[Leica] IMG: Layers

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

The 'blad and a digital back is a huge system. Once you do that and put
everything on a tripod, then sooner or later (well for me anyway), then you
said, "gee, may as well go with a REAL camera system with movements..."

That road lies madness, I tell ya. But still, ...

OTOH, when I am climbing rocks and cliffs, it sure is nice to hang the XPan
off the neck, and 2 lens on a "fanny pack." Do that with a 4x5!!

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:03 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

> I feel like I'm at a crossroad. I love working in the darkroom, but it is
> increasingly difficult and dare I say pointless to use film especially
> when my major time to take images is when I travel -- I want to take
> digital and I don't want to take 2 systems. That is one reason I bought
> the digital back for the blad, and I will be using that in the Sierra with
> John Sexton and a 'digital' guy as well earlier in the year Autumn your
> time with Helen as well.
>
> I really want to see work from both in the same place and decide.
>
> Originally the darkroom was to be my 'retirement' hobby. Without it, I've
> decided to keep working for now: digital is so expensive  -- that's why
> I'm rebuilding the computer ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
> > 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
> >> >>
> >> >>
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