I don't remember digital users "putting down" the wet process. Some
have said it's not very practical to do it any more. That's just an
observation based on having worked both ways. Many of us practiced the
darkroom workflow for many years and have great affection and respect
for it. I still have a full-service, multi-format darkroom. But I work
in PhotoShop much more often. And like Godfrey, I don't fiddle. No more
than I fiddled in the darkroom. But this is a silly debate that's been
repeated many times. It's becoming a real yawner.
Paul
On Nov 24, 2005, at 3:32 PM, graywolf wrote:
And the digi-heads put down wet process users. Why is it alright for
them to do that but not all right the other way around. Turn about is
fair play.
I use both processes, neither is better or cheaper or easier than the
other. However, I am sure that to someone who does not have both
skills the one they do have looks easier to them.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Glen wrote:
I feel very sympathetic to Godfrey on this issue. People who use
Photoshop (or other programs) as yet another creative tool, like a
different camera, or a different lens, often feel somewhat insulted
by such phrases. The insult isn't quite a blunt and literal
statement, but just a subtle implication that using Photoshop is
something to be avoided, especially by serious photographers. This is
total nonsense. Unless it's something like a police forensics image,
it's only the final image that matters. I don't care very much what
technique was used to arrive at that final image when I am judging
the relative merits of the image.
take care,
Glen
At 10:18 AM 11/23/2005, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
"Fiddling in Photoshop" is such a disparagement. "Fun with a camera"
is a hobbyist point of view.
I do my *work* in Photoshop. That work is the effort required to
render what my 'fun with a camera' has produced into expressive forms
of representation. It's what I used to do with chemistry and an
enlarger. My 'fun with a camera' is just the other part of my
photographic work. I don't 'fiddle in Photoshop' ... I render my
photographs into reality.
