Forum: Story Discussion and Feedback

Since I find it impossible to read more than a few pages of aroslav's stories, I can't compare, but Pinhole is excellent.

aroslav's stories

Did they deliberately leave an "e" off the end of his author name?

"Aro: an abbreviated term for 'aromantic'. Aromantic: someone who does not experience romantic attraction. Asexual: someone who does not experience sexual attraction."

An Aro slave isn't romantic.

Aroslav's story is the only one with realistic photo processing.

Yep. The old darkroom-in-a-closet.

I had one in HS, another in my apartment during college.

The other stories have a few things slightly off that interfere with enjoyment of the story - for the few of us who are old enough to have experienced this first hand.

I vaguely recall an old story (90s era) that went in to a lot of realistic detail about using a darkroom, but all I can really remember about the story was that the teen protagonist had a sexual encounter in the school's darkroom at some point because he couldn't think of anywhere else that was parent-free.

very unrealistic, so called author has no idea of film or paper work.

very unrealistic, so called author has no idea of film or paper work.

Just what do you find wrong with the photography descriptions in Full Frame?

I just re-read the story, and can't find much wrong.

Or are you just trolling?

In 'Kelly' by TheNightHawk the main male protagonist is a photographer who develops and prints all of his work. There are mentions of when he started while in school, and his time as an 'in demand' fashion photographer before he and a model friend started their own modeling agency. He takes on an apprentice and teaches her the trade as well.
While most of the story is about his adult life I found the descriptions of his photography work accurate and believable. While in college (approx 1200 students) I was the head yearbook photographer and developed and printed all of the pictures for two years of yearbooks. I also worked in the A/V department where I did some large format photography and color slide work where I developed my own slides. It was fun but gets expensive quickly.

itsmehonest
5/18/2023, 6:14:38 PM

@awnlee jawking

SmokinDriver also has 2 stories with darkroom and photography as story points for character development. Both feature atypical teens acting more mature.

Which 2 stories, please? I looked through the descriptions and found no mention of photography or darkrooms.

Which 2 stories, please? I looked through the descriptions and found no mention of photography or darkrooms.

Hindsight 2020 (books 1 & 2), Nick: High School.

Thanks for answering, I don't like leaving people hanging and for got i was in this thread

Hindsight 20/20 — a series by SmokinDriver
Hindsight 20/20 Book 1
Hindsight 20/20 Book 2

Nick, High School

Filters are named for what they pass, not what they filter out.

Usually. But there are also UV filters that *block* UV.

Sure, if you want to get technical about it, there are both UV blocking and UV transmissive filters available.

This goes back to the early days of photography, before lens coatings and modern emulsions.

UV blocking filters are not really a thing in film photography anymore, because the normal lens coating takes care of that, and B&W film, which is normally very sensitive to UV, also now has a UV blocking overcoating.

Lots of people use UV filters as lens protectors, however. If you scratch one, it's cheaper to replace than the camera lens.

UV transmissive filters let UV thru while blocking visible light. To use these effectively you need special lenses that aren't UV coated, and special-order film. But it's much easier to just remove the built-in UV blocking filter from a digital camera, and stick a UV transmissive filter on the front.

Filters are named for what they pass, not what they filter out.

What about a HEPA filter ?

HEPA = high-efficiency particulate air
Lets the air thru.

Pick your nits elsewhere.

HEPA = high-efficiency particulate air
Lets the air thru.

HEPA filter also known as High-Efficiency Particulate Absorbing filter or High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestance filter is an efficiency standard of air filters.

Yes it lets air thru but A doesn't mean air.

Letting my inner Richard run free:

HEPA is a type of pleated mechanical air filter. It is an acronym for "high efficiency particulate air [filter]" (as officially defined by the U.S. Dept. of Energy).

from the US EPA gov website.

And carrying on from that, wikipedia also states that "air"is the main definition, but references The Free Dictionary (archived 2020-04-20) as:

1. high-efficiency particulate air
2. high-efficiency particulate arresting
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

So I think it's safe to suggest that HEPA follows the normal pattern in its original/ main name, but there are also alternate names in use that do not follow the pattern. This is a pretty common pattern in English (probably all languages, but I'm not a linguist). There are a lot of words and even phonemes that have specific original meanings and patterns, but over time they degrade as new words break the pattern.