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The Sunday Morning Photographer
A Column About Photography By Mike Johnston
Mike Johnston was Editor-in-Chief of PHOTO Techniques magazine from 1994-2000. From 1988 to 1994 he was East Coast Editor of the late and much lamented Camera & Darkroom magazine. Consequently he has been one of the most influential editors on the American photographic magazine scene during the past decade.
Mike is also a prolific writer. Now, on the first Sunday morning of each month Mike writes a column for The Luminous Landscape with his often controversial observations and opinions on the passing photographic scene.
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Column Listing
Arguments, Strife,
and Polemics: More on the Killing of Mazen Dana |
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The Nun's Hand an examination of the question of photographic taste |
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Land of The Free Where can you photograph? |
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Two Nikons and
a Minolta Three contemporary film cameras |
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Lashed to the
Mast: The Digital Odyssey The worlds of B&W and digital collide |
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Collecting
Photography Books Mike looks at the art of photographic book collecting |
Best
of 2002 Mike's opinions on the best photographic products of the past year |
Pentax Under
Glass Thoughts on the forthcoming Pentax DSLR |
Flare What it is, how to eliminate it and how to live with it when you must. |
Simplicity Thy
Name is... Digital!?! A guest commentary by Dan Honemann |
I Get Mail Some thoughtful feedback from Mike's readers |
Confessions of
a Cameraholic Is it about cameras or photography? |
How Many is Too
Many? A look at lens ownership |
My Favorite Lens In praise of the Pentax 50mm SMC Takumar |
November 17,
2002 — Leica vs. Zeiss Whose lenses are best? |
November 10,
2002 — On Photography Magazines A look at what's working in the industry, and what isn't |
November 3, 2002
— Impressions of the (Particular) Past What gives photographs meaning? |
October 27, 2002
— This Bothers Me Does excessive cropping and zooming too tight bother you? |
October 20, 2002
— Miscellaneous Notes #1 Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee / Vestal booklet / Steal this print / Pentax DSLR / Zuiko 50mm |
October 6, 2002 — Give
That Cat The Boot: Editing 101 One thing that pros do better than the rest of us: editing |
September 29, 2002 —
Kodak Fights Back Kodak steals the show at Photokina 2002 |
September 22, 2002 —
The 50mm Lens and Metaphysical Doubt You don’t need a Summicron to take a decent picture |
September 15, 2002 —
That Classic Look Sometimes it’s not a question of ‘best,’ but of what look you like |
September 8, 2002 —
Readings for Practicing Photographers Book recommendations |
September 1, 2002 —
On Self-Assignment One self-improvement exercise anybody can do |
August 25, 2002 —
Grandfather Mountain A famous North Carolina nature preserve gives free clinics for nature photographers |
August 4, 2002 — Photokina
2002 and the 'Olydak' Rumors of the Kodak-Olympus collaboration and why it may make sense |
July 28, 2002 — Real
Photographers Don't Use Sonys A review of the Sony F-707 digital camera |
July 21, 2002 — 'Just
Say NO' to Digital SLRs In all the hooplah over DSLRs, we shouldn’t forget about the advantages inherent in digicams |
July 14, 2002 — Black-and-White
Tonality “FDP” stands for the three main factors that influence tonality in B&W prints |
July 7, 2002 — Key Thoughts
and the Zen of Fishing Why it’s important to be open to serendipity when evaluating what you’ve shot |
June 30, 2002 — Hartmann
Single Black Interview with Nicholas Hartmann, Part II (continued from June 16th) |
June 16, 2002 — Hartmann
Single Black A procedure For printing scanned 35mm black-and-white negatives |
June 9, 2002 — Twenty
Aprils: The Classic Era of the SLR What exactly is a ‘classic’ SLR and where can you get one? |
June 2, 2002
— The Best (Autofocus) Lenses Money Can Buy Once and future kings: it’s Pentax and Zeiss, baby, just like the old days |
May 26, 2002
— Kustomizing Kameras Using one brand of lens on another brand of camera |
May 19, 2002 — "Image
is Everywhere" A sarcastic look at the rampant overuse of the weasely little word ‘image’ |
May 5, 2002 — Springtime
in Wisconsin Photographing the weather |
April 28, 2002 — A
Recipe for ‘The Glow’ What’s so special about certain great black-and-white prints? |
April 21, 2002 — The
Pictures of Carolyn Cole The controversy at the NPPAs, and an appreciation of the work of award-winner Cole |
April 14, 2002 — ‘Oldthink’ Why current digital cameras are like horseless carriages |
April 7, 2002 — Leica
Hits A Home Run The new Leica M7 |
March 31, 2002
— The Importance of Working-Method Goals Why working methods are the most important thing that photographers talk about the least |
You can read other articles by Mike Johnston and find out about his quarterly newsletter — The 37th Frame.
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