From: terry roth (terryroth@earthlink.net)
Date: 06/26/01-10:07:38 AM Z
Have you travelled much in Souther Utah----Arches NP, Nine-mile canyon,
etc??
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Rose <photo@wir.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: Shooting for Alternative Processes
> My primary interests are nature/landscape subjects. My approach to taking
> pictures is to just go out exploring with my 4x5 and Nikon. When I have
> preconceived notions about what/how I'm going to photograph, the results
are
> often 'forced' and less than satisfying. My best work is the often the
> result of stumbling on the unexpected - something just 'grabs me', and I
> respond. When I've taken an exceptional photo, I usually know it the
> instant I release the shutter. I strive to be open and spontaneous, and
my
> technique (Zone system, etc....) is well-honed to the point of being
almost
> automatic, requiring little thought. I'll often photograph a subject in
> both B&W and color. Not indecision on my part, but because I like to have
> as many options as possible in the darkroom.
>
> The decision to print an image as Cyanotype or Gum often comes later, in
the
> darkroom. Indeed, some of my best gum prints are the result of digging
> through my negative files and thinking "wonder how this would look as a
gum
> print?" Certain subjects lend themselves to gum. For example, I have an
> extensive collection of Indian Rock Art (petroglyph & pictograph)
> photographs. Printing these on Cibachrome was an exercise in frustration.
> Printed in gum, these images come to life.
>
> "How do we pump our blood back into an image?"
>
> For me, capturing the image out in the field is the 'make or break'
moment.
> If I've done a good job there, everything else falls into place in the
> darkroom.
>
> Best regards,
> Dave Rose
> Cactus Cowboy
> Big Wonderful Wyoming
>
> (snip)
> > Joe, at what point do you begin to have a sense of the image you want to
> > create?
> > And Gary, would you agree that there is a huge distinction between
> technique
> > and process? We so often discuss techniques on this list but for me
> > alternative processes is more than technique....it's another way of
> > approaching the construction of a visual image using photography. And
much
> > too often do we get carried away with the technique and/or subject
matter
> > omitting the soul of the image. How do we pump our blood back into an
> image?
> > Ernestine
> >
> > Ernestine Ruben
>
>
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