Digital BW, The Print

Last year a friend borrowed my Olympus Stylus (an $80 p&s) for a week
long trip to Cuba. She asked for a film recomendation and I suggested
any 400 color print film. When she returned, she took the film to a
drugstore mini-lab, used the Kodak scan CD and printed on a 2200. 

Her images are absolutely stunning. This is a person that I had to
help load film onto a reel and answer some very basic PS questions.
But she's shown all over the country, been awarded grants, has her
work hanging in the State Capitol, has many awards, etc. 

While her technical skill are maybe C- and she's happy to shoot with
any camera, her eye and soul finds incredible images that I don't see.
I've been out shooting with her and she just sees things I don't. 

Next week I'm going to an exhibition she's curated. I bet she never
bothered to ask what kind of camera the photographer used. Probably
doesn't know or care if the images were captured digitaly or on film. 

Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, J Vee
<j.vee@g...> wrote:
> Well said, and my feeling is that that goes for printing and printer
too.
> Sometimes I think we get lost in dmax, curves, etc. while forgetting the
> image.  On the other hand, I feel that familiarity and mastery of
our chosen
> tools should be so complete as to allow ³transparent & almost
automatic² use
> for our visual expression.
> 
> On 8/27/04 10:29 AM, "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> > 
> > Keep in mind, you can achieve exceptional images from a Holga...or
just
> > about any camera, even a little cheapo P&S or even a disposable
camera.
> > Polaroids even!  So, digital is simply another imaging medium, and
nothing
> > more.  Like any tool, using the right tool for the job is
essential, and
> > that typically depends on what your goal is.  There are many
different goals
> > (and methods of achieving the same goal).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Austin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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