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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
do you miss darkrooms Stitchy?
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Yes... and no. I loved the anticipation, waiting and watching as the image slowly came up on the paper in the tray. Same as I miss the 'sound' that the old rear curtain shutters made when you pressed the button. But, I don't miss the hours spent starting from scratch when a retouching idea didn't work out the way I wanted. It's nice to be able to just 'go back in history' in Photoshop to before you applied the bad correction.
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I played around with photography while I was in the Army and loved playing around with exposures and light etc. I'm sure it can be duplicated with computers, but the patience involved with the "old" ways.... *sigh*
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America's 'Father of B&W Photography,' Ansel Adams, said that for every hour he spent behind the camera, he spent 11 hours in the dark room adjusting and correcting images. Yes, today we CAN duplicate every single thing we ever did in the dark room, and do in in seconds compared to minutes or hours, and have the results come out even better with less skill required for the operator. Obviously, the more skill the better the finished product, but thanks to today's software, even someone with little knowledge and ability can turn out some good pictures. Most people don't realize just how much time is spent in the 'darkroom' making those corrections, before they see the photo in a magazine or on line. Here is a correction I did on a model, on a photo that I didn't wind up choosing for use, but the idea gets across.
Stitchawl