Following on from the previous post, After Photography (Ritchin, 2009) explores non-camera ‘photography’. I have been playing with scans over the last year or so.
Today I scanned the following and in a couple of cases used the ‘wrong’ settings: (Click on image to see view)
SJField - OCA Level Three Study Blog 
Ooh! Excellent! I keep wondering how to get over the it’s-not-photography-if -there’s-no-camera-thing-ness of using a scanner. I suspect the best way is just to scan stuff, get it into Lightroom (or whatever) and treat it like all the rest of my stuff…
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Paul Kenny uses a very high quality scanner for his stuff. I like scanning things. I like the way it renders things – https://paul-kenny.co.uk/gallery.html Have you heard of tunnelling scanning microscopes ? https://youtu.be/HE2yE8SvHmA
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Tunnelling Scanning Microscopes? No. But I have now! Ta! (Will get back to you about the randomising thing by Monday, promise)
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I import to LR & process my scans just the same as any camera images.
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So a tunnelling scanning microscope would be what is used when you calibrate a printer then, right?
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No – it’s a way of imaging at the level of atoms (and moving them around)
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I use my scanner a lot but have never heard of tunnelling scanning microscope. I’m going to have a look now instead of reading / making C/S notes, I’m really not feeling in the mood for studying lately !
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