Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's a story in the UK about a printer called Larry Bartlett (now deceased), he looked at the competition entries for the photographic awards and noted that all of them were dramatic but were all placed on a floor for the initial inspection printed on with a white border. He came up with a template that allowed him to place a white keyline on the picture's edge and make the rest of the border black. That year his photographers won every photojournalist awards in the UK. (do a search for "Tom Stoddart" who was one of Bartlett's photographers). Next year when other printers were copying the technique he introduced another white line equally spaced all around the image. Once again his photographers won. These may be the first exampled of "judge psychology manipulation". Another interesting thing was that he always printed on resin coated paper. It never buckled or warped due to humidity changes and was not distinguishable when on the judge's floor. He was an interesting guy, he killed himself a few months after the newspaper shut the darkroom down where he'd worked for ~20 years. He was the chief of the Royal Photographic Society's Darkoom Panel, a position which he got when he submitted his work anonymously, was immediately awarded the highest accolade (being a Fellow, I believe) and inside a week was voted to head it. Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > They are having a very interesting discussion over on the PI list > about a photographer whose work was rejected in the Picture of the > Year contest in Denmark. The judges thought he used too much > photoshop based on the difference between the photos he submitted and > the RAW file. The photographer argues that a RAW file is not really > indicative of what the scene looks like without being converted and > that the appearance of the submitted files depends on which software > is used. > > http://www.pressefotografforbundet.dk/index.php?id=11708 > > This is relevant because he uses a Leica M8. The photographer says he > is going to give up and just submit black and white photos from now > on. Conversion to B&W - the ultimate in manipulation? > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information