dinsdag, december 16, 2003
Digital prints suffer from what I call the "Jurassic Park Syndrome"-- every aspect and every part of the image can be changed and manipulated; nothing about the image remains sacred and the viewer is left wondering how much of it is real. To the public, the image is often suspect no matter how many disclaimers the photographer issues. This is one reason why digital prints often use proprietary names which carefully avoid the word "digital". There is simply a veracity and believability conveyed through the use of conventional photographic materials which cannot be achieved through digital printing.
Significantly, actual photographic image quality can also suffer with the scanning and/or digitizing process. In the digitalization of a photographic image, there is often times a substitution of digital sharpening effects for true resolution within the original photograph, especially when the original film is a highly detailed 8"x10" transparency. There can also be a loss of smoothness of tone and an interjection of peculiar colors and spurious artifacts not seen in nature or in conventional photographic materials -- all of which can contribute to an aura of artificiality in digital prints.
Christopher Burkett
Significantly, actual photographic image quality can also suffer with the scanning and/or digitizing process. In the digitalization of a photographic image, there is often times a substitution of digital sharpening effects for true resolution within the original photograph, especially when the original film is a highly detailed 8"x10" transparency. There can also be a loss of smoothness of tone and an interjection of peculiar colors and spurious artifacts not seen in nature or in conventional photographic materials -- all of which can contribute to an aura of artificiality in digital prints.
Christopher Burkett
# posted by Jan-Edward : 23:02
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