Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Allister wrote: <<Then a year later I return to the images and find in some of them the original spark that made me take the photo.>>>> g'day Allister, Hi Allister, A small note that you may appreciate along that line, but multiply it by thirty years. I have been printing B&W for a resrospect of my 45 year career and my new book for next year, and I'm having a wonderful time in the dark room. I'm making 16X20's from negatives shot 30 years or more ago that till this day have never seen the light nor had I considered printing them 30 years ago..What a difference time and experience gives one when re-examining your past eye of the day and how you respounded to life and the events of the times. I look at some of them from Europe, the orient, south america and across Canada and it is a very exciting thing, as "I find I wasn't a bad photographer way back then! :)" Some images I had forgotten completely and today there are people who are assisting with the final edits who are more excited than I, so it is a very uplifting experience. A couple of things have emerged: 1/ Never throw any material away you might not be too happy with today, as a quarter century down the line, you might find you were a bit of a damn good photographer long long ago. No comment about the recent moments!:) 2/ Store negatives very carefully along with as much information as you can that is relevent to loction/ who/ when and where. It makes the photography of greater value should an archives wish to purchase a block of the work. What you thought good earlier don't look so good now, however it is the ones you pasted over at the time that are now emerging, as some very fine photography by the standards of today. ted 2/