Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:27 AM 11/6/2009, you wrote: >Sorry to be such a grouch, but I've been drinking IKEA coffee at >home. It's possibly made from roasted ground particle board. > >Dante You're probably right about the coffee! I don't think you're a grouch, though, and agree with most of what you had to say, especially the part about the market being flooded with thousands of photos whose owners only want to see their name in print in exchange for publication! Prices for published photos have dropped drastically in the last few years. By elitism, I didn't mean so much spending money as the perceived value of spending time and effort. Of course handcrafted items cost more than mass produced, but I consider any inkjet print made on a professional printer using custom inks and printed on art paper to be handcrafted. I haven't had any galleries in years turn down prints because they are printed on an inkjet printer. You can call them pigment prints or even glicee (yuck!) but anyone who sees them knows they are not printed at an office supply store. And, by the way, check out some art galleries on line. Lots of former watercolor artists are using computers and software to create their work now ;-) I admire anybody who takes the time and makes the effort to still work in the darkroom these days, but I don't think any photo made in the darkroom is automatically "better" than any photo printed on an inkjet printer. YMMV!! Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com