Digital BW, The Print

You're so right Tyler.  I'm down to one film (after moving on from 100Tmax
to 400Tmax), one camera with 3 lenses (I've used just 2 for 15 years), one
processing and scanning regime and one printing setup.  It's not that I
don't try alternatives - I do when I find what I'm doing isn't giving me
what I want.  But what I want to do is create printed images.  Forever
evaluating options gets in the way of my objectives.  But this is said from
the luxurious position of having had long the experience of exploring many
options and settled into my niche.

Steve Gledhill

 <http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/> www.virtuallygrey.co.uk

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tyler
Boley
Sent: 07 October 2008 20:37
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Seeing B&W was Re: Getting reasonable scan file sizes
w/ MF & LF ...

 

HI John, it's interesting to me that Bruce and I were both busily
writing on this same issue in reply. It's a different thread than the
OP's original questions, but it's a very big deal.
Seeing, and all the issues that impact it positively and negatively,
is really what it's all about. We used to call it camerawork.
Many artists in all areas find their results and working level much
higher when severely limiting and focusing their options to those
applicable to the task at hand...
I've become more and more convinced about this over the years. Too
many guitars, too many stomp boxes, too many cameras, films,
applications, filters, etc etc.

It's a problem in digital sometimes... too many options to see
clearly... the forest and trees dilemma.
Tyler 



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