Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > the idea being that the photographer may wish to make shadows look darker > in the print then they are in reality, or the highlights to be brighter > than they really are, because that is the effect he is seeing in his mind. > so, before taking the picture, he meters the shadows/highlights, > compensates accordingly, then takes the shot. perhaps he even > lengthens/shortens developping time, uses different chemicals to > enhance/deemphasize grain, etc., so that the final print will capture the > scene as he saw it in his mind *before* taking the shot, i.e. as he > previsualized it. > > this is what i understand "previsualization" to mean.<<<<<<<< Hi Guy, Good try! :-) But these days why would one waste time doing all that when they can knock off a couple of quick Leica frames, go home, wing 'em into PhotoShop and create visualizing just twitching the keyboard! :-) Why one could even throw down a good single malt while playing with the pre visualized image via PhotoShop! ;-) ted