Digital BW, The Print

> I just looked in on this thread, so forgive me if this has already been
> stated, but I find that the bias against inkjet prints is that customers
> think they are produced by a computer. There is a major negative connotation
> to the print made using a computer. Some people don't understand it is only a
> tool; I have never heard of a print of any sort made without using some sort
> of tool, but some people think photos made using the computer as a tool are
> not real photos!
> George J Kunze

People also forget that a camera is just a tool, as well.  How else can we account for so many of those top of
the line cameras being sold?  ;- )

I remember once, when I had just done a limited edition portfolio of (B&W silver prints) of flowers.  It was
part of a collaboration with a garden designer (we were doing a book together...It was never published).
Anyway, I went to one of his gardens, that he had designed for one of his 'rich ladies', to photograph a
particular plant.  This woman, whose garden it was, said that she was completely overwhelmed by the beauty of
the flower prints in the portfolio, and wondered why her photos didn't look like mine...After all, she used
the same camera and film that I did.  Well...after a while, we went out to the garden (which was
breathtaking), and I start to shoot.  All of a sudden, she got this wonderful smile on her face, and she said:
"I've figured it out!  You use a *tripod*...That's it!" (A true story)

Yeah, right.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC



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