Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >Well I printed plenty of shows and portfolios 11x14 or 8x10 inches from my >early work till one gallery wanted 16x20's and then the next wanted 20x24's >and I did one display job with enough left over paper to print some of my >best work 40x60.. >- you can think you are standardized on a certain magnification but one day >you find yourself going to a higher one; and wishing you'd used >1. Higher shudder speeds. >2. A tripod maybe >3. Slower film >4. Larger format. 5. a better lens >As your stuff is not standing up in your latest bigger show, portfolio or >printing effort and certain shots you find you just can't use at all once >you see what they look like at this size. So your show consist of not your >best work but your work which looks good at the larger mags. > >So the idea of casually just using and unnecessarily smaller format becomes >more real.. As to its dumbness. I absolutely, totally agree with the gist of this. In my experience, bigger prints demand more, often much more, from the photographer and the equipment. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com