograph but what I noticed is the dynamic range (or latitude of exposure as we called it before we were trendy…). We can easily see details in the dark areas inside the gallery and we can see the details in the panorama toward the arches. Some burning was made in the darkroom and the effect is visible, but all the details were in the original plate. This was for sure a large format plate made before the industrialization by Kodak, so there was no need to save on the quantity of silver in the emulsion. You can see the same latitude of exposure in almost all the old professional pictures well exposed and developed. If you are in Italy there are some good places to watch the impressive quality and dynamic range of old films the Alinari Archive is one of the best and has a lot of publications. The rule in film was to expose for the shadows […]