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Re: [Digital BW] The perfect print

2002-08-30 by Jerry Olson

Moreno, he asked what makes a good print, and technically if he followed
these rules, he'd have a pretty nice print. You can always break the
rules if you want. 

Jerry



Moreno Polloni wrote:
> 
> > These are some of the rules we were taught at Brooks Institute of
> > Photography, and I think most of them were right on the money.
> 
> After reading your post, I now have visions of fresh Brooks grads running
> around with their laminated cards listing the Brooks 10 commandments,
> ticking off each item on the checklist before every exposure.
> 
> > There are some photographers who would delight in breaking every one of
> > these "rules".
> 
> For me and many others, photography is often a "stream of conciousness"
> thing. It's more right-brain emotional than left-brain intellectual. Space
> and time disappear during the creative process. I couldn't imagine trying to
> work with a set of rules.
> 
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