Yeah, but don't you feel like you've accomplished something when your
hands smell like chemicals and there are wet prints drying? ;-)
I've gotta admit, I go years without doing any darkroom work and then
I'll have an active few months. I was pitching a documentary last
summer and shot a series of B&W photos that I made into 11x14s for the
pitch and that was the last time I made any prints. Nothing like a big
glossy B&W print, IMO. When the contrast and exposure are finally just
right and you pull a really nice print out of the tray it's a fine,
fine moment. My enlarger is wrapped in plastic again (it sits on the
dryer in the garage with the timer, trays, easels, etc on it) and until
I have another project I'm working on actively it will probably
continue to sit unused. Meanwhile I use Photoshop pretty much every
day.
On Jul 23, 2004, at 8:52 AM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Or at least spend more time than we ever thought we would in front of
> the
> computer.
> While I dislike being in front of the computer for my "processing"
> needs, it
> is more convenient than when I had to set up and take down the
> temporary
> darkroom whenever I had the need to use it.
>
> I also believe (my increased need for reading glasses and the risk of
> carpal-tunnel notwithstanding ) we are healthier sitting at the
> computer rather than
> inhaling for extended periods and sticking our fingers into those
> chemicals.
>
> George S.
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