From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 06/08/00-09:07:45 PM Z
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 FDanB@aol.com wrote:
> You're right Judy, but if you're like me, you probably have that nagging
> (and very realistic) fear that many of the digital skills we're learning
> today will also be obsolete in a blink. It's just the nature of things.
> In not too many years we'll be reminiscing about the old-fashioned method
> of retouching images in Photoshop using the Clone tool.
That's why I'm very careful not to learn one drop more than necessary for
the job in hand -- less wasted energy. What might be considered
simultaneously is how much less available that 4x5 camera film is likely
to be after said "blink."
And, re retouching negs -- are we talking about 4x5 or 8x10? In my
experience, retouching 4x5 is tricky, and shooting 8x10 is exponentially
more difficult, perhaps tipping the scale a bit more toward digital
*camera*. Whatever computer system you are a slave to (I am planning to
keep my present horror story til the end of [my] time, which is why I try
not to breathe on it), it's bound to permit screen enlargements to many
times actual size, hence retouching 4 by 5 camera neg (should it exist)
more feasible.
Good luck with the show. If it were at "Kansas City" in NYC, I'd even go
above 14th St to see it.
Judy
>
> For anyone in the Kansas City area, I have a show opening at the Michael
> Cross Gallery this Saturday evening from 7-9:30 pm. All platinum prints
> and everyone's invited. Hope to see you there if you can make it. I'll be
> the tired-looking guy with a smile. Contact info below:
>
> Michael Cross Gallery
> 527 W. 39th St.
> Kansas City, MO 64111
> (816) 753-0606
> Fx: (816) 243-6538
> mlcross1@msn.com
>
> Dan Burkholder
>
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