Andy Darlow (andy@andydarlow.com)
Fri, 08 Jan 1999 23:16:37 -0800
To Bob:
I can understand why you may say that :
"I gather that people want extreme quality, but do not do what it takes.
Photoshop and digital methods are not the way to go"
based upon a whole lot of poor quality work out there in the realm of
digital creations.
However, if you ever have the opportunity to view work from someone like
Dan
Burkholder, who uses "Photoshop and digital methods" to create
breathtaking
alt process contact prints, then I am very confident your quote will
change"
Dan even spells out how to do exactly what he does in book form, which
is a
big plus for anyone willing to delve into a combination of the 19th and
21st
centuries!
(sorry to blow all this smoke up your posterior, Dan!)
-Andy Darlow
DanPhoto@aol.com wrote:
> >From: Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> >I gather that people want extreme quality, but do not do what it
takes.
> >Photoshop and digital methods are not the way to go. Does everyone
want
> >economy and reasonable quality or do they want the highest level of
> >attainable quality? Just curious.
> >
> >
> >
> >RM
>
> As a friendly suggestion, you might want to qualify your comments a
bit.
> Many users find that the control and precision of digital techniques
more
> than make up for the limitations that exist currently. And those
> limitations are there only because we are at such an early stage of
> incorporating electronic methods.
>
> Heck, by the time this message gets posted, someone will probably
> discover a better way to make those desktop separations! And it's the
> good people like Judy and Katherine who are doing the work that will
make
> the path so much easier for the rest of us to follow. And follow we
will.
> After all, when was the last time you exposed a glass plate negative?
>
> Dan
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