Re: Bye Bye Contact Sheets (was RE: Robert Frank - New York Bus, 1958 )

[Paul Stenquist]

Very true, Shel. I consider each CF card download to be a contact 
sheet. A one gig card downloads as 72 RAW images, a half gig card 
downloads as 36 RAW images. My hard drive is full of dated and 
categorized "contact sheets." The best are backed up on CDs. 
Eventually, I hope to back up everything on a second drive as well. 
(Costco was selling 160 gig Maxtors for $89.00 last weekend.) I almost 
bought one, but they were internals, and I'm not sure they would mount 
correctly in my dual 1.25 G4. But I plan on adding quite a few more 
external drives. Eventually, I'd like to save everything in triplicate.
Paul
On Nov 16, 2004, at 9:34 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Hi,
I used to be more concerned about this.  While some people delete 
images
that they feel are unsatisfactory for whatever reason, perhaps serious
photographers, pros, and those who understand the value of a contact 
sheet
may elect to save all their exposures.  Considering that a contact 
sheet
can be created with just a couple of keystrokes in Photoshop, and, as 
some
have said, storage is cheap and easy to come by, it shouldn't be too
difficult for a photog to save all their work and make "contact" 
sheets.

Shel

[Original Message]
From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

The exhibition includes a number of his contact prints. I always enjoy
the contact prints as much as the final shot because they provide a
good insight into the way a photographer works*.
[...]
 *I expect this to be one of the things we lose as digital takes over
 the world. It will be like losing artists' sketchbooks and writers'
 notebooks.