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Monday, January 30, 2012

RE: [photoshop-beginners] photo editing & manipulating



It is unfortunate that some of those same people still exist today.  Photoshop has been around for for over 20 years.  I don't think it's a passing fad.  There are many people who still think it's (Photoshop) is an evil demon, although sometimes I think it could be when I struggle with it. 

 

From: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Derek Hamlet
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:52 PM
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [photoshop-beginners] photo editing & manipulating

 

 

At 11:40 AM 1/30/2012, you wrote:

>Too many anti-Photoshop (or post processing) people forget or never
>worked in a film darkroom. There were a number of techniques that
>were/could be employed in the darkroom not to mentioned the "air
>brushing" techniques. Masters such as Ansel Adams often spent far
>more time in the darkroom developing film and prints than he did
>taking the photos.

I was castigated a few years ago, (back in the age when you could
still buy many different kinds of film) for switching to digital,
shutting down and selling my darkroom stuff and using photoshop (an
evil demon that I struggle with daily). I was told that "real"
photography did not involve all this manipulation stuff.
The internet was sufficiently advanced that I could send him links
with the history of various famous photographers and the darkroom
manipulation techniques that they went through to come up with their
works of genius. He never mentioned it again.
Although I am an amateur when it comes to printing B&W, the science
and complexities of different inks and papers more than matches the
intracies of the darkroom.

Derek
Who loves working in a warm room with Photoshop
Not freezing to death in the cold darkroom in the basement.



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