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\"\"<\/a>Numbers can not quantify a feeling. . .<\/p>\n

A fine photograph has A LOOK; A FEEL; A PRESENCE; there are qualities that cannot be measured or codified.\u00a0 They are seen and felt, yet have no tangible attributes. . . some things are impossible to put into words.\u00a0 You can run tests, plot curves, generate computer models, but the emotional response, if any, to a photograph is an experience and not a quantifiable known.<\/p>\n

In the process of making the fine photograph there are subtle adjustments that the photographer literally pours into the image.\u00a0 These fine adjustments may actually not even be perceivable to the viewer, but they make or break the finished image.<\/p>\n

In the creative process of making a finished print, there are no hard and fast rules.\u00a0 There are photographs that take on a completely different atmosphere than may have been seen or felt at the time the film was exposed.\u00a0 These are those “happy little accidents” as the painter Bob Ross would say.\u00a0 You may follow one direction you believe will make the image speak when in the field, which is totally abandoned in the darkroom at the time of printing.\u00a0 You make your best estimate as to what you believe you will eventually end up with, but you will not absolutely KNOW for sure what a film, paper, developer combination is really doing until you make a real photograph.\u00a0 It is all about that feeling.\u00a0 Do not allow yourself to get locked into any preconception.\u00a0 Allow your creativity to guide you.\u00a0 Do not get hung up on numbers or any hard and fast rules.<\/p>\n

I keep coming back to the same point; you can not calculate feeling.\u00a0 There are some things that just exist and are not possible to be explained by a mathematical expression. . . they are emotional expressions. . . emotional responses. . . subject to any number of personal preferences of the individual. . . these preferences are the product of what make each person an individual. . .\u00a0 you cannot measure these things. . . they are subjective.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Think about it. . . can art really be created and expressed by numbers???<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It is about personal taste. . . Ford or Chevy. . . Coke or Pepsi. . . red or blue. . . one size does not fit all.\u00a0 What you may find perfectly acceptable in a film developer combination may not suit my taste at all.\u00a0 My father used to say, \u201cthat is why they paint cars different colors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that any hard rules or numbers are only a starting point. . . only a suggestion.\u00a0 Creativity comes from reaching far beyond hard figures and rules.\u00a0 The creative spark reveals the inner feeling by stirring the imagination with creativity.<\/p>\n

JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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