Today features the first part of the interview with illustrator and photographer Robin Preston. We talk about the beginnings of digital image editing and we look at the difference between commercial and professional photographers.
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This is a fantastic interview! Can’t wait for part two.
robin preston is a massive inspiration to me!!
hes so creative and all his work makes me smile and amazes me
Chris,
I’ve been “breathless with anticipation” to hear this podcast. It sounds to me like Robin and I share a great deal. He didn’t tall too much about pre-digital, I wonder if he used to shoot lith film and Agfa 561 for shadows and combine using a pin-registration system like I did.
Robin spoke about the Dicomed BigShot single shot digital camera. I purchased one of those for the design studio I built a photography wing onto. It cost $50,000 USD just for the back and yes, it was temperamental. If it crashed on you, you had to remove and reattach all it’s connections in a certain order to get it to start up again. We purchased a Hasselblad system, 2 or 3 lenses and Speedotron strobes. So all told, about $100,000 worth of gear.
The image was about 4800 x 4800 and was a little soft. Scan backs were far sharper but they took much longer to operate. Couldn’t shoot any live models with a scan back.
Anyway, I think I’ll check out your link to Robin’s site and say hi to him.