On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The two most interesting things I learned after viewing the PBS show the > other evening. Ansel was an accomplished musician, and the fact that he > considered a negative similar to a musical score and the print was the > performers interpretation of the score. > > Also, along these lines, I think he would have loved to be able to use > PhotoShop.
I don't know if that was the documentary I saw on him a couple of years ago - whether it was or not, I'm sure it was interesting. The one I saw showed him dodging and otherwise exposing a huge print in the darkroom, and it was as if he were dancing! Very cool. Given that he was something of a control-freak (or "precise" - whatever works best for you...) WRT both negative and print exposures, I don't doubt he'd have loved PS. It would have given him the control of the process that he wanted with much more precision than any darkroom could. Interesting observation, Bill. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
