Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/18
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on 17/2/00 10:39 pm, Mike Johnston at michaeljohnston@ameritech.net wrote:
> Do people here use an editing board? I often go into the darkroom and
> make 12 or 18 workprints from new contact sheets. At first I think all
> the workprints are of more or less equal quality. Then I put them up on
> my editing board and simply look at them for a few days. By the end of
> that time, one or two are revealed as gems to me, a few seem worthless,
> and with most of them, those three or four days are enough time to spend
> with them! It's always been a source of wonder to me that they "sort
> themselves out" like that.
I do the same thing on the Mac... scan in all candidates from new rolls (I
shoot a lot of films, so for example on the human traffic project I have
about 500 'candidates' currently. Then I repeatedly go through the portfolio
using, erm, Extensis Portfolio. You're right... the dross falls away.
As a writer, I have found that though I always take notes of an interview or
meeting, I always *remember* the key points.
That mind's eye is telling you something. Listen!
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