who is doing color printing?

[Angelo]

I have many good memories of darkroom work - both in b&w and color.
And I must say they were good memories, so I can see how some would
enjoy it.
There is however a very good reason to do darkroom work. It is for the experience
very similar to learning how to operate and experience a full manual camera.

[KJ Smith]

Originally Posted by Angelo

very similar to learning how to operate and experience a full manual camera.

Angelo,

I have no issue with anybody deriving pleasure from what ever suits them.

The only issue I have is the notion that one process would cause a print to be valued more than another.



As far as using a manual camera goes. Why? If its because you enjoy the challange.... great.

I have always told folks, avoid things that distract you from photographing the scene at hand.

The more you have to fiddle with the camera, the less time you have to concentrate on the scene.

Manual focus cameras with the split prisms were the worst.
People concentrate so hard on getting that right, they forget all about recomposing. They are so relived that they got focus right, they push the shutter and never think about composition.

Learning how your camera works and how to work the program modes makes life much easier.

Then you can free your mind and allow the artistic side to flow.


YMMV.

[Angelo]

Originally Posted by KJ Smith

Angelo,

I have no issue with anybody deriving pleasure from what ever suits them.

The only issue I have is the notion that one process would cause a print to be valued more than another.



As far as using a manual camera goes. Why? If its because you enjoy the challange.... great.

I have always told folks, avoid things that distract you from photographing the scene at hand.

The more you have to fiddle with the camera, the less time you have to concentrate on the scene.

Manual focus cameras with the split prisms were the worst.
People concentrate so hard on getting that right, they forget all about recomposing. They are so relived that they got focus right, they push the shutter and never think about composition.

Learning how your camera works and how to work the program modes makes life much easier.

Then you can free your mind and allow the artistic side to flow.


YMMV.

Hi Kevin,
You have a valid point and I feel everyone here respects that. For you the basics may have begun with a fully automatic camera. For me and others it was with a totally manual camera, because that's all there was. You can say that we learned the hard way. But for me they were building blocks that helped me understand better what those manual dials did, and now what the automatic cameras do automatically.

I don't consider myself an expert in photography but what I do know I credit it to many years of learning the basics. I am still building on those learning blocks.

As far as printing the old way or digitally, my true feelings are that digitally is so much more flexible, easier and the quality superb.

As far as being more valuable a print because it was 'wet process', this has nothing to do with the process by which the print was created, but by the vision of the photographer and the process he chose to create his masterpiece.

[KJ Smith]

I honestly don't remember how my first camera operated.

Learning the basics of exposure and how to apply that to whatever equipment you are using is the key.

Like a lot of 4x5 shooters, I keep a P&S in one of the pockets on my bag.

So I tend to be on one extreme or the other.

Both cameras are capable of producing images that are satisfying to me.