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Contents © 2000-2004 John Farnsworth
unless otherwise noted.
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
JOHN FARNSWORTH |
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It is
true no one could print my negatives as I did, but they might well get
more out of them by electronic means. Image quality is not the product of
a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no
limits to imagination and expression." |
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DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHY |
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I've been taking photographs
all my life, but never had an affinity for dark rooms and smelly
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When I first started
painting, I refused to carry a camera. I wanted to get a direct and
immediate impression without the delay of going through a photograph. I
was interested in painting the subject, not the photo. |
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I soon realized, however,
that I was missing a great deal, especially when traveling. |
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For the
painter, a photograph, like a
sketch is merely a means to an end. |
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It could serve as a
reminder of a place, a time, or an event, or as a record of facts,
observations and details, Used properly, it could
do much more of all of this in much less time. |
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The trick is
to use the
camera as a tool, not as a crutch. |
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I started out using an old
Polaroid camera that I'd had for years, but it was an early model that
took very small pictures and was fairly expensive to use. |
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Then I bought a
used Yashica Super 8mm movie camera. |
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It had a cable release, and
that enabled me to shoot hundreds of tiny still images on a single roll
of film. |
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I had to wait for
processing, of course, and the images had to be viewed on a clunky
little film editor with about a two inch square screen. But I could get
so much more inspiration, and it would last until I was able to get to
it. |
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I could even shoot through
the window of a moving car! And when I got into a situation where the
action was too fast for single frame, I could shoot in short movie
bursts. |
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I still wasn't getting much
detail, of course; but, instead, fleeting impressions, sudden,
unexpected, and fresh ways of seeing and remembering things. |
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To
be continued soon... |
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