Fixer Formula Heavyweight Tee wildlife-nature

Fixer Formula Heavyweight Tee wildlife-natureNa2S2O35H2O. Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate to everyone else a chemistry set mouthful; to a darkroom printer, fixer. Hypo. The bath that clears the unexposed silver halides and makes the image permanent, the step between a latent picture and one you can carry into the light without it vanishing. Every black and white negative and fibre print that has survived a century owes its life to this formula. I never learned the darkroom myself I came up on

It is the most photographic shape there is — the iris diaphragm that sets your f-stop

and any bird photographer will tell you it’s the hardest thing they do — a fast

and telephoto lenses that cost more than the car

the step between a latent picture and one you can carry into the light without it vanishing

An aperture

which is deeply annoying to those of us who’d much rather solve a problem by buying something

Photography and coffee: the two non-negotiables of anyone who has ever set an alarm for blue hour

His real line was “speak softly and carry a big stick”

A histogram t-shirt for the exposure-obsessed — the pixel-peepers

A motivational photography t-shirt for the focus-rack faithful and anyone who likes their life advice delivered through a lens — a clean

which is why I make two trips and tell myself the walk is good for me

Some resist it