[pure-silver] Re: The Quest and My Heresy??
- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:43:42 -0500
>Again, *in some cases*, the original image just acts as a canvas and
it's the post-processing that creates the
>WOW factor.
>
>There are various excellent examples in Tim Rudman's books where the
straight prints look (sorry Tim !) just
>boring but the final result is of another magnitude.
I have a completely different take on this. If a straight print is
boring then no amount of manipulation is going to turn that negative
into a great photo. Just producing a striking print is not enought.
There has to be someting there to start with. That's the reason that I
don't tone or do anything else to my prints. If a negative can't speak
for itself then nothing is going to help it and that's the end of it.
Copying others is a good learning technique but not something that one
wants to keep doing. I am reminded of the composer Engelbert
Humperdinck who venerated the work of Wagner. Except for his opera
Hansel and Gretel he comes off as a second rate, imitation Wagner.
There are too many two bit Ansel Adams in photography today. To cite
only one example.
Jerry
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