Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't suggest that every photo does not require some darkroom work, Doug. What I said, and what I believe, is that good photographers capture good images. And by the way, I am no fan of A. Adams, whom I consider a brilliant photo technician and inventor, and banal photographer - the value of his posters to the environmental movement aside. On 2/20/06 7:42 PM, "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com> wrote: > While you may say that you prefer the photographer who takes the photo > in the camera to the one who make it in the darkroom, I hasten to > inform you are dreaming if you think all the work can be done at the > moment you snap the photo. It is the rare photo, that comes out of the > camera without needs a little here and there. This is true in the > digital and the wet darkroom. When you snap the photo, the process has > only just begun. If the day is overcast, you have to deal with the lack > of contrast. If you don't, you will have a flat photo. An awareness of > how photos print will allow you to expose your photos better. > > Now I imagine you know that great Ansel Adams' photo of sunset over.... > That photo could not be done the way it is without much work in the > darkroom. The sky could not have been that dark to have gotten that > exposure without the moon looking differently. > > I might add that even if one takes a perfect photo, one is dependant > upon a lab to print it correctly. My experience has been that most labs > are dreadful. If you find a good one, never let it go. I started to > print my own photos in order to get the most out of my prints. > > First you take the photo. Then you have to print it and a good photo > can be ruined through poor printing. If you are just a "shooter," that > is someone who just shoots, I guess this doesn't matter. Photography > can be more than just shooting, however. There is a place for skill in > the field backed up by skill in the wet or digital darkroom. > > Cheers--Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information