On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm pained by the necessity to somehow adjust every image that I think > meets my standards. Luckily or unluckily that's 1% or less of the > images I take. It used to be zilch. I either made the shot or I > didn't. There was no cropping, exposure adjustment, curves, > saturation, etc. > > I think I've become a better photographer in the last decade. Have I, > or is it just that I now have the ability to manipulate in a digital > darkroom? Before Photoshop and film scanners I never would have > dreamed of doing what I can now do. That was the bailiwick of film > labs and professionals. I guess if that made THEM better > photographers, in a sense, it does me as well. On the one hand I love > the ability, yet on the other I despise the imposition, the innocence > lost (likely perceived) of analog film, the WYSIWIG aspect for film > photographers without access to a darkroom.
They are different processes, with different mindsets involved. No matter what lab technicians can/could do with your film, you took the originals and composed the pictures. If digital post processing is a cramping your style, how about shooting JPG for a while and let the camera do the cooking. Find settings that give you results that you like and do that for a while. There is no rule that says you must use RAW and do the post processing. Simplify. > I'm not sure I'd ever have the patience, time, or funds for a wet > darkroom, even though I can sense the allure. > I feel the same way about film, sadly. I have about 50 rolls of expired film that I've gotten from photo friends that I keep imagining that I'll use for street shooting, but I imagine they'll go to waste. > Tom C. > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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.
