Digital BW, The Print

Clearly naïve. Creativity doesn't end at the click of the shutter.  There is
nothing wrong with retaining the flexibility for additional creative thought
at a later date.  Have you never cropped an image, burned an image or dodged
in the darkroom or digital domain?  Hacking has nothing to do with it.
Taking advantage of the additional creative flexibility provided by a new
medium does.... I implore all photographers to experiment both before and
after the shutter is released.  Some old fuddy duddies seem to still be
stuck within the restrictive bounds of the film, shutter (slow or fast),
lens and a few old filters...


> From: bhhc <tawow@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:53:23 -0400
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Color vs BW film for printing BW
> 
> 
>> You can do the same
>> with filters in front of the lens, but filters slow down your shooting, and
>> make you commit to one particular effect for each shot.
> 
> Obviously you shoot everything with a hi-speed Canon and hope that you will
> get something, if anything! "slow down your shooting", please . . . most
> competent photographers I know have an idea of what they are looking for,
> including the contrast effect (frequently part of their style). The "one"
> particular effect that you speak of is more often than not the one the
> photographer was looking for, as opposed to an "artiste" hacking away at
> something with every function photoshop has to offer, hoping to make a silk
> purse out of a sow's ear.
> 
> Long live digital/electronic blather! No matter how sophisticated it becomes,
> it will never make up for previsualization . . . and that also applies to
> charcoal pencil drawings, oil painting, watercolour, writing, . . . any
> creative pursuit.
> 
> Paul Aparycki
>