Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Please don't get me wrong. Digital is amazing and I'm only half-stuck in the last century. I shoot film and scan negs.Reading Doug Nygren's post about b&w prints makes me wonder. Should we all be forced to take an /*Anti-Nostalgia*/ pill? I have seen some glowing silverG prints. Forty years back we had some major shooters on display at our school. Minor White's prints glowed, along with Brett Weston's and his Dad's. I seriously doubt Doug's images do a lot of glowing. Over 3o years in a darkroom didn't get much glow out of me either. There is one conclusion which came to me some time back. If you really want the best prints start with the best light. I don't care what kind of camera, or lens or film. Good light is the best beginning. Once that is nailed down then digital repeatability comes into it's own. Working an image to make it right in Photoshop is a joy.(at least for me).....Get it right and spit out good prints quicker than farmer spits Red Man. After all these years I finally realized... I didn't care that much for the darkroom. I did like good prints and worked hard at it but only because it was necessary. I still love to shoot but once the image is captured my interest starts to fade. :-) Take care Walt Lottermoser George wrote: > I really do appreciate film and all you who continue to use it to its > fullest. > Not a day goes by that I don't wish that I could earn a living with > film, my darkroom, and a drawing board. > I miss those days a great deal. > Have to enjoy what we do. > Reality dictates that I work in the digital age and enjoy it. > > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >