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Stan McQueen's career as a photographer began when he developed his first roll of film in his bathroom darkroom at the age of 12. He succeeded in various kinds of photography, including portraiture, but his love of the outdoors-- "lonely places" in his words-has been the inspiration for most of his award winning photographs. Stan works in both color and black and white. Much of his best work has been done in Infrared because that medium provides that extra haunting effect.

Stan is especially adept at infrared because of his graduate school work at the Air Force Institute of Technology, where his graduate thesis was on the physics of Infrared light. Although most of his work is work is film based, the Digital Age has not passed him by. He scans many of his negatives and prints them out on an inkjet printer. His work has been shown at various museums and photographic venues throughout the West and Midwest, including the Utah Museum of Art.

The "Digital Revolution" has had a significant influence on my photographic workflow in two specific ways.

First, being able to process my final prints in a "whiteroom" rather than a darkroom means that I can quickly inspect finished prints under good lighting conditions and make immediate feedback to the printing process to make corrections or adjustments... full article

The history of photography has been a history of change. The changes that have occurred in the past have tended to make photography accessible to more and more people. When landscape photography meant hauling around a wagon with a portable darkroom so that the photographer could cover glass plates with a light-sensitive coating which then needed to be exposed and developed before it dried, there weren't many landscape photographers. When indoor photography meant either minutes-long exposures or using dangerous and smoky flash powder, there weren't many indoor portrait photographers, either. The advent of roll film and box cameras opened up the use of photography to the masses. Flashbulbs and, later, self-contained electronic flash, made it possible for almost anyone to get photos of their child's birthday party.... full article

Stan McQueen career as a photographer began when he developed his first roll of film in his bathroom darkroom at the age of 12. Many award-winning photographs later, his haunting shot of a lonely pigeon on Revere Beach in Boston has been selected as the cover of an exciting soon-to-be-released novel, a romantic thriller set in Boston. full article

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Dear Stan, What is a "plug-in" and do I need one for raw images? Is it something you buy or download? And how is it used? Thanks, Hiag

Mr. McQuuen's Answer:

In the context of digital photography, a "plug-in" is a small software program which is used by another software program, such as Adobe Photoshop, to perform some task. For example, Photoshop can handle and process a multitude of image formats, such ...full answer

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Dear Stan, I have been a HIE shooter since 1970, I have been working especially hard this year with it. I now appreciate how precise the film really is covering IR. Are there any Galleries devoted solely to the HIE prints? I have about 900 images in past eight months, nearly grain free enlargements, from the negatives, no software, just from the C-23 enlarger and traditional darkroom methods. I have looked for HIE galleries but haven't had any success. Thanks, Dennis

Mr. McQuuen's Answer:

Dennis, Thanks for writing with your question about galleries specializing in HIE prints. While infrared film in general lends itself to unique effects, remember that the major difference between infrared film like HIE and any other film is the fi...full answer