Whatever else you do hang on to the negs as if you life depended on it. All of my very early negs were destroyed when I was in the armed forces and following the death of my father, my mother cleared out the hose to move into a smaller place. No contact from her asking if I wanted them they were just dumped! They also included many negs of both of my parents and now I am left with very few, and some memories that are now fading because I have nothing to refresh them.
These contained also my early efforts that show how I managed to improve my work until it just stopped when they were destroyed. There is doubt about the longevity of colour negs but they were all B&W so would have had at least a chance of surviving.
I might print 2 or 3 per roll. I no longer do small prints though. Anything I print is going up on the wall in a frame.If negatives are a burden for photographers, I suspect prints are very rarely ordered with developing.
Any negs older than 12 months either go to the client (if they want them) or they get scanned and shredded.
Storage space is money and if I'd kept 40 years of client negs it would be costing a fortune.
No client has ever come back after 12 months and if they did they'd get scans.
Are these prints made optically from the negatives? Or scanned and then digitally printed? What's the reasoning about this sole film-based project; i.e. why does your successor choose to use film here instead of digital?One project is film based, and they do make tiny 5x7 prints at the end of the unit.
Are these prints made optically from the negatives? Or scanned and then digitally printed? What's the reasoning about this sole film-based project; i.e. why does your successor choose to use film here instead of digital?
I suppose it may not have come up in the conversation, but has this teacher considered simply handing the negatives to the students so they can do with them as they please?
When I buy CDs, I rip them once, save the files, and throw out the CD. I mean, why keep the physical media, right? (laughs)
That said, why should I care if some instructor who teaches students a single film exercise tells them to throw away their negs at the conclusion of the exercise? How many of those students are going to regret that choice?
Ah, I see; so do you recon he just does this to keep the darkroom alive? So no other ideas behind using film? I found the case interesting, because chucking away the negatives after the print is made suggests there could have been other motives in choosing film for capture in the first place. I would have liked to learn about those - but perhaps there aren't any.They are printed in the darkroom.
He made a promise to the former photo teacher, that he would keep the darkroom side alive...and he has stuck to it, even if it is only one project per class.
No, he hasn't taken the time to explain how important the negative is to the students, so they don't know its value. I drilled this aspect into my students' heads.
Are these prints made optically from the negatives? Or scanned and then digitally printed? What's the reasoning about this sole film-based project; i.e. why does your successor choose to use film here instead of digital?
I suppose it may not have come up in the conversation, but has this teacher considered simply handing the negatives to the students so they can do with them as they please?
I don’t want to get typecast as an inveterate film-disposer, I keep all negatives I develop myself.
But this argument holds for film too, one burst pipe, flood or fire and poof! Those somewhat flammable negs (still better than nitrocellulose) are ashes or sodden beyond recovery. How many here make duplicates of every roll or sheet and store them in another place?
I just think this argument is wielded rhetorically more than anything else. It has merit but its overstated.
The negative is the score.
The scan is a bunch of zeros & ones orchestrated to resemble the score.
The negative is the score.
The scan is a bunch of zeros & ones orchestrated to resemble the score.
I might print 2 or 3 per roll. I no longer do small prints though. Anything I print is going up on the wall in a frame.
Chris
Nice!
There is the plan to have a darkroom and print at home. A plan that seems to get pushed further onto the future.
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