May 12th 1960: Ingmar Bergman to AMPAS.
things i come by and want to remember
September 29, 2011
May 19, 2009
12:38 am
Goethe ließ einige Jahre später seinen „Wilhelm Meister“ räsonieren: „Wieviel Menschen schreiben, davon hat man gar keinen Begriff. Von dem, was davon gedruckt wird, will ich gar nicht reden.“ Friedrich Schlegels Erwartung, es gebe bald keine Leser mehr, sondern nur noch Schreiber, parodierte Jean Paul in seinem Schulmeisterlein Wutz. Und der bekennende Trivial-Autor August Lafontaine (1758–1831) witzelte, er schreibe schneller, als er lesen könne, weshalb er auch nicht alle Romane kenne, die er geschrieben habe.
12:37 am
Goethe ließ einige Jahre später seinen „Wilhelm Meister“ räsonieren: „Wieviel Menschen schreiben, davon hat man gar keinen Begriff. Von dem, was davon gedruckt wird, will ich gar nicht reden.“ Friedrich Schlegels Erwartung, es gebe bald keine Leser mehr, sondern nur noch Schreiber, parodierte Jean Paul in seinem Schulmeisterlein Wutz. Und der bekennende Trivial-Autor August Lafontaine (1758–1831) witzelte, er schreibe schneller, als er lesen könne, weshalb er auch nicht alle Romane kenne, die er geschrieben habe.
April 8, 2009
8:21 pm
film versus digital
2007. Digital Black and White
whats up with people hating photoshop and digital photography? it seems unsettling to some that when i edit digital files i use layer masks, blending modes, selective color corrections, adjustment layers etc. anything to make the photo look how i want it to look.
when i shoot film, the decisions i would make in photoshop with my digital photos involving color tones, contrast, exposure etc are already made for me when i load the film. film emulsions are complicated like that.
if i shot jpegs. my camera would automatically “photoshop” my photos before they even popped up on the back of the camera (well technically, even when shooting RAW, photos get temporarily auto corrected for viewing on the back screen. but for jpegs, the corrections stay). whoever engineered my camera software decides for me how much saturation, contrast, color values, and sharpening before i even see the photo.
if i get my film scanned or printed at the lab. the same thing. the noritsu mini-lab scans my negs first and essentially “photoshops” them automatically on my behalf using some ambiguous algorithms that usually do a for-shit job.
in summary, if you find integrity in being deliberate in your photography or being proactive and unaccompanied in how your photos look, don’t hit me with that “i only shoot film” snobbery or “i shoot my digital photos perfect in-camera, and don’t need photoshop”.
i shoot 75% film. im not proud of it. film’s nostalgic. it’s easy. the kids love the look of it regardless of how shitty the lighting or composition. there’s a whole visual language and aesthetic of bad film photography ( exempli gratia, lomography). people eat it up. digital doesn’t have the same yet. it seems clinical in comparison. in a sense, its harder to make good digital photos.
in twenty years, no one will shoot film. everyone will be shooting 3D hologram HD video and future snobs and hipsters will be using “old fashioned” 22megapixel digital slr’s from the thrift store, being arty, trying to “keep photography alive” and talking about the “good old days”. might as well be avant garde now. -f/8
March 23, 2009
March 22, 2009
Woody Allen’s writing desk. Sigh. (#2 of adrianmartinez’s top 5 images from his bag-o-clippings)
March 11, 2009
