Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 25, 2005, at 9:11 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > BD writes: > You have decided to do a project combining individual >> photographs; I wish you good luck with the project, but I don't >> consider >> the end product of what you are producing to be "photography." But I >> know that there are many who disagree with me. :-) > > > So, does that mean a double exposure is not a photograph? > > If you hand color the print, does it stop being a photograph? > > If you add your name to the print using a negative, has it ceased > being pure? > > What about unsharp masking --not the PS type, but when you make a mask > negative. Is that result not a photograph? > How about this?: Straight photograph. No digital, just printed in the darkroom: http://tinyurl.com/43bun Straight photograph, scanned negative that was ONLY dust busted Photoshop. Color correction was set to MATCH the exposure. Final output on Lightjet. (Tri-X@400; f16/500th) http://tinyurl.com/548tp Straight photo with a little 'direction' - "Stand here and squint into the sun. It will make you look more manly!" Printed on the contrasty side in the darkroom, probably a little dodge and burn. http://www.cristinaarce.com/images/photo_smith04.jpg Heavily Photoshopped image, shall we call this an Illustration?: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3218249 Photomontage: http://tinyurl.com/3wt7x David Hockney, photo collage http://tinyurl.com/564vp Feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com