Digital BW, The Print

---not wanting to drive this discussion into the ground but there is 
a case for using ONE film, ONE developer, ONE set of lenses, for ones 
entire career as a black and white photographer. i read that brett 
weston was so familiar with his materials and had such an ability to 
gage light that he did not use an exposure meter and never made a 
test print in the dark room. of course in our situation technology is 
racing ahead and we are on the cutting edge. things change fast and 
we have to keep up. larry pirrone
 DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography <skid@b...> 
wrote:
> Yes, I'm familiar with it, and totally agree.
> 
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
> 
> riskdr8138 wrote:
> 
> >  have any of you ever read "zen in the art of archery" by eugen
> > harrigel". it teaches that only after absolute total mastery of 
ones
> > technigue and equipment can the talent that is inside you be
> > available. until then the mind is too cluttered with the technical
> > aspects to relax enough to produce the best possible work.
> >
> > larry pirrone
> >
> > In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography <skid@b...>
> > wrote:
> > > millerhillsteve wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Ok folks, I think that's enough already. I would say that if 
you
> > take a
> > > > picture and
> > > > convert it to Black and White and you like it...that's where 
the
> > rubber hits
> > > > the
> > > > road. How it got there is unimportant unless your whole notion
> > about making
> > > > images is about equipment and process rather than the image
> > itself.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > >
> > > How can you say that?   If it's only about the final image, this
> > group would
> > > only discuss aesthetics and not technique.
> > >
> > > I for one, am very anti-equipment, it is about the talent and 
not
> > equipment.
> > > But it is *VERY* important to understand how this stuff works in
> > order to use
> > > one's talents to best achieve the results you are after.
> > >
> > > Harvey Ferdschneider
> > > partner, SKID Photography, NYC
> > >
> > >
> > >
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