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I think this idea of using the full negative comes from the fact that one has paid for the full film & to not use it, is wasting money. This is similar to eating everything on your plate.
There is nothing wrong with this, nor is there anything wrong with not eating something on your plate that you do not like, or cropping a negative to eliminate something you do not want to show now, later.
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If you don't like it why did you put it on your plate in the first place?
why not a game of "duck, duck, goose"?
Thank you for that clarification. I retract my suggestion and apologize for my ignorance and wonton disregard for HCB's preference.
Who's this HCB people think is so awesome anyway?
Is there an emoticon for eye rolling?
I think HCB would scoff.
I prefer the eye roll, myself.
A man with an intuitive grasp of composition and timing.
Who hated darkroom work and never did his own printing once he could afford for someone else to do it from him.
I've seen an exhibition of his work at the High Museum here in Atlanta. It's everything it's reputed to be. But I would be shocked if he were alive and working today if he would be shooting film, with his disdain for process. His style was perfectly suited to digital. That's not bad either, but another way of saying, "as great as he was at what he did, and he WAS, I have no desire to be or emulate him as I don't desire to do the same things."
Choosing to print full frame does not necessarily mean you're emulating HCB. Is every Leica owner also emulating? (I do not own or use a Leica camera).
I was instilled with the full-frame ideal when I learned photography. I didn't learn about HCB's work until several years afterward. I think all of our photographic ideals and methods are in large part formed by when, where and from whom we learned. Right down to how we agitate a tray or the temperature at which we develop.
Who hated darkroom work and never did his own printing once he could afford for someone else to do it from him."
Why should he bother with darkroom work, that is a job for a technician. He was a photographer.
And in the other corner, we have Ansel: a superb darkroom technician, who likes to take pictures in his free time.
Why should he bother with darkroom work, that is a job for a technician. He was a photographer.
Why should he bother with darkroom work, that is a job for a technician. He was a photographer.
When it comes to HCB, I can appreciate what people see in his work, but it simply does not appeal to my aesthetic.
I tend to compose in whatever aspect ratio a given format has, and naturally try to use as much surface area of the film as possible.
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