Archive for March, 2010

March 2010: Delete

What a great button the “delete” button is. I am sometimes envious of photographers using digital cameras because the equipment allows for instant feedback as well as removal of images that don’t work. For myself, working with traditional equipment and film I don’t see what’s on the film until long after I’ve left my subject. As I’ve written before, for me this is a good system. I like (and need) the separation of time and space between making an image and evaluating the processed negative because it allows me to see my work from a bit of distance. This “distance” brings opportunity to both evaluate the merits of the negative as well as decide where to take the image with printing. However this way of working has certain (more…)