Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:51 PM 4/2/99 -0800, you wrote: >I saw a wide angle shot of Smith in his darkroom very cluttered and the >caption reading a quote from him saying all he needed to make a Smith >print was a bottle of Scotch and all night in the darkroom. I guess that's where his reputation for taking a long time to print comes from. His own mouth. But I remember reading he complained of having that reputation. He then used an example where one time had to make 10 or 12 prints and had something like 12 or 15 pieces of paper. He got all the negs printed. So he does have the ability to work fast. But the magic comes form those all night printing and bleaching sessions. :-) Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Bumper Sticker: "Horn doesn't work; Watch for finger"