Digital BW, The Print

I'm considering this concept of a web site
for this group, to offer additional ways
to show each other what we're doing.

I looked for domain names today, and
see "digitalBWprints.com" is available.

Could there be enough interest to justify
starting something like this? I'd be
willing to do much of it, but it'd
require content from many of us...
photos, screen dumps, descriptions,
etc. My ISP might be willing to donate
the space. What do you think?

-Clark Thomas  www.simplephotographs.com


message 29543:

>> A detailed chart (of some kind), or 
>> maybe a web site of individual pages 
>> dedicated to the description and 
>> presentation of various list members' 
>> methods, materials, and evaluations. 
>> It could be set up like a database, 
>> so you could select those who use 
>> 7000's or 2200's, or those who use 
>> MIS Ultra Tones or Selenium 
>> Piezotones.

What's wrong with:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/

Judging from the lack of stuff there, I'd say no one's dying to develop
content for such a site.

-Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark Thomas [mailto:clark@...] 
> 
> I'm considering this concept of a web site
> for this group, to offer additional ways
> to show each other what we're doing.
> 
> I looked for domain names today, and
> see "digitalBWprints.com" is available.
> 
> Could there be enough interest to justify
> starting something like this? I'd be
> willing to do much of it, but it'd
> require content from many of us...
> photos, screen dumps, descriptions,
> etc. My ISP might be willing to donate
> the space. What do you think?
> 
> -Clark Thomas  www.simplephotographs.com

I wrote Martin, the founder of the list [below].

We'll see what he says about starting a web site.

I see starting this very simply, and keeping
it simple. Erring on the side of too little
rather than too much. Kind if an experiment in
how we'd do it "if" we were going to...
Emphasis on content, with minimal coding (html).

I do several web sites now, and none of them take
much time. I do the Nashville Mac Users site:
www.macusers.com
the site for my low profile portrait photo business:
www.simplephotographs.com
Also the site for the neighborhood association and
residents at my summer lake house in Florida:
www.kingsleylake.org

You'll notice all three are similar in concept.
I'm not much interested in fancy bells and whistles
on web sites.

I wouldn't feel at all possessive about this site
either. Would prefer in fact, that we have several
people actively working on it, which would help us
all learn more too, hopefully.

I'm hoping that having to do some photos, and helping
people with some writing - will help me ingest the
content about printmaking. Doing the site is like
committing myself to the team. But I don't want to be
the captain or coach - water boy will suit me well
enough. And maybe a little cheerleading.  -Clark

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>>  Martin,
>>  I've offered to start a web site dedicated to
>>  the DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint list. Someone
>>  suggested I contact you, and see if you have
>>  any thoughts about it. Do you?
>>  I'm still just thinking it through, and getting
>>  input.
>>     
>>  Regards, Clark Thomas
>>  www.simplephotographs.com...

Nothing's 'wrong' with what we've got - but
I think it's fairly limited by the Yahoo 
structure. The Yahoo structure is good for
what it's good for - but an open-ended 
independent site could be a bonus!

I'm seeing articles, and tutorials, and step
by step descriptions with photos, and bios 
with portraits of our people doing their 
work.

I'm holding the goal, or concept - of having
it be as much like "being there" in person 
with other printmakers. This would be VERY 
rich if we can achieve it.

I'm "seeing it" which is why I feel obliged
to try to move it forward. I don't want to 
push it on anyone though. I'll beat my drum
about it for awhile and see if it generates
some interest, and if so we'll move it 
forward. If not, I'll let it go.

Clark Thomas
www.simplephotographs.com

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-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"Jason DeFontes" <jason@d...> wrote:
>
> What's wrong with:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/
> 
> Judging from the lack of stuff there, I'd say no one's dying to
develop

> content for such a site.
> 
> -Jason

If I may add my two cents worth--I have learned so much about black 
and white digital printing from this newsgroup that I would like 
very much to see such a web site developed for even a closer 
exchange of ideas and actual images showing the results. A 
description of a procedure is good, but the resulting images says 
and shows the end product. If voting has started, then count me in.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades




-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clark Thomas" 
<clark@s...> wrote:

> 
> Nothing's 'wrong' with what we've got - but
> I think it's fairly limited by the Yahoo 
> structure. The Yahoo structure is good for
> what it's good for - but an open-ended 
> independent site could be a bonus!
> 
> I'm seeing articles, and tutorials, and step
> by step descriptions with photos, and bios 
> with portraits of our people doing their 
> work.
> 
> I'm holding the goal, or concept - of having
> it be as much like "being there" in person 
> with other printmakers. This would be VERY 
> rich if we can achieve it.
> 
> I'm "seeing it" which is why I feel obliged
> to try to move it forward. I don't want to 
> push it on anyone though. I'll beat my drum
> about it for awhile and see if it generates
> some interest, and if so we'll move it 
> forward. If not, I'll let it go.
> 
> Clark Thomas
> www.simplephotographs.com
> 
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> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> "Jason DeFontes" <jason@d...> wrote:
> >
> > What's wrong with:
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/
> > 
> > Judging from the lack of stuff there, I'd say no one's dying to
> develop
> > content for such a site.
> > 
> > -Jason

My point was, I don't think the structure of the Yahoo site, as rigid as
it is, it what's keeping stuff like you suggest from being created. For
instance, the idea of a FAQ for the group has come up more than once,
and everybody thinks it's a great idea, but no one ever volunteered to
create it.

Best of luck to you though, sincerely.

-Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark Thomas [mailto:clark@...] 
> 
> Nothing's 'wrong' with what we've got - but
> I think it's fairly limited by the Yahoo 
> structure. The Yahoo structure is good for
> what it's good for - but an open-ended 
> independent site could be a bonus!
> 
> I'm seeing articles, and tutorials, and step
> by step descriptions with photos, and bios 
> with portraits of our people doing their 
> work.
> 
> I'm holding the goal, or concept - of having
> it be as much like "being there" in person 
> with other printmakers. This would be VERY 
> rich if we can achieve it.
> 
> I'm "seeing it" which is why I feel obliged
> to try to move it forward. I don't want to 
> push it on anyone though. I'll beat my drum
> about it for awhile and see if it generates
> some interest, and if so we'll move it 
> forward. If not, I'll let it go.
> 
> Clark Thomas
> www.simplephotographs.com