Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its not magic. Its work. The people who don't feel like calling it work try to make it out as magic. The thing is the making of a full scale full substance print is not an exotic and rare thing which requires extreme mechanizations and contortions it just required applied technique. Most photographers had darkrooms and they or their assistants did it on a regular basis commercially and sometimes also for the galleries. Home darkroom work by hobbyists though was a different thing the majority of which people were taking the first thing out and the output in comparison was embarrassing but most hobbyists just never had the time nor inclination to perfect black and white photography let alone take it past the most basic levels. Color though was ten times easier even though it required more complicated chemistry a water bath and a color head. There were of course a smaller core serious black and white amateurs doing work even better than the average pro's assistant but those were one out of every very many darkrooms which were out there. They average guy just wanted to see if he could make out his kids face. If he could he moved on to the next neg. thee are no contortions involved Just making another print with dodging and burring and looking at it critically. Then making a next print and seeing if it worked out and fine tuning that one. It takes several sheets of paper to make a print. Though once you've hit on what you need to do you can then make several. In the end for every neg I'd print from I'd go through ten or twelve sheets of paper. Hobbyists like to go though one. There is very little overlap between these two approaches. As there is very little overlap between the appearance of the result. Mark -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: "Robert D. Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:38:11 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sabastio Salgado > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> You may not be able to take photos like his, but much of the tonal >> representation is about the professional who develops his film and his >> printer - both of whom are available to everyone, if you're willing to >> pay. >> >> Marty >> >> > This is absolutely correct. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information