Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A photographic lie in the The Economist: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/on-the-economists-cover-only-a-part-of-the-picture/?src=twt&twt=mediadecodernyt <http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/on-the-economists-cover-only-a-part-of-the-picture/?src=twt&twt=mediadecodernyt>The editor's explanation is pretty lame. Tina On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > If you've had a suspicious view of Photoshop from afar all these years than > good luck!! > Anybody whose been doing digital photography with any seriousness at all > over the past decades and has not had his head in the sand knows that the > equation is not > Photoshop = Airbrush > But: > Photoshop = Darkroom > > To "Shop" an image is to print or to develop it. Not twist it. > > You needed a darkroom in the previous age if you wanted to develop and > print > your pictures. > Now you need Photoshop. > Does darkroom work = lying? > It sure could people have been dodging and burning their own view of things > into their photo imagery from day one. The late 1800's. Plus pre or post > fogging or you name it. Darkroom magic. Darkroom basic technique. > In the name normally not of un truth but of an image with more impact and > or > clarity. Both usually. The idea is to be able to see the whole image > clearly. All the detail in it. The way you did when you stood there looking > at it with your camera in your hand at the scene. So it need to be > carefully > balanced. Proper sharpening is a timely topic now on the LUG and is a big > issue now as we craft our images. > > In the now internet mentality there are those who want to buy and sell > expensive gear and play with any results you get with them with a cheap > "editing" program and expound BS like Photoshop is not for photographers or > is for making un truths. Or is evil in any number of ways. > Photoshop cost money and requires time. > Photoshop is you darkroom; and the practice of using photoshop is the > practice of photography. > "Craft" Strand called it. > You can lie with it or you can tell the truth. Just like before digital in > the 90's. Only easier. But its still up to you. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > it's a world of laughter, a world or tears > its a world of hopes, its a world of fear > theres so much that we share > that its time we're aware > its a small world after all > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com