Digital BW, The Print

i have to agree with that. I received one of his prints under the 13x19 BW 
print exchange. His printed work is as good as what you see in the web 
site. BTW for those who have never participated in an exchange.. i'd highly 
recommend it. I now have 9 13x19 B/W images that are not only great 
examples of what can be done with digital printing.. but all of them are 
being matted and hung on my walls.  (Only disappointment with your print 
Lawrence, was that it wasn't signed :^)

         jim

At 09:31 AM 3/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Morning Lawrence,
>
>I have looked at your website, matter of fact I have it bookmarked, and I
>cannot imagine a person with your talent not being welcome at any forum
>about photography. While this is a digital B&W
>print list and I am sure there are those who can make a living doing just
>B&W, I personally have found that a great number of people still want color.
>
>If there is anyone on this list who has not looked at his website, I would
>highly recommend it.
>
>One of the things that I have found most interesting about this list is the
>incredible quality of the
>B&W prints being produced by photographers here.
>  I have been in this business over 30 years and when I started we were doing
>only B&W because the quality of color was so bad. I had reached a conclusion
>a few years ago that with the materials available today, B&W prints would
>never be as good as in the past. Well, was I ever wrong, the quality being
>produced with digital methods by members on this list, in my humble opinion,
>has surpassed it. Paul's images for one are to strive for in the future.
>
>I have followed this list for about nine months and have learned a great
>deal from it, I am very thankful for that and plan to make the move to
>digital B&W this year. I have been using digital scans from my color lab to
>make corrections in photoshop and do some printing on a 1270. I had
>not been satisfied with the B&W and now I at least know why and have a
>chance at improving it.
>
>I know that a lot of people on this list are concerned about the longevity
>of their  prints and I think that is admirable, but I hope it doesn't cause
>some not to produce and sell their beautiful images because of the ambiguity
>of it. Each time Kodak came out with a new paper or film most of us were
>dragged kicking and screaming to use it because we were comfortable with the
>old way. Maybe rightfully or wrongfully, I don't remember any photographer
>asking how long will it last. We knew color would fade and we told people
>that, we actually begged them to buy B&W with the color and they would not
>do it. So we gave up trying to sell the B&W prints with the color, but I
>have never stopped mentioning that color will fade in the future.
>
>Sorry about the long post, should have posted a little at a time over the 9
>months.<G>
>
>Regards,
>
>John Douglas in OKC
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>John in OKC
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lawrence Smith" <lsmith@...>
>To: "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint yahoogroups.com"
><DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Attention Friends
>
>
>| On 3/15/02 9:24 AM, "TigerShark" <sunnyd@...> wrote:
>|
>| > Reviewing general habits on many lists, I have come to the conclusion
>| > that only active participants on a list deserve the right to post their
>| > links, and only when their work is on topic.
>|
>|
>| My link is part of my signature and I don't post too often but I would be
>| seriously pissed off if someone told me I couldn't include it because I
>| didn't 'participate' enough.  I do lots of digital B&W work but my site
>| actually has more color images.  I don't have a gallery dedicated to B&W
>| because it does not really fit my organizational structure.  So, under
>your
>| 'rule', I might fall into a grey area...   Typical of how my life goes
>most
>| of the time ;-)
>|
>| Lawrence
>|
>| ----------------------------------
>| Lawrence W. Smith Photography
>| http://www.lwsphoto.com
>| lsmith@...
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