Well thanks to a great friend I now have a digital Canon and am shooting some with color images. It is a different animal than my Nikon’s which are still my primary creative voice.
For now I use it only for color. I sometimes use it as a Polaroid to check lighting in studio, if it is a particularly new set up. But still working mostly with one light that is rare. The instant gratification is nice [but I always want a cigarette right after] because without my own darkroom I shoot less. I can also offer a lower rate for prints from sessions. No tech talk here though suffice it to say I can provide high quality 8.5 x 11 prints.
Inspiration is found all around if one looks today’s collage is from my kitchen counter. Coffee a cup from Mocha Joe’s in Brattleboro Vt a place I haven’t been in a year. The city is a very visual location. Want to go with me? A day Trip Tutorial?
See the link for incredibly reduced rates even the poor I mean middle class can afford. Some of the most recognized images ever made were done during the last depression.
Just cause I have a diggie does not mean I will change the tone of my visual or verbal voice. Well all for now. It is nice out and I want to go make negatives. enjoy pjc
New Work Up.
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Good thing I’m sitting down…
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Peter, I knew you had to cave at some point. I am on my 4th Digital and the problem is they upgrade too fast for me. Also all the PC innards do wear out after 10,000 pictures or so. The good old standard SLR will last pretty much until the sun goes dwarf. Unfortunately the fact that film is not as available as it used to be, is a real drag. Not that I miss the green and orange stains on my t-shirts from holing up in the darkroom.
Speaking of instant gratification… that seems to way the world is going… too bad, I have ALWAYS loved foreplay… but that’s a different subject.
Jas
We’ve been having this interesting discussion on costs of film vs.digital on the Schenectady Photographic Society member forum. Some still claim that digital is cheaper (“but PIXELS are FREE!”) but more and more folks are now coming around to what I’ve been saying for years, that when you add up the costs of computers, printers, INKS, software, upgrades, INKS, license renewals, upgrades and did I mention INKS?… digital is, for most, NOT cheaper. Of course, it all depends on one’s work flow, turnover and specific requirements, but many are still falling into the fallacy of comparing costs on a PER EXPOSURE basis, rather than on a PER ARCHIVAL PRINT or PER MONTH basis. Most folks I know “upgrade” their cameras (not to mention lenses, printers, computers, Adobe…) a couple of times a year, I don’t know where the money comes from and whether it’ll continue to flow now that the bubble of artificially inflated home equity values and associated “free” credit (like free pixels?) has burst.