Approximately a thousand years ago, I did a lot of photo editing for a medium-size-university student newspaper. I remember the late nights in the darkroom, obsessing over the enlarger, which could do immensely less than Lightroom or equivalent can; but the visceral thrill of zooming out the extraneous from a couple of faces in Tri-X prints at the center of a story... well past midnight of course, the air thick with photochemicals and cannabis. I haven’t touched an enlarger this millennium but I can remember how it feels. -T
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:37 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hear, hear! We couldn't afford to "waste" slides yet, when self processing > with the aid of an enlarger, cropping was almost a given. > > Alan C > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "George Sinos" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 2:27 PM > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT Striking a blow for cropping > > >> I think the "no cropping" idea became popular when many photographers >> were shooting slide film. The same goes for a lot of the more >> restrictive "get it right in the camera" stuff. >> >> You didn't crop because you couldn't. So you got it right in the camera. >> >> gs >> George Sinos >> -------------------- >> www.GeorgesPhotos.net >> www.GeorgeSinos.com >> >> >> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I crop more or less 100%. -T >>> >>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> David & Paul took the words right out of my mouth. >>>> >>>> I crop my photos with an eye toward potentially printing in a standard >>>> aspect ratio. I do take pains to preserve as much as possible, but I'm >>>> far >>>> less concerned about drawing hoots from pixel-peepers than I am about >>>> presenting the shot in its best format. >>>> >>>> -- Walt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/8/2013 9:02 PM, David Parsons wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you do any kind of portraiture, you quickly learn to frame loose >>>>> and plan on cropping. There's nothing worse than taking a group shot >>>>> and realizing that you can't crop it to 8x10. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Paul Stenquist >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I crop 60 to 70% of my photos. I frequently shoot with the intention >>>>>> of >>>>>> cropping at least a small amount. Better to leave a bit too much than >>>>>> a bit >>>>>> too little. >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 8, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Scroll down in this article and have a look at three famous images >>>>>>> before and after cropping to their published form. Amazing, >>>>>>> especially >>>>>>> the Arnold Newman pair: Picasso and Stravinsky. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.drkrishi.com/cropping >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Admittedly the extreme cases were probably only possible because of >>>>>>> being shot with a large format camera to begin with, but whatever. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> “I crop for the benefit of the pictures. The world just does not fit >>>>>>> conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.” – W. Eugene Smith. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> -bmw >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
