----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Waterson" Subject: Darkroom or Digital for beginners
> If you have any reasons why > children should be learning in a darkroom, I would love > to hear them and pass them on. > > It teaches them that there is life beyond the computer screen, which many kids don't seem to realize. I think darkroom work is a lot closer to the art and craft of photography than computer manipulation. This is just my opinion, feel free to disagree, not that I care what anyone thinks. B&W darkroom work does not involve handling any especially dangerous chemistry. William Robb