Digital BW, The Print

I think what he's saying, and I totally agree, is that photography is a creative process that 
starts with vision.  Seeing, capturing and being able to express creatively is what it's 
about. - it's not about tools.

It's incredibly easy to make high-quality boring prints.


Brad
Urban pix:  http:www.citysnaps.net


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody" <moodymz3@...> 
wrote:
>
> John,
> Are you saying it's not possible for a reasonably intelligent person to take
> the 4-day Black and White Digital Fine Print workshop (K7) at Cone's and
> produce gallery quality prints from artist's files in a very short time?
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of john dean
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:06 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] state of the art archival b/w digital out put
> 
> It isn't any easier than anything else. When photography came along
> people thought it could make them instant artists; it didn't. When
> digital output came along people thought it would make them instantly
> creative art printmakers, it won't anymore than the old chemical days.
> You have to put in years like he said to be really good, and some
> people don't have what it takes even after many years. I know
> photographers who still can't see color well after decades of hard
> work, while other students see it very quickly. Black and white is
> even more difficult.
> 
> As for high-end printmaking, most people can't do it anymore than
> someone who has the cash on hand to buy a great jazz guitar will make
> them a concert quality musician. I can tell you exactly what you need
> to buy and what you need to read to be a musican, but that won't
> produce the art. You many have it or you may not. There are no
> shortcuts no matter what the Epson ads tell you. There is no manual to
> tell you how to think visually, only technically.
> 
> John
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