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HWH Holiday Market - Dec 4, 2025

HWH is the corner space with the big glass windows next to emerging gallery. They have having a holiday market on art night. The specifically asked for “more affordable” works under $200/piece. In addition to showing the big 20x30s for Emerging Gallery, I have 5 8x12 framed prints I will be selling at the holiday market. These are 5 picked from inventory of existing museum grade 8x12s, framed. Normal price for a framed 8x12 is $120. For this night, and this night only, I will be selling these for $99.

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Shootout: Kodak TriX vs Ilford HP5+

I’ve long been a Kodak guy. TriX 400 for decades has been my go-to black and white film. When I wasn’t shooting TriX, I was shooting the gamut of other Kodak B&W films. Ilford is a legendary black and white film. When I first started in the film era, the “serious” black and white only photographers generally gravitated towards Ilford. Ilford film, Ilford developer, Ilford photo paper.

Ilford in general is the anti-kodak. While TriX has that harsh grainy contrast, Ilford tends to be softer, with finer grain and stronger mid-tones. Previously having shot some FP4+ at box speed in daylight, left me unimpressed. But for April’s Beer And Cameras, I was going to give HP5+ a direct head to head shootout against TriX, both being native 400 speed films.

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