Digital BW, The Print

Ditto. I coordinated the 13x19 exchange, and when one member had to 
drop out, Lawrence signed up immediately. I went to his web-site, and 
was mighty impressed with his work The image he contributed to the 
exchange is fantastic.

Keep it up Lawrence!

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., JimCollum <collum@c...> 
wrote:
> 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@l...>
> >To: "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint yahoogroups.com"
> ><DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> >Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:38 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Attention Friends
> >
> >
> >| On 3/15/02 9:24 AM, "TigerShark" <sunnyd@p...> 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@l...
> >| ----------------------------------
> >|
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