Digital BW, The Print

Hello James,

>I think this staggered ladder pattern of idea, need for technique, 
>and new idea springing from that technique is probably inherent in 
>the arts in general...

Excellent analogy.  It's two sides of a coin, so to speak, they build
on each other.  I am both a musician and a photographer and have seen
that process at work in both disciplines over the years.  Well said.

Here's another thought - using the two sided coin analogy for vision
and technique, there's actually a 3rd dimension, the edge of the coin.
That would be the quality of the tools.  

The tools are an important 3rd dimension which affects the other two.
 The advent of digital printing gave new life to my photographic
inspiration and has allowed me to make far better prints than I ever
could with an enlarger.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm