Re: [Largeformat] Re: Photo 101 - Class 25 - Incident meters

[Clive Warren <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>]

At 12:59 pm -0400 6/9/00, slberfuchs@aol.com wrote:
>
>We need to strip away the labels of "painting" or "photography" or digital
>imaging" or any others that may be suggested. To a large extent, when you
>make a committment to LF fine arts photography waht you are doing is deciding
>that you want to MAKE IMAGES not take pictures.  In the process of making
>images I believe you can let your technical and artistic skills and talents
>soar.  I use whatever I have available to achieve the image that I have
>preconceived in my minds eye.  Sometimes this will mean a devotion to high
>tech photographic equipment and materials exclusively.  Sometimes it will
>mean depending largely or solely on digital technology.  Sometimes (in fact
>most frequently) it will mean relying on a simple 4x5 camera and a few lenses
>followed by straightforward processing and printing.  Often it will mean a
>blending of both schools.
>
>Cheers
>
>Ted

Ted,

You hit the nail on the head - the purpose IS to make images.

The last exhibition I had in Bristol included digital and silver, 
sometimes in the same image, printing mediums of photo paper, ink jet 
and laser.

For one set of images I scanned a series of 8x10 B&W prints and 
posterised them in PhotoShop. The output was to cartridge paper on a 
B&W laser printer. These were mounted in a set of three which 
included a print out from the laser printer of the original scan. The 
results were exactly what I wanted - some people liked them, some 
didn't.....

The way to keep the larger formats alive is to keep buying the film 
and using it.

We all know that there is still no comparison between digital and 
large format images. As memory becomes cheaper and less bulky there 
will be a point when the camera will become digital but probably 
still much more expensive that a traditional photographic LF outfit. 
Also, in terms of archival permanence the digital medium has a long 
way to go.  Many photographers use digital scans of their trannies 
along the way to making prints, however the final ouput is still onto 
photographic paper using a digital printing machine.



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All the best,

             Clive Warren   http://www.f32.net
                            Large Format travel and stock photography