My excuse? For every hour I go out and do camera work I spend 20 hours in the darkroom making photographs on paper and film. I guess that constitutes a very different scenario compared to people who think photography begins and ends with a camera click.
I'll have to agree with this. Darkroom work is as much a part of the enjoyment as taking the photos.My excuse? For every hour I go out and do camera work I spend 20 hours in the darkroom making photographs on paper and film. I guess that constitutes a very different scenario compared to people who think photography begins and ends with a camera click.
im still making them but not so much with a camera so i am not taking themI
I should have worded this: "What's your excuse for not MAKING photographs",
im still making them but not so much with a camera so i am not taking them
If I understand you correctly, I've done the same thing. Up in Washington I became so overwhelmed with autumn colors that I felt I was just repetitively making the same types of photos and still not capturing what I "saw".
One day last month I deliberately did not take a camera with me on my walks; this was difficult. At one point I paused and looked at the late afternoon sun backlighting the trees in someone's yard. The colors were spectacular and scintillating in a light breeze. I watched this carefully for over a minute, taking in every detail. Actually thinking of what you'd written in a thread long ago, I realized this memory would be better than any photo I could make - a photo which I would glance at only on few occasions. Later, I walked past a small tree, stopped, and looked at it. There were small red berries on it, illuminated by the sun - another image saved in my mind but not on film.
That's my situation, too, and I often work weekends as well. I'll continue to shoot during the winter, though, just not as much. In the meantime I have a backlog of rolls to develop, film to scan and some modifications to my very tiny darkroom so I can fit my enlarger in there. Once I do that it may be a long while before I'm out shooting again - I've wanted the ability to print at home for a long time.Well, it now get dark at around 4pm so I can't really do anything until the weekends.
If I understand you correctly, I've done the same thing. Up in Washington I became so overwhelmed with autumn colors that I felt I was just repetitively making the same types of photos and still not capturing what I "saw".
One day last month I deliberately did not take a camera with me on my walks; this was difficult. At one point I paused and looked at the late afternoon sun backlighting the trees in someone's yard. The colors were spectacular and scintillating in a light breeze. I watched this carefully for over a minute, taking in every detail. Actually thinking of what you'd written in a thread long ago, I realized this memory would be better than any photo I could make - a photo which I would glance at only on few occasions. Later, I walked past a small tree, stopped, and looked at it. There were small red berries on it, illuminated by the sun - another image saved in my mind but not on film.
Yes. Too bad though that you did not capture it. Then you could share it with us also.
Yes. Too bad though that you did not capture it.
My excuse? For every hour I go out and do camera work I spend 20 hours in the darkroom making photographs on paper and film. I guess that constitutes a very different scenario compared to people who think photography begins and ends with a camera click.
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