Tina Manley wrote:
I taught photography at the college level until the college decided to
replace their wonderful darkrooms with computers and then discovered
they couldn't afford to get everything needed to be computer-based for
two years. They wanted me to teach with neither. I quit. I still
have a darkroom and a Jobo processor but haven't used either in over
two years. If I had time to pursue photography as a hobby, I would
still be using the darkroom. I do believe that beginning
photographers would benefit from learning darkroom processing first,
but I also believe that they benefit from the instant results and
ability to take many exposures available with digital.
Tina
RE: ..... ability to take many exposures available with digital.
In the career I just retired from, computer service for a major company,
we sometimes did the equivalent....... Put a truckload of new parts
hoping to get the thing fixed.
We called this "shot gunning" like firing a shotgun into a cave and
hoping to get the bear. With the digicams I guess we can call it
"machine gunning"
Mschinegun shooting teaches luck but when we were unable to blast away
hoping to get the good shot we took time to consider composition,
exposure, etc. We bracketed, but that wasn't the same as
machinegunning since there was a method to our madness.
Bob
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