the original on the left...the real genius of ansel's darkroom skills on the right
Posted on 05/25/2015 3:35:19 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Perhaps it has that effect...but my sense of smell is still quite acute.
Which can be a problem in the sub tropical climate where i live! LOL!
I got real lazy..and had a child.
Little time and less space convinced me to shoot only slides and then only rarely.
When dad passed away, I went up to Boston to his house to help my Mom clean out the basement. There was a boxed-in area in the corner. I decided to explore it and went through three light baffles (like a maze) and ended up in a little darkroom with everything laid out...My old Vivitar Enlarger, three trays, and the dryer.
Boxes of paper, developing canisters, and ,oh yes, big brown bottles of 50 year old chemicals, all covered with cobwebs like in an old horror movie.
And...the smell was there too.
I just stood there and wept.
My brother inherited a large box of my dads cameras. The box was a bit over three foot square and there were all manner of cameras stored in there..from slrs... small rangefinders...to the big box view cameras and twin lens reflexes.
I took one slr.to USE,, but I don’t think my brother did anything with the rest of them.
My $450 camera is now worth spit. Ha!!!
My Brother got the Speed graphic, my cousin in Oklahoma the Yashica mat Twin lens reflex, and I got all the memories.
I honestly don’t know what happened to all the SLRs.
I feel your pain!
Art could have had such a fabulous career without Paul Simon. NOT!
I remember the first time I looked at the ground glass on my Yashica when i was a kid. I was quite enthralled. That was ALMOST 60 years ago.
I almost chose nikon as my first “real” digitlal camera..a dslr.due to that Paul SImon song by the way. I thought it might be inspiring.
Garfunkel recently performed in our local theatre, and my son was in the audio crew.
My son called him a number of names, most of which were related to body parts and none of which indicated any fondness of any sort for the man. While on stage, he gave a very humble self deprecating show.... especially while explaining the loss of his voice. Much of the show was speaking.... telling stories of his life.
Off stage he was incredibly difficult to work with..... one of the worst he has encountered.
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I remember an article from a few years ago, maybe it was here on FR, and it was filled with anecdotes about what a jerk Art Garfunkel is. That’s why I clicked on this thread.
I did a little darkroom stuff and kind of miss the chemicals as well.
While Digital and Photoshop give us tremendous creative capability, and amazing opportunities for creating exciting images (especially the ones you post here on FR! :-) ), there is something tactile and elemental that has been lost.
It’s like Bible software, which I LOVE, and use everyday to post the Prayer Threads on FR. It’s amazing how easy and accessible it is!
However, there is something special about a big floppy, leather-bound Bible, The smell of the leather, the rustle of the pages, the soft touch of the gold-edged paper, the weight of the Book in my hands, the smooth ribbon to mark my space, and even the spacing of the fonts on the page.
Also, words can be edited and deleted online, and without “hard copy” the Powers that Be might just get away with it.
They may have taken my Kodachrome away, but I have a few things they will have to pry out of my cold, dead, hands.
Ah...a kindred spirit! :-)
That is why Photography is both a Craft AND an Art! :-)
Sound of Silence (1964)
Indeed I really cant imagine why people even ask...did you PROCESS that in...PHOTOSHOP.
well Id write my own software to process ,y photographs had I that sort of skill set and several years to figure out how to make an application that can do what photoshop does...
Even the best tools can be used wisely or not...I suppose.
Im blessed being able to use the arts and crafts skills in a couple of different areas
Lol. Garfunkle would have been unemployed without Paul Simon. Simon could have picked anybody for a partner and still achieved the same success. Garfunkle should be grateful that Simon dragged him to success for all those years.
What an ingrate.
That’s a sweet and eloquent post.
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