Digital BW, The Print

Ken Carney wrote:

"Ned (BTW, how's Wyatt these days?)"

Actually, it's Bill Cody and Texas Jack, but you're on the right 
track.  (He also knew Hickok, but only enough to get threatened at 
gunpoint to get out of his sight).

"If you can get some comfort that real photographers are teaching, as 
opposed to some of the really tasteless stuff you can do with 
Photoshop, you will save yourself much money and time."

The photography side, I've got down pretty good.  I've been doing 
large format work for years and my darkroom is pretty loaded.  One 
thing I don't intend to do is do stupid stuff with Photoshop.  I'm 
more of a purist in that sense and don't go for the fakery side.  I'm 
hoping to use Photoshop for the same things I do in the darkroom now 
(burning, dodging, cropping, toning, and maybe a little blemish 
removal).

I don't like to waste money, but time is okay.  Making a few mistakes 
in technique helps me learn.  The equipment side of things is what 
I'm looking at intently (to keep from wasting that money).