> So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography > is like crack.
and people who do both are what? Crackpots, I suppose... -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 09 August 2007 18:52 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) > > I have this theory. > > Back in the old days (what, 3-4 years ago?) when you got > serious about photography you loaded up your camera with > film. You went out and found something to photograph, you set > up your camera, then you sat around relaxing until the light > was where you wanted it. Back in the darkroom you stood > looking at nothing, all there was were your calm thoughts, > the soft buzz of the timer, every minute or so you inverted > your developing tank, then went back to contemplating > nothing. As a result photographers tended to be calm > contemplative folks with an intact sense of humor. > > Now there is digital. You go out with your digital camera > snapping, snapping, snapping. Running here, running there, > snapping, snapping, snapping. "Oh God my 4gb card is not big > enough, My 500gb hard drive is full, my mouse is too slow" As > a result you are all hyped up, tense, angry, and any sense of > humor you ever had is shattered into sharp threads. But it is > exciting. > > So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography > is like crack. Remember, like all generalities, it does not > apply to individuals, only to groups. Anyway that is my > theory, and it is certainly worth every penny you paid for it. > > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > John Sessoms wrote: > > On the other side of the coin ... > > > > I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all > of the *IDIOTS*. > > > > Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I > had gotten one > > of the kiosks fixed. > > > > ???????? > > > > To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the > help I have; so > > I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk > was printing > > all of her pictures yellow. > > > > That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order > station - she'd > > downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu > > QSS-3300. > > > > She showed me the pictures. > > > > There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the > beach. One of > > the women in the group had that "sunless" tan that comes > out of a bottle > > & bleached blond hair. > > > > The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's > hair yellow, > > because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an > un-natural > > orange color. > > > > I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't > look yellow, > > and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were > green, the reds > > were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was > shifted it > > would be shifted for everything in the photo. > > > > And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color > > shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one > person in one > > photo and not color shift anything else. > > > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > > > She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in > > somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the > white balance > > set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent > > light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's > white balance > > for the light. > > > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > > > I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs > there was no > > color shift and explained that if the printer was printing > yellow, ALL > > of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. > > > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > > > She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining > she was on > > her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and I'd better get it > > right this time. > > > > I said yes ma'am and let it ride. We don't do anything to > digital images > > submitted through the order kiosk. WYSIWYG. > > > > I checked 'em as they printed out though. > > > > The redhead is still blond, and her tan still came out of a bottle. > > > > I've been running the lab for about 6 months now, and I've > only had one > > complete idiot come in with film. > > > > I get at least one a day with digital. On a good day, I > won't get more > > than one, but I don't have many good days. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
