Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was the only kid dodging and burning when I was a kid. They only kid with a darkroom. Now every kid plays with Photoshop and Lightroom all day. So I agree with you much of it is a lack of exclusivity. Photography has been democratized. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:06:01 +0530 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] CV 35/1.2 available soon > > Gerry, > Like Ansel Adams who used the darkroom to rescue him, and we call it art? I > am 100% sure he would be neck deep in Digital Capture and Photoshop if he > were alive today, considering the sort of manipulations he routinely did in > the darkroom. > > We use tools available to us at any given point of time. > > The real reason, it seems to me, in this mode of thinking, is that photo > tools on the computer are far more democratic and accessible to the average > photographer than an old fashioned darkroom, and so the 'exclusivity' > factor > gets reduced. > > Cheers > Jayanand