Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember when someone first showed me how to use a 5by4 camera... he said that every one of those knobs gives you a million ways to fuck up a photo. Same with photoshop. But I agree with you, I love alternate printing and I think the process can be as important as the product. My process at the moment is Cone Piezo! BTW 5x7 is too small checkout this baby http://www.lotusviewcamera.at/lovica_20x24_e.html Julian > I want a wet darkroom because I want to learn the craft of printing. I'm > not interested in doing it on a computer because I sit infront of one 10-15 > hours per day as it is. At some point, I'd like to learn about alternative > processes and do platinum-palladium printing from 5x7" negs, or bromoil > prints from 6x9cm Agfa Clack negs. I don't care if it's quicker and easier > to make prints on a computer. I don't care that my prints won't last 5000 > years. Photography is ephemeral. Deal with it. I don't care that making > 100 prints is much harder than making one. I want a wet darkroom BECAUSE > it's that much harder to make 100 prints than 1 print. That way, when I > give a matted, framed 11x14 print to someone for their birthday, it'll mean > something more than if I popped the Zip disk into the drive and hit "print". > There is satisfaction to be gained in doing well at something that requires > effort. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Science: To question reality. > email: howard.390@osu.edu | > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > >