[pure-silver] Re: Film vs Digital- was: Amusing Kodak commercial
- From: "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:33:42 -0800
Speedy . wrote:
> As a film photgrapher I have diciplined myself to always attempt to
> capture what I want in one shot.
> I rarely (very rarely) ever bracket anything, and because I print my own
> images in a time consuming darkroom process I pretty decide before
> tripping the shutter whether the image I am about to capture is worth
> the time it would take to print it. It's called "Shot Dicipline" and
> most digital shooters lack it. For this reason they do not spend the
> time to learn what makes a good photograph they just blaze away.
Lack of "shot discipline" has been around as long as there as snapshot
photographers. I remember, 30 years ago, people telling me they prefer
shooting slides because it didn't cost so much to shoot a lot of photos
until they got the right one. Digital capture just reduces the cost
even further, but doesn't change the basics of photography, including
"shot discipline". If you doubt this, ask someone who worked at a
mini-lab before film was replaced by digital. I remember there used to be
a mini-lab in the local mall 20 years ago, and the machine was placed
so you can stand outside the shop windows and watch the prints come out.
It was entertaining to see what people committed to silver halide film.
Really, when it comes down to it, for mainstream photography, digital
capture is basically like shooting slide film (with similar dynamic range
and exposure considerations) that doesn't require chemical processing.
Shooting digital capture doesn't make a good photographer bad, and bad
photographers have abused film for many decades.
Dana
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