Digital BW, The Print

Keep wondering while I learn to use my camera - damn technical  
things!  ;-)



On 10 Feb 2008, at 23:43, CorrPro96@... wrote:

> The "tools" that attach to photography vary from a pinhole in a  
> cereal box
> to a complex view camera. There are many flavors in between.  
> Technology, for
> me, has been more an obstacle to my craft than a benefit, once the  
> Leica was
> available. Many of us relied on the Professionals in the color labs  
> for the
> technical stuff. Many accomplished photographers never printed  
> their negatives,
> while many others only shot E-6 and dropped off their film. I, like  
> many
> others, relied on an expert printer for my darkroom work, until I  
> learned to make
> a fine print . It has always been the vision that photographers  
> have had to
> have, not sophisticated, technical equipment. I have seen many a  
> professional
> photographer's work that is not even in focus and never the less  
> published,
> talk about learning to use their cameras.
> You really have me wondering what your photographs look like.
>
> Richard Massie
>
>
> In a message dated 2/10/2008 5:46:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> stevekale@... writes:
>
> Nonsense. If don't know how to use your camera you can't take a
> picture. Just as a painter must know how to handle a brush in order
> to capture on canvas the image in his/her mind's eye, a photographer
> needs to know how to handle the tools of his trade. Else you can
> daydream all you want but not be able to share that creativity in a
> photo. Now of course, technical ability doesn't make you an artist.
> But it's hard to practice without both creative and technical
> skills. Explore both.
>
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