Digital BW, The Print

Excellent snippet.  I was out the other day (great light) with my 8x10 field
camera.  A fellow with a 35mm SLR and some kind of _big_ zoom lens walked up
and asked what my "apparatus" was when I started to open the clamshell.  I
explained that it was a view camera.  When I got the bellows extended he
asked if I was taking pictures of wildlife (big = telephoto).  I explained
it was a fairly wide-angle lens.  From there on it was pretty much deer in
the headlights, esp when I was happy the exposure time was under a minute.
That happens a lot.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Baker [mailto:tbaker1328@...]
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 8:06 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] A snippet from a day in the life


AHHHH!!!!  Life is good.  I spent a good part of the day out in the wind and
rain taking pictures of the stormy sea with my 4x5 and real b&w film.  A
tourist came up (there are ALWAYS tourists here) with a puzzled look on his
face.  "Not many of your kind of photographer left", he said.  "It's even
worse than that" I said.  "I'm shooting black and white".  At that point his
expression was something like "Man, YOU ARE NUTS."  He promplty said, "Well,
I guess I better let you get on with your work.  My wife and son are waiting
for me in the car."  He turned and left.

I don't know what the message is here.  But,  LIFE IS GOOD in the large
format b&w lane.

Tom Baker