[rollei_list] Re: New darkroom

  • From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 11:13:03 -0800

Jerry you are the RUG's prime curmudgeon,

It means copying.

Peter K




On 12/4/05, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> WTF is *CHIMPING*?  I have asked  a few photo friends, but they
> didn't know either.
>
> Jerry
>
> Douglas Nygren wrote:
>
>
>
> Glad to see someone else enjoys the darkroom. Digital is okay. I'm
> shooting a job partly in it, but also partly in B&W traditional and
> C-prints. I just don't feel as attached to the digital work as I would
> hope to, and I hate chimping. It reminds me of being a kid at Christmas
> eager to find out what the presents hold. Bah, humbug. For me, it is
> too disruptive to look after every shot. I need to be engaged in taking
> the photos. I was with a famous photographer the other day and he was
> constantly chimping. Can you imagine a concert pianist stopping after
> every note he plays at a recording sesson to hear what his tone is
> like. Well, it works for him and he is famous and I am not. The bottom
> line is that he does excellent work. It just pains me to watch him
> work. A slave to instant feedback. Then again, I'm a slave to delayed
> feedback. Each to his own...
>
> Best--Doug
>
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