From: Jeffrey D. Mathias (jeffrey.d.mathias@att.net)
Date: 08/19/02-09:33:57 AM Z
Carl Weese wrote:
> ... I think he had the ability to do the whole process--from the
> decision to think about making a picture today, to the final
> print--seamlessly. I'll wager that he often had a good idea what the
> burning/dodging map was going to look like before exposing the negative.
> There's a strong tendency among photographers to approach the print and
> the photograph as two different things. I think Weston avoided this,
> with wonderful results. ...
Some of us others think so too. This is certainly the approach I have
been taking. One advantage is that the original thought can be
preserved based on one's ability and experience without the manipulation
of afterthought. A more pure objective approach, of course not without
its own limitations and disadvantages.
-- Jeffrey D. Mathias http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
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