Week 2
Old SchoolJanuary 15, 2010
So as I was thinking about this week's installment to the 52Photos project, I debated using some cool portraits I took this week. I thought about going out for some landscape shots. I even thought of shooting some everyday objects and trying to get creative with them. No doubt you'll see all of these in the next 50 weeks, but when my eyes fell on this can of developer sitting on my desk, I was inspired. You see, I will never use this developer. I have no idea how old it is, but my bet is that it's my elder by at least a decade. I got it along with a bunch of other supplies with some darkroom equipment given to me by an old-timer looking to part with his darkroom set and wanting to give it to a student. (I was taking a photography class at the local community college at the time, so naturally, was happy to be the beneficiary of such a generous offer!)
So looking at this can now being used as a bookend, I began to think about how far photography has come since this dusty guy was born off of an assembly line in Rochester, NY. (At least that's where the can is stamped it's from. He's not much for conversation to tell me differently, so I'm going with Rochester). Yes, of course film processing has remained relatively unchanged since then, but I'm talking about the field as a whole. I mean, it's crazy how technology has forged ahead, allowing virtual darkrooms on laptops around the world to process images in minutes that would have taken hours just 20 years ago.... Photographers are a dime a dozen now, from the vacation-amateur to the full on professional, mainly because of how easy it is pick up a point and shoot, and with just a few fundamentals in your tool-belt, take some great pictures to show your friends what a great eye you have. Not that I'm complaining... that's essentially how I got started, so I say more power to anyone willing to try! In fact, why don't you grab that point-and-shoot in your desk drawer at home and go out this week for some photography fun:).
Have a great week, everyone, and happy shooting!
dg
So looking at this can now being used as a bookend, I began to think about how far photography has come since this dusty guy was born off of an assembly line in Rochester, NY. (At least that's where the can is stamped it's from. He's not much for conversation to tell me differently, so I'm going with Rochester). Yes, of course film processing has remained relatively unchanged since then, but I'm talking about the field as a whole. I mean, it's crazy how technology has forged ahead, allowing virtual darkrooms on laptops around the world to process images in minutes that would have taken hours just 20 years ago.... Photographers are a dime a dozen now, from the vacation-amateur to the full on professional, mainly because of how easy it is pick up a point and shoot, and with just a few fundamentals in your tool-belt, take some great pictures to show your friends what a great eye you have. Not that I'm complaining... that's essentially how I got started, so I say more power to anyone willing to try! In fact, why don't you grab that point-and-shoot in your desk drawer at home and go out this week for some photography fun:).
Have a great week, everyone, and happy shooting!
dg
Cool. Great idea, Danny. I love how you're really putting yourself into this work.
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