Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I paid $100 for the deposit for John Sexton's WS last year, but then decided there is just no way I can ever have the time or patience to learn to do 1/10th what I can do with LR/PSD than in the darkroom, so I backed out. I figured I should spend more time shooting and less time fussing :-) On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:48 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > I used to process everything in the jobo ATL 3, keeping fumes to a > minimum. Sold it now, and still trying to decide the 'fate' of the > darkroom, for a 'hobbyist'. I'm attending a John Sexton darkroom course > later in the year to see if I am 'inspired'. > > Cheers > > alastair > > > Scanning is not a waste of time. IF you know what you're doing, it gives > > the > > same quality and sometimes better than you can get in the darkroom. > > Richard's scans are beautiful, I doubt he's losing anything by scanning > > and > > I know I'm not with my own work...all I'm losing is the health problems > > that > > I had from exposure to toxic chemicals day in and day out (I do this > > professionally, so I absorbed a lot more of this stuff than the average > > hobbyist would!). > > > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-486-2581 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > On 4/16/11 4:33 AM, "afirkin at afirkin.com" <afirkin at afirkin.com> > > wrote: > > > >>> One problem with shooting film is that it does take ages to scan... and > >>> you > >>> hope that it looks as good as you think it does! > >>> > >>> This one looks pretty good to me. What do you think? I think I'd title > >>> it > >>> "Layers" > >>> > >>> http://5pmlight.com/PICS/20110414-14-Edit.jpg > >> > >> I love the feeling, expressed with the soft contrast and tone. You don't > >> have to waste time scanning: fire up the darkroom!!! > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Alastair > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]