


I have been experimenting with Photoshop for a few years now.
With Kodak, and other manufacturers of traditional film closing plants, and moving into digital photography products, soon it will be impossible to even purchase new films, chemicals and paper for 'traditional' photography.
This does grieve my heart, make no mistake. I love being in the darkroom! The sense of producing a deep rich photograph is so satisfying. I don't think that digital photography, has of yet, produced that beautiful, deep rich depth of black and white prints that you hold in your hand and feel a sense of beauty.
However, I do feel it is only a matter of time before it will be possible to confuse a gallery patron between the difference of a digital print and a traditional photograph.
I tried to learn Photoshop on my own, with books like PhotoShop for Dummies, and I could not 'get it'. I took a course from Mohawk College, and have been experimenting with Photoshop ever since. Now, the book is a good companion because I'm used to the program, but at first it was not helpful.
There are so many possibilities with Photshop, that I always find myself learning something new. There are so many add-ons that the possibilities are endless.
With Kodak, and other manufacturers of traditional film closing plants, and moving into digital photography products, soon it will be impossible to even purchase new films, chemicals and paper for 'traditional' photography.
This does grieve my heart, make no mistake. I love being in the darkroom! The sense of producing a deep rich photograph is so satisfying. I don't think that digital photography, has of yet, produced that beautiful, deep rich depth of black and white prints that you hold in your hand and feel a sense of beauty.
However, I do feel it is only a matter of time before it will be possible to confuse a gallery patron between the difference of a digital print and a traditional photograph.
I tried to learn Photoshop on my own, with books like PhotoShop for Dummies, and I could not 'get it'. I took a course from Mohawk College, and have been experimenting with Photoshop ever since. Now, the book is a good companion because I'm used to the program, but at first it was not helpful.
There are so many possibilities with Photshop, that I always find myself learning something new. There are so many add-ons that the possibilities are endless.
Above are some digital scrapbook pages that I created.
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