tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post2044425063980612337..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Trust me, the print looks betterBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-88531644630705415842009-03-31T06:55:00.000-07:002009-03-31T06:55:00.000-07:00I agree with BryanF. but would add this that in to...I agree with BryanF. but would add this that in today's pursuit of a greener world perhaps the print and the inks and paper required to make it will become so yesterday or not green friendly as my kids say.Which requires more energy usage the paper or the electronic version. c.j.g. of eroticaleeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-84722804440002166932009-03-29T16:12:00.000-07:002009-03-29T16:12:00.000-07:00Bryan, I suspect you're right and that the time wi...Bryan, I suspect you're right and that the time will come when screens will rival prints in quality. I still think there is something nice about having a hand-made, tangible object to share or exchange or spill coffee on. It's a bit like Amazon's Kindle. Yes it is superior to a book in every measurable way but one of those machines will never displace books in my life.<BR/><BR/>George, I think there are many in the "what's the point of printing" crowd, and I was hoping to stir some of them to comment. You can probably go far with photography without ever printing anything, but for me it falls a bit short. It's a bit like making music on a computer without ever playing live. You can have a great time doing this and make good songs and distribute them, even get famous, etc. But isn't something missing? Perhaps not.<BR/><BR/>I think Jeff Wall's lightboxes are pretty different from looking at a computer screen, but perhaps that is the direction things are heading in the world BryanF hinted at: Large hi-res screens of light taking the place of prints.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-32781422008729151702009-03-27T09:35:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:35:00.000-07:00I'm not sure that every print is better than viewi...I'm not sure that every print is better than viewing on a good monitor. For instance, Jeff Wall's work - the backlight is crucial, and a cheap way to reproduce that is on a monitor. I think it depends a lot on the kind of photograph.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196423340793582824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-71409148702060761722009-03-27T08:17:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:17:00.000-07:00I was very much on the 'what's the point of printi...I was very much on the 'what's the point of printing' end of things for years but since I've started shooting again recently, it's only becoming a real photograph when it's become tangible.<BR/><BR/>I've been on a printing tear and it's really challenging and liberating: I have to choose, of all these hundreds of digital frames is really worth preparing for a print?George Ayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283196252025932856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-28981486639590110262009-03-26T20:17:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:17:00.000-07:00sure, they do now, but do you believe that there w...sure, they do now, but do you believe that there won't be advancements in display technology that will slowly close the gap? <BR/><BR/>I'm not betting against technology, not after what I've seen the last 15 years. <BR/><BR/>Still, hopefully prints will be with us for a long time. I suspect they will....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com