I have this theory. Back in the old days (what, 3-4 years ago?) when you got serious about photography you loaded up your camera with film. You went out and found something to photograph, you set up your camera, then you sat around relaxing until the light was where you wanted it. Back in the darkroom you stood looking at nothing, all there was were your calm thoughts, the soft buzz of the timer, every minute or so you inverted your developing tank, then went back to contemplating nothing. As a result photographers tended to be calm contemplative folks with an intact sense of humor.
Now there is digital. You go out with your digital camera snapping, snapping, snapping. Running here, running there, snapping, snapping, snapping. "Oh God my 4gb card is not big enough, My 500gb hard drive is full, my mouse is too slow" As a result you are all hyped up, tense, angry, and any sense of humor you ever had is shattered into sharp threads. But it is exciting. So film photography is like pot, whereas digital photography is like crack. Remember, like all generalities, it does not apply to individuals, only to groups. Anyway that is my theory, and it is certainly worth every penny you paid for it. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- John Sessoms wrote: > On the other side of the coin ... > > I know all the *Pros* have gone digital - but so have all of the *IDIOTS*. > > Had a woman at my mini-lab yesterday wanting to know if I had gotten one > of the kiosks fixed. > > ???????? > > To my knowledge it wasn't broken, but who knows with the help I have; so > I asked her what problem she had, and she told me the kiosk was printing > all of her pictures yellow. > > That kiosk doesn't print anything, it's just an order station - she'd > downloaded images from her memory card to be printed on the Noritsu > QSS-3300. > > She showed me the pictures. > > There was one of four women playing miniature golf at the beach. One of > the women in the group had that "sunless" tan that comes out of a bottle > & bleached blond hair. > > The customer complained the printer had turned the woman's hair yellow, > because the woman really has red hair; and her skin was an un-natural > orange color. > > I pointed out that all of the others in the photo didn't look yellow, > and that the sky was a natural blue, the golf lanes were green, the reds > were red, and the whites were white - that if the color was shifted it > would be shifted for everything in the photo. > > And I pointed out that all of the photos would have the same color > shift, that the printer couldn't just shift color for one person in one > photo and not color shift anything else. > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > She then showed me some photos of a family get-together taken in > somebody's living room. It's pretty obvious she had the white balance > set for daylight and was taking pictures indoors under incandescent > light. I tried to explain she needed to set the camera's white balance > for the light. > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > I tried to show her that in her other outdoor photographs there was no > color shift and explained that if the printer was printing yellow, ALL > of the pictures; all of the colors would be shifted toward yellow. > > She told me I didn't know what I was talking about. > > She insisted on resubmitting the entire order, complaining she was on > her lunch break and didn't have time to do it and I'd better get it > right this time. > > I said yes ma'am and let it ride. We don't do anything to digital images > submitted through the order kiosk. WYSIWYG. > > I checked 'em as they printed out though. > > The redhead is still blond, and her tan still came out of a bottle. > > I've been running the lab for about 6 months now, and I've only had one > complete idiot come in with film. > > I get at least one a day with digital. On a good day, I won't get more > than one, but I don't have many good days. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
