Digital BW, The Print

I do it every day (hammer . . . then duck) with clients and others who are just "waltzing" through life. Though I do less of it now, a large part of my work in earlier years was doing stills in TV and film. If you ever want to see a community that is founded on "hurry up and wait" that is it . . . and don't forget that technically, that industry is MILES ahead of the still business, and they are real experts in "sitting on a log". My dog could teach any production unit how to speed up at least tenfold, and my dog's only interest is how to get another milk bone.

I know full well it is a creative process . . . I have frequently come to that horrific block that assails all of us at one time or another, BUT, the manipulative process on the screen is very much like the issue of film development, or print processing, and when you know what you are doing, that process can become an "intuitive" (read: push here stupid) action. I, nor you, do not need to sit and watch how mama computer re-arranges your digits. That is something that should be understood beforehand, if it isn't understood, then maybe you ain't in the right place.

As to building something with a "headless" hammer? That is why I get paid a lot of money. I make people's products look like the gifts from the gods . . . that is what YOU want, and I get paid for it.

I have survived thirty+ years in the photo business, not always pleasant, but always a challenge that I have been able to meet.

Paul Aparycki


  Paul  -

  I think you're missing the point.  This is a thinking/creating process.  Most people don't do that very well if they're constantly interrupted, and a very slow computer is an interruption.  This is not about the computer doing your work for you.  It's about working with you instead of against you.  It's sorta like having hammer with a loose head that keeps falling off.  Try building something with that.



  Tom Baker


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