> From: David Parsons <parsons.da...@gmail.com> > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> 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.
The problem is I tend to be a perfectionist in this. Knowing that I have the post-processing ability means I will. :) I have a bottom refrigerator drawer of 135 and 220 film that's been sitting there since 2005. Mostly Velvia and Provia. I should find out how it works after 7 years. :( Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
