I just thought I would point out that no one ever takes a photo of his black dog in a black bag in the middle of the night. Always cats. What is it with these cat people?
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These days you can take a 50 megapixel photo (of your cat....that's what people do, apparently), in a black bag, in the middle of the night, at ISO 250 000 and then argue over technicalities on that site.
Why is he automatically lousy?...
I just thought I would point out that no one ever takes a photo of his black dog in a black bag in the middle of the night. Always cats. What is it with these cat people?
Photobooks are not optical printed
Photobooks are not optical printed
Agreed. So which would you pick if you had the choice of the two I laid out (an excellent mechanic who uses Craftsmen tools, or a lousy one that uses Snap-On)?
Photobooks are not optical printed
None of these people are in it for photography, it is gadget-masturbation and dick-measuring at an insane (and expensive) level, judging photo-quality based on math and graphs.
He did only say that he gets his photos printed optically. That really doesn't say anything about looking at other people's photos in a book.
It was just argument that film photos can be enjoyed many ways not just optical prints.He did only say that he gets his photos printed optically. That really doesn't say anything about looking at other people's photos in a book.
Too fancy! If your a real purist you tape a 8x10 sheet of photo paper to the inside of a cardboard box, make a pinhole out of a bit of drinks can taped to the other end and sit it down with a brick on top and pull the tape up to start the exposure.I guess everyone really would be fine with one of these:
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I use potatoes for my emulsion because I am purist.Too fancy! If your a real purist you tape a 8x10 sheet of photo paper to the inside of a cardboard box, make a pinhole out of a bit of drinks can taped to the other end and sit it down with a brick on top and pull the tape up to start the exposure.
If your a real purist you make up your own caffenol developer. No store bought developer for real artists.
edit; where are my brains!!?? Of course you have to make up your own emulsion to coat the paper.
Sheesh, what a lazy dog I’ve become.
I thought you shot with a Leica. Your mother gave it to you for your birthday or something.
You can have the world's greatest hammer but, if you need a screwdriver, a poor one will serve you better than the hammer... Making photographs is the same. Sometimes your goals aren't necessarily the sharpest images possible.There is a saying that a bad workman always blames his tools. But if you have the best tools, there is only yourself to blame.
You can have the world's greatest hammer but, if you need a screwdriver, a poor one will serve you better than the hammer... Making photographs is the same. Sometimes your goals aren't necessarily the sharpest images possible.
I think, if your aim is the ultimate in sharpness/contrast/etc, you're right. A lot of Holga images would look terrible taken with a Hasselblad, though. The right tool is always the one which gets you the results you're after.I agree, as you may wish to show the image out of focus. I think you don't understand my point?
Regardless if people are doing photography for a living or for their own "or others" entertainment and enjoyment, trying to improve and acquire better tools is what humanity's progress is based on. A natural evolution.
Good tools do not make a good picture but they sure help. Especially when it comes to limitation of the laws of physics.
I think, if your aim is the ultimate in sharpness/contrast/etc, you're right. A lot of Holga images would look terrible taken with a Hasselblad, though. The right tool is always the one which gets you the results you're after.
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