Digital BW, The Print

At 09:35 AM 4/2/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>At 11:58 AM -0500 4/2/02, Richard Wolfson wrote:
>>I'm thinking of guaranteeing my prints for 500 years.
>>
>>Richard Wolfson
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>>>  From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
>>>
>>  > I don't worry about fading any more. And I'm much happier.
>>
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>Way to go Richard and Jerry!  I find these outlooks very enlightened. 
>Gives us more time to deal with the ART of digital photography and 
>the CRAFT of making digital prints.
>
>While I am a process oriented person, I have never seen more 
>technically perfect but artistically boring prints than those 
>produced by most photographic engineers and scientists...with very 
>few exceptions. Sometimes we all get caught up in the trap of being 
>overly anal about this business. It's refreshing to see a bit of 
>humor about it to give us all some perspective.
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>Bill
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Bill,

The reason for technical refinement is to make work easier and more
predictable rather than a goal in itself. Production workers can't afford to
waste time and materials so have to keep improving equipment and methods.
Generally the person who doesn't make a living at the craft can be more
creative and form an acceptable level of refinmnet that fits the work. It's
the equipment freaks that drive me buggy. :-)

AZ

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