Tang is rocket science though. I saw it on a TV advertisement when I was a
kid. I think it was the "Official Drink of the NASA Space Program".
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 00:50:18 -0600
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
> >
> >
>
>
>
