Then go alt process...damn shame a large format camera goes neglected. --- Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There's something romantic about hauling out the old > Sinar 4x5 P-Expert kit and > the 50lb tripod, loading another 20 lbs of > film-holders and piling it all into > the jeep in search of the lost landscape.... > > Ansel's images filled me with awe over 25 years ago. > I thought he was too good > to be from this planet. I lived, slept and dreamed > the zone system for years. I > taught it with such enthusism too. I'd spend whole > weekends in the darkroom > without sleep and love it > > Now I look at those same images and find that I've > grown out of them. I've > moved on. I don't know when it happened... But I now > look at half of Ansel's > and 70% of my work from the 70's and 80's and ... > YAWN. > > They're still a part of me and I apprreciate all > they gave me, but I don't know > if I want to go back there. > > > Herschel Mair > Head of the Department of Photography, > Higher College of Technology > Muscat > Sultanate of Oman > Adobe Certified instructor > > + (986) 99899 673 > > www.herschelmair.com > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link $420k for $1,399/mo. Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? Find Out! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre
