Comments on: Some things ought not fade away http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 1133sc http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-331 1133sc Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:54:42 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-331 Mark! An amazing photo… one of the best of the shoot in fact. This, despite the fact that I wasn't standing over you for this one. : ) Can't wait to work with you again… quite possibly in the next few weeks? Love the blog. Be good, Roy Mark!

An amazing photo… one of the best of the shoot in fact. This, despite the fact that I wasn’t standing over you for this one.

: )

Can’t wait to work with you again… quite possibly in the next few weeks? Love the blog.

Be good,

Roy

]]> By: Bob Moore http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-272 Bob Moore Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:23:56 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-272 Mark, Makes me smile...your old web site had a bunch of different photo folios from your different eras. I always preferred the Cuba 6x6s ... Hasselblad? Bob Mark,

Makes me smile…your old web site had a bunch of different photo folios from your different eras. I always preferred the Cuba 6×6s … Hasselblad?

Bob

]]> By: J http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-248 J Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:15:24 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-248 Great post and sentiment. I happen to be getting heavier into digital (new to a MFDB) but at the same time stepping back from the automated power of my sold Canon 1DsIII. I'm looking forward to the simpler camera, the slower process, the need for a tripod, etc. For me, it allows me to enjoy the shooting process and be more purposeful with my images. Great post and sentiment. I happen to be getting heavier into digital (new to a MFDB) but at the same time stepping back from the automated power of my sold Canon 1DsIII. I’m looking forward to the simpler camera, the slower process, the need for a tripod, etc. For me, it allows me to enjoy the shooting process and be more purposeful with my images.

]]> By: Fred Rollison http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-241 Fred Rollison Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:26:39 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-241 Thanks for posting this Mark. I still get my Hassies out every 3 or 4 months just to fire the shutters and lenses. I think it's time to shoot some film as I'm kind of missing it too. I was about to sell all of it several times over the years, but I'm glad I held on to them. Thanks for posting this Mark. I still get my Hassies out every 3 or 4 months just to fire the shutters and lenses. I think it’s time to shoot some film as I’m kind of missing it too. I was about to sell all of it several times over the years, but I’m glad I held on to them.

]]> By: Hollis http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-233 Hollis Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:10:34 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-233 I had to brow beat the lab where I am at right now to start up his C-41 line so that I could run 60 or so sheets of 4x5 and dozens of rolls of 120. Very bad sign indeed. I had to brow beat the lab where I am at right now to start up his C-41 line so that I could run 60 or so sheets of 4×5 and dozens of rolls of 120. Very bad sign indeed.

]]> By: marktucker http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-232 marktucker Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:08:06 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-232 ADDITION: I shot some portraits at the recent Obama rally here. On film. I just called my lab to check on the job, and the girl replied, "Uh, well, we now only process C41 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, so your job won't be ready til the end of the day". Very Bad Sign. As if I didn't know it was coming. But still, it's a sign of things to come. This was a lab that used to be the CENTERPOINT of the entire photo community in Nashville; running E6 and C41 by the boatload. And now, to hear something like that, it's just a marker that the writing is on the wall. And with such lame choices in true solutions in Medium Format Digital. What a mess. Everyone yelling, "We're the best; spend your Fifty Grand with Us!", and every one of them with only Half a Solution, and unanswered questions, and Workflow From Hell. Ugh. ADDITION: I shot some portraits at the recent Obama rally here. On film. I just called my lab to check on the job, and the girl replied, “Uh, well, we now only process C41 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, so your job won’t be ready til the end of the day”.

Very Bad Sign.

As if I didn’t know it was coming. But still, it’s a sign of things to come. This was a lab that used to be the CENTERPOINT of the entire photo community in Nashville; running E6 and C41 by the boatload. And now, to hear something like that, it’s just a marker that the writing is on the wall.

And with such lame choices in true solutions in Medium Format Digital. What a mess. Everyone yelling, “We’re the best; spend your Fifty Grand with Us!”, and every one of them with only Half a Solution, and unanswered questions, and Workflow From Hell.

Ugh.

]]> By: Paul http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-230 Paul Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:34 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-230 Mark... I really appreciate what you posted. I think that photo is lovely and has a feel that is tough to replicate, as good as digital is. I know that I spend a lot of time trying to make digital look like film, and it still doesn't. Not that film is better, but I just have a preference for the feeling it evokes (and that's typically right out of camera with no futzing in front of a Mac). Even in this age of instant gratification, raw capture, and all that..I'm glad to see you made a place again in your world for film. Would love to see more. Paul Mark…

I really appreciate what you posted. I think that photo is lovely and has a feel that is tough to replicate, as good as digital is.

I know that I spend a lot of time trying to make digital look like film, and it still doesn’t. Not that film is better, but I just have a preference for the feeling it evokes (and that’s typically right out of camera with no futzing in front of a Mac).

Even in this age of instant gratification, raw capture, and all that..I’m glad to see you made a place again in your world for film. Would love to see more.

Paul

]]> By: marktucker http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-229 marktucker Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:50:26 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-229 REPLY TO GEORGIE: It's even worse than I admit in that post -- I actually (re)bought my old Ebony4x5, and four great lenses recently, thinking I missed that. But 4x5 was not for me at all, for people -- way too slow and way too much stress after pulling that dark slide. So I quietly (re)sold all the 4x5 stuff recently. Sometimes, it takes a while to (re)find what you really missed. It was Hasselblad. REPLY TO GEORGIE: It’s even worse than I admit in that post — I actually (re)bought my old Ebony4×5, and four great lenses recently, thinking I missed that. But 4×5 was not for me at all, for people — way too slow and way too much stress after pulling that dark slide. So I quietly (re)sold all the 4×5 stuff recently. Sometimes, it takes a while to (re)find what you really missed. It was Hasselblad.

]]> By: Chris http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-228 Chris Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:24:40 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-228 Nice shot, Mark. I love the colors and bokeh. I sold my film cameras & accessories on eBay in 2007, and felt ambivalent to pack up my Sinar 4x5 and 8x10 (4x5 went to The Czech Republic, the 8x10 to Romania). I felt like I hadn't finished something, that something still needed to be photographed. But the gear had sat for over 4 years, being used only once or twice instead of every day. My feelings of sadness and melancholy were replaced with relief and satisfaction when the buyers of those cameras expressed incredulous joy and excitement over their new equipment. I knew the gear was in the right hands, and we still exchange emails about our work and culture. I haven't looked back. My work has improved dramatically due to the instant feedback loop of tethered shooting. I love the control it provides me, and the stimulus it gives clients. I love the "digital darkroom", being able to have my kids come & go, bring me snacks and hugs. No longer are they locked outside my wet darkroom, tapping on the door, asking when I'll be done. Nice shot, Mark. I love the colors and bokeh.

I sold my film cameras & accessories on eBay in 2007, and felt ambivalent to pack up my Sinar 4×5 and 8×10 (4×5 went to The Czech Republic, the 8×10 to Romania). I felt like I hadn’t finished something, that something still needed to be photographed. But the gear had sat for over 4 years, being used only once or twice instead of every day. My feelings of sadness and melancholy were replaced with relief and satisfaction when the buyers of those cameras expressed incredulous joy and excitement over their new equipment. I knew the gear was in the right hands, and we still exchange emails about our work and culture.

I haven’t looked back. My work has improved dramatically due to the instant feedback loop of tethered shooting. I love the control it provides me, and the stimulus it gives clients. I love the “digital darkroom”, being able to have my kids come & go, bring me snacks and hugs. No longer are they locked outside my wet darkroom, tapping on the door, asking when I’ll be done.

]]> By: george http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/some/#comment-227 george Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:21:03 +0000 http://marktucker.wordpress.com/?p=361#comment-227 Mark, I think it's official. You have bought back more cameras than I have sold. Mark, I think it’s official. You have bought back more cameras than I have sold.

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