RE: Nashville Photos

Harrison, Jim Brick & Carl Socolow offered:

>> There ain't nothing like looking at chromes 
projected through good glass large onto a good screen.>>>

>>>> And, as I tell all of my digits, "there ain't nuthin' like looking at 
> chromes on a light table!"<<<<

>>>> On the Thursday I walked around a small part of downtown Nashville  
>> with my new to me M5, some Kodak Ektachrome E100GX and Fujichrome 
>> Velvia 100.<<<<


You know lads one of the things many of the young guys and gals of today
totally immersed in the digital world will never enjoy is just what's said
above! :-)

As totally blown away as I am with digital in any form and enjoy it
immensely, all I can say is "I'm very glad I came through the era of slide
film, light tables and projectors!" Because I feel it's made me a far better
digital photographer. Was film better than digital? I suppose we could say
in some circumstances unequivocally "YES!" 

But then the "kids of today" with no experience with film of any kind, let
alone slide projectors and Kodachrome would probably wave us off with a hand
motion as a bunch of "old farts, what do you know!" :-( aaahhh the youth of
today who know everything there is to know by the age of 12! :-( 

I believe what's most important here is.......... film & digital are
different mediums therefore not possible to honestly compare, "one better
than the other" as each have their merits under certain conditions.  

Today I shoot digital under available light conditions that would kill
colour slide film of any type. Not only that, but digital reproductions that
make the client gasp... "WOW! How did you get that? It's fantastic!" 

Did that happen with slide film? Yep any number of times under certain
lighting situations, but no where near what we do today using digital
without a blink of the eye! 

I rarely shoot film today of any kind unless it's for a TV taping when the
director asks about changing film and I have to go though the motions for
visual effect. (pain in the ass!)  ;-) You'd be surprised how many times
I've re-loaded the same roll into an R8 or M6. ;-) 

And each assignment I do, not many these days, I shoot digital for the most
important reason and that is.......... "every art director wants results
yesterday!" :-(

Certainly a super rare thing for an art director to accept, "I'll drop the
film at the lab and have results for you tomorrow morning." If this is the
case it means it's probably the last assignment you do for him or her! :-(

Each medium have their merits and I find it unfortunate when folks get their
butt ends in knots as to which is the better medium without experiencing
them under similar conditions and pressure during shooting time.

ted



















-----Original Message-----
From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Carl Socolow
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:14 PM
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Nashville Photos

Jim (and Harrison),

I have to differ with you. That is something 
I really miss. Although, as you said, there's something to looking at 
chromes on a light table as well. A client needed some reprints so I 
pulled out some architectural Hasselblad chromes I had done a few years 
ago and while louping them I was amazed and, perhaps nostalgiacally 
saddened, at the level of detail, dimension and plasticity inherent in 
the scenes. Sometimes there's more to life than "1s" and "0s".

Carl Socolow

Jim Brick wrote:
> Hey Harrison... are you sure it's Nashville? It looks like Pisa to me!
>
> Just kidding of course - It's amazing how a 12mm lens can topple 
> buildings!
>
> Great photographs Harrison!!! Awesome!!!
>
> I have a question, even though moot since it's outdoor in the summer 
> sun, but, did you consult the M5 meter? and if so, how close was it to 
> reality?
>
>
> :-)
>
> Jim
>
>
> At 12:42 PM 5/19/2007 -0500, Harrison McClary wrote:
>
I made a lot of photos with the 12mm voigtlander lens of 
>> the Ryman, and the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center.  So you can see 
>> Nashville's homes for different kinds of music.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/2plus2/nashville
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> It was nice to look at chromes on a light table again, they really do 
>> look nice.
>>
>> -- 
>> Harrison McClary
>
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