I'm making my way through this huge repository of photos ... negatives made in the '50s and '60 by my grandfather, uncle, mother and father ... and they're captivating, delightful photographs.
I can't wait to be done capturing them so that I can forget about film forever. What makes them special is that they are of people, places, things long past, they evoke memories that are delightful to me. Their miserable dynamic range, poor resolution, scratches, grain and other elements of sixty years of degradation make them unique and charming, "Huge" in the context of film exposures made over a twenty year period is a matter of 1500 exposures ... not even a weekend's assignment shoot nowadays for any good photographic effort. Huge in this context is a matter of weeks and weeks of capture and rendering effort just to get a half decent photograph. I've made over 3000 new photos since I started this project, with 1/10 the effort and time, and completed three extensive projects from capture to finished products. Two of which have already been given candidate status for an exhibit, etc. I have no love of film at all. Or scanning. It's the photographs I love. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
