What is there about digital other than speed of turnaround from clicking the
shutter to getting a print into one's hands? In otherwords, digital appeals
to the "want it now" mentality.
I have not read a word about whether digital per se does anything to improve
one's photographic skills in mastering composition and light . For example,
would Cartier-Bresson or Ansel Adams have been able to enhance their
photographic output had digital had been available to them. Somehow, I doubt
it.
jh
The main enhancement seems to be the promise of control and a new way
of seeing. It is a still developing technology though. There have
been long threads on this list about the lousy processing available
to people. Digital bypasses that. Both the photographers you mention
would have liked that. Ansel Adams even wrote a book on Polaroid
Photography which he considered an art form in its own right. He was
fascinated by its creative potential, but it did nothing to "improve
one's photographic skills in mastering composition and light."
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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