[Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Is it just me or do other people notice an abundance of overly
manipulated images out on the web. And I mean manipulated to the point
that they're surreal. They're like eye candy. Interesting on the
surface, but not much depth. Some people really know how to ice on a
cake with Photoshop. It's not easy stuff to do, I'm sure. But I don't
know what the point is, really.  

DaveR

-----Original Message-----
From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@comporium.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:35 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?

At 06:40 PM 9/7/2008, you wrote:
>Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >too few people have ever spent any amount of time
> >truly looking at exemplary photographic prints
> >made by fine print makers.
> >
> >The auto cameras do make
> >quite acceptable negatives, slides and/or digital images.
> >It becomes too easy to be impressed
> >by what current technology can deliver with ease
> >(without thought or craft)
> >off the shelf.
> >Until
> >one takes the time
> >to truly look at the work
> >of fine craftsmen and women;
> >which suddenly shifts one
> >into humble mode.

But there is a danger of admiring a beautiful print of nothing.  The 
people who do that with digital prints are called "pixel peepers".  I 
attended a printing workshop with quite a few of them who admired and 
examined with a loupe, beautifully printed photos with no meaning 
behind them other than the technical quality.

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." -- Ansel
Adams

Tina


Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com