I’ve always been a little curious about photographers who’ve come into the business in the digital era and have no memory of or experience with film.
They miss the ol’ Joe’s Basement days where couriers on all kinds of bikes would be flying around London with test rolls of E6!
That said, does anyone wonder why the Photoshop dodge and burn tools are named as they are? Given what they do you’d think they should be “make brighter” and “make darker” right?
If you have never experienced the joys of working in a darkroom with little pieces of paper or even your hands hunched over an 8x10 under and enlarger you have missed a formative experience.
You would mask off parts of the print in order to “burn in” the bits you wanted to increase exposure in. Areas you wanted less exposed were areas you “dodged”, often using your hands or pieces of card to protect the dodged areas!
This completes Friday’s history lesson:)
#photography #photographer #darkroom #photoshop #fashionphotography #beautyphotography
P.S. Random Friday beauty shot.
