Re: #225
- From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:16:22 -0700
Hi Jim:
I am so pleased that you posted this response.
I have watched with amusement the various arguments on the lists for and
against altering an image. It's as if we would never have done such a
things years ago - yet, working everyday in the darkroom almost 60 years ago
with wedding pictures and portraits, I don't think we ever put out one
photograph that wasn't retouched, burned, dodged, cropped, softened,
tinted - you name it. And some of the hand coloring - well, it was
fabulous, but not always true to life - on purpose.
To me, it's all about what you said, making the final photograph what the
photographer envisions. And in this digital age it's all that much easier
to do it, I think. And doesn't it make sense. If you can make something
better, or more like you saw it, or how you think it would have more impact,
why not do it? Unless you are a news photographer, journalist, forensic
photographer, or taking pictures for a documentary or something like that, I
cannot see the harm in it.
In matter of fact, it's a great to see what Graham and Sunny can do. Oh,
yeah, I guess Sunny started it with his pictures of chairs on a porch and
some sort of machine at a fair or something - but isn't it fun! ;-)
Thanks. And take care,
Ted
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: #225
Graham,
I was not giving you any flak about your manipulated photographs. In my
darkroom, I burn, dodge, mask, bleach, and whatever else I need to do in
order to portray my vision. I don't list all of the darkroom manipulations
I have done to each print. In my estimation, you do not need to list what
you do in your digital darkroom, except perhaps, as you did, when
combining multiple images into one final image.
Regardless of what you do, I blame Sonny C. for everything... ;-)
Graham, I really like your work!
:-)
Jim
At 08:11 AM 7/20/2005, GeeBee wrote:
Jim,
My recent foray into the sub menus of PhotoShop seems to have caused a
disproportionate amount of flak With hindsight I should have made it
even clearer that I was tinkering.
It seems highly likely that anything I post from now is destined to be
closely examined for joins rather than any photographic merit. Oh well,
win
some lose some.
Glad you enjoyed them for what they were
--Graham
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