Risk taking, was Re: photographic bleach

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From: S Wang (stwang@direcTVinternet.com)
Date: 06/22/02-05:52:45 PM Z


At 5:18 PM -0500 6/22/02, Bob and Carla wrote:
>Sam,
> Do the scan before you bleach!!! The scan is capable of capturing
>amazing scale....it will give you more to work with for making a new
>negative, than with any photochemical direct printing process. Then if
>you do something irreversible in the bleaching, you will have
>preserved an extremely malable image for later options! Good luck!
>Robert

Robert,

I know. But I won't.

To use Photoshop to fix up things is so powerful and tempting,
especially when you have some friend like Mark to show you how to do
it and to scan the negs for you. But, call me old fashioned, there is
something precious about taking the risk of losing the negative in
the darkroom, something genuine. Yes, you can do practically anything
with Photoshop, including a show of apparent spontaneity and chance
(and I love using the software). But with some of my photography,
it's most definitely not the result but the process that's important.
The process of discovery, and risk taking. The Photoshop safety net
changes all that.

Sam


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