>>2959703Normal people won't tell you your highlights are blown out like Paris Hilton and your blacks are muddier than the Mississippi River because they're afraid to hurt your feelings.
4chan will. And for that I owe some of my hit-and-miss success to /p/ before I came here everything I shot was pretty flowers and cats. I got my shit roasted and have slowly come back to the straight and narrow. The only other social media I post to is 500px and even that I take with a grain of salt.
And to answer you I don't exactly have him on speed dial but we've met up a few times, I'm going to try to do the 1 on 1 swamp walk with him in April if my ankle is up to it. We usually swap war stories and development techniques. He *really* likes Tmax 100 in Accufine. I'm not completely sold on it I prefer contrasty Tri-X in HC110 Dilution-B with TF-4 rapid fixer but I might give it a try now that I'm returning to 4x5.
If you're ever in Florida tour his Venice location he does an open house periodically. The print room is the size of one of our reefer trailers and about as long. He has enlargers you can walk inside of.
He's also quite fond of the Sony A7 so there's some ammunition for you Sony shills, it's Clyde Butcher approved.
