In the dark
Blog: Living Images
October 28, 2009
I was speaking to a beginning journalism class at Wenatchee High School Tuesday and was asked about what is appropriate when manipulating a picture with software, specifically, Photoshop software. Our guidelines as well as most other newspaper photographers' are that we won't change an image any more that what we could do in a typical darkroom (we can slightly lighten and darken areas, correct the color to what the scene's color was but no moving of parts of the image, adding or taking out objects, etc...). I mentioned that a guideline like that might be obsolete soon as new photojournalists may not be getting any darkroom experience like the current ones have. But I wasn't prepared for a question from one of the students who asked, "what is a darkroom?" Wow, it happened sooner than I was expecting.
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douglas 2 years, 3 months ago
In the dark
I'm having a little trouble adjusting to a world where Tri-X, Kodachrome II and Verichrome Pan are becoming memories, as are black and white photography and color slides. And much as I like the idea of the instant gratification of seeing my pictures almost immediately after taking, the excitement of picking up my pictures from the camera shop or corner drug store after developing has been relegated to the dust bin......
seabrook 2 years, 3 months ago
In the dark
I don't miss the awful smell of chemicals I would bring home from work but I do miss looking through a loupe at my negatives, seeing for the first time the image enlarged on an easel, and that image coming out of the chemistry in the red glow of the safelight.
I shot a wedding a couple years ago with film cameras and I kept looking at the back of the camera to see the image!
lbadge320 2 years, 3 months ago
In the dark
What's a record...what's a cassette...8-track..huh!
I like to play around with photos. I use several different programs to get an effect and in most cases I think it's obvious. Manipulating photos can be a lot of fun and at times very frustrating. I don't remove objects or people from photos..I try to do "work arounds" approaching the shot from a different perspective...I'm not always successful. Yesterday I went up to the Tumwater and forgot my tripod. Used rocks to steady the camera....caught some interesting angles.
joanne 2 years, 3 months ago
In the dark
So sad the darkroom is disappearing. I took photography in college. Yes, they had cameras then. Sometimes the most fun part of class was developing something in the darkroom.
douglas 2 years, 3 months ago
In the dark
Think of all those poor out of work film chains in television news departments that were used to develop film for the 5 o'clock news......
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