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 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 >