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From: "Larry N. Bolch" 
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Carl Cook at clcook{at}olywa.net wrote:

> This will come up again tomorrow (Wed) in the classroom. Can you think of
> any items that can be listed out that are an advantage or disadvantage of
> the two technologies?
>
> Once you have what you want, in digital...it's saved and can be repeated
> with much ease.  Multiples in the darkroom are work.

As a sidelight, I never keep a file from which I have printed. If I have
saved it while processing, I delete it from the hard drive once printed.
Generally, I don't save at all since both my working machines are incredibly
stable.

I always go back to the source image, unchanged from the way it came from
the camera. I realize that my processing chops are forever improving, and
want to do the best I can do at any given time.

Ansel Adams is quoted as saying (in musical terms) "The exposure is the
score, the print is the performance".

I really relate to that. Ansel was torn between a career as a pianist and
photographer. I never play a piece the same way twice. My playing depends on
my total state of being at the moment I pick up my instrument. Same with
printing. Each print is an individual performance. The interpretation of the
image depends - like the music - where I am at that time. My relationship to
the image changes over time - perhaps minute to minute. Thus reprinting a
file I processed a year or two back would be disingenuous.

Of course, your mileage may vary.

larry!
ICQ 76620504
http://www.larry-bolch.com/

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