Take it/Make it

[cliveh]

I now frequently see Adobe cloud adverts for take it/make it. But I want to take it and not make it. However, I suppose the make it could also apply as readily to darkroom manipulation as it does to digital manipulation. Any thoughts?

 

[Rick A]

As a printer, I suppose I do "make it", some dark room manipulation is always in order. Contrast, dark/light, cropping, etc. is all up to personal taste, and not necessarily a true rendition of the scene as photographed. I try to keep it as close as I remember it, but I do use some techniques to get what I desire.

 

[wiltw]

It should not be forgotten that Adobe fame came from a GRAPHIC ARTS program...

The first version of Photoshop came out in 1988!!!

 

[bdial]

PS has made manipulations easy, and made what many would consider inappropriate manipulations too easy. But "make it" applies equally to images made in a darkroom or with PS and a computer.
For example, here is a "before" (upper left);

and here is "after".

The story and details told here;
http://www.silberstudios.tv/dev/blog/2016/07/ansel-adams-making-moon-and-half-dome/

 

[Rick A]

I don't have any PS or similar software, I make prints in my DR, do a straight scan of the print, and have no way to manipulate it in my computer. I like it that way.

 

[Marttiko]

Usually I scan my negatives and work with Gimp. I have had a darkroom but now I don't.

I think that I do both take and make. Things I take are moments, or parts of moments. Some things are not related to time, and belong to aesthetic, atmospheres, moods etc.
After that I have to make something from what I have taken. I think photographer takes something from the world and uses it to make something else to the world. It's the same with analog and digital.

 

[Marttiko]

And I think it's always somewhat humorous when I put darkslide back after taking a picture. "Got it"! Every sheet film cassette is like a trap that I use to capture things.

 

[pdeeh]

don't care ... take make whatever

 

[removed account4]

no matter what we do we are making something.

when hh richardson designed the trinity church in boston ( copley square )
he took the tower from a italian romanesque church building and scaled it down to fit
with the romanesque building he was designing. cutting/pasting/scale/transform
same-old same-old ..

don't care ... take make whatever

DITTO !

 

[LAG]

Excuse me cliveh

In my personal case, when I need to fix "the take", I "make" a cut with my scissors, get film and "take" again.

In my opinion, I joyfully "take" that others "make" it legally different, either way.

Regards