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I love the darkroom time, my own choice of music
playing and nothing but me and the materials. I would never call it
lonely.
Curtis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:05
PM
Subject: Re: One more reason to stay in
the darkroom
"kpp@xxxxxxxxxx" <kpp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>I
do the same thing in Photoshop, it's annoying though. I am starting
>to think that a decent digital camera and regular copy work is better
>than scanning...Curtis
>
> Well, I will try going to the
darkroom for that spoecific purpose.
>
> BUT what I find
preferable to computer work is that a darkroom
> (especially a club or a
rented one in a proffessional store) is far
> more socialising than
staying indoors infront of the pc. (and i keep
> my internet browsing
for the internetcafe!). It is the first time i
> have melt the seat
fabric while Photoshoping, something that has
> never happened during my
SAT and Uni exams.
>
> On the other hand i enjoy the company of my
club members in the
> room, and the Ah! when the dark areas of the print
first show
> up. And there is nothing more ego-boosting than being in
the
> darkroom helping two beautifull women to develop their first
B&W
> film! LOL
Ah. My experience of darkroom time is
all of isolation, away from the
others in my dormitory or my home.
When I'm working at the computer,
at photography or anything else, I'm more
exposed and more accessible;
people can stop by and say hi, I can see
email, I can answer the
telephone, etc.
> Honestly and
Seriously now, what seems we have forgotten is that
> interaction boosts
creativity. Just seeing anotherone's work or
> talking about it breeds
new things. And that cannot happen around a
> computer. Can
it?
Much more easily than in person. I see photos from people
I've never
met every day, and discuss photography with them. In fact
I'm doing
it right now. And these bits of discussion can be slipped
in between
working on actual photos, so they don't even take much of my
time.
And of course we can sit around the computer and talk about the
photos
in person, if the people are here in person. And I can take
my
computer *with me* (laptop) to do things with people elsewhere.
All in all, it makes being a photographer much less lonely to do
it
digitally.
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