> > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/05/20 Fri AM 09:35:28 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? > > Hello Bob > It still has NOTHING AT ALL to do with printing. We are only talkning about > exposure here. Exposing and developing FILM. Not printing. > > Many pictures will not be printed at all - that goes for slides and for > digtal images for the internet or the computer. They still have to be > exposed/developed/converted properly. Good printing depends on good > negs/files. But so do good slides or digital images. > > What you are in fact saying is that exposure doesn't matter! Because the > printing/editing can allways make up for bad negs or files. This is > definitely NOT true at all. > > This is exactly one of the sectrets of good photographs: > Every single element in the process must be adequate. The choise of > film/speed/camera settings (contrast/on board sharpening), exposure, editing > and printing/rendering. If you don't care how you expose - you'll miss the > first and most important element in the photographic process. It's just like > a chain. It's not any stronger than the weakest link. > Regards > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 20. maj 2005 08:33 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? > > > Yes - those things are important for people who want to go on to become good > printers. But you have to be able to walk before you can run.
My interpretation of what Bob is saying is that, especially for someone learning about exposure, you need to limit the number of variables. By concentrating on using slide film you have a standard processing procedure that produces an immediately viewable image. You can observe the effects of what you have done easily. If you go through print making, there are all sorts of other variables to consider that do not help the person who is trying to learn what is going on inside their camera. The "secondary" variables of print making (and, to a similar extent, display of digital images) are things that can be learned once the person is comfortable with the output from the camera. For what it's worth, I agree with him. mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked by McAfee visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
