You'll wake up tomorrow, hangover in hand, and wonder what the heck you wrote that down for. b...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: Color Management By Eye > Bill, > > That thing you just said is your second best quote. I'm writing it down... > "Photography is > something you can hold in your hand and say this really sucks". > > Your best is what you wrote me several years back, "Photography is not > rocket science. Tang is rocket science". > > :) > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Color Management By Eye > >Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:32:18 -0600 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom C" > >Subject: Re: Color Management By Eye > > > > > > > darn this stinking thing, 2nd attempt. > > > > > > I'm a very cynical computer geek. They create more problems than > >they > > > solve... idiots rely on them, if the computer says so it must be > >gospel. > > > > > > I hadn't considered the multiple samples per page, which cuts down > >on the > > > paper costs (though a small sample image will necessarially look > >different > > > from it's larger sibling). > > > > > > I don't think it's easy... I just wish it was easier... For me, I > >don't > > > necessarially have the time to invest in a darkroom, digital or > >otherwise... > > > Once I have an image I like, I'd like to print it with relative > >ease. > > > > > > As a software developer, I know little comes easy. There's a price > >in time > > > and money. As a user, I just want it to work. > > > >I tried building a gray scale in photoshop, abd using it as a test > >target, but gound it just didn't work. > >I really think the best method is to not get your shit in a knot over > >it, and take pictures and print them. You will quickly figure out if > >something is not quite right, and will learn how to compensate for > >it. > >Or, you can try to find custom profiles for the material/hardware you > >are using, and learn to love pictures that are just a bit off...... > > > >Photography is about pictures, not bits and bytes. Photography is > >something you can hold in your hand and say "this really sucks" > > > >William Robb > > > > > > >
