Don McCullin talking about going digital (and canon)

yep seen that, for a lifetime Nikon user was quite surprised really but he took to digital very quickly and shoots some great landscape photography now.
I went to he's Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London and was very moving with some stunning images and they had the Nikon on display that took a bullet and saved hes life.
 
Seem it as well very good,he shoot his landscapes on an big old film camera held together with duck tape :)
 
Great little film, thanks for sharing :)
 
That was good, thanks. Not that I can compare myself to Don McCullen, but his reaction to being able to do all the darkroom work on screen was so much like mine: it's fantastic to have these tools available now compared to working with paper and enlarger.
 
jerry12953 said:
There was a couple of colour landscapes in that video which looked stunning. Kind of like his really moody black and whites but in full colour. Not sure I'd have the confidence to process to that extent though......
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You could experiment for your own purpose, in the realm of 'personal work', if you were taken to do so. Or just hold the possibilty in the back of the mind. Colour's more problematical in this way than monochrome since it appears by default to be a more literal medium. The test to be applied to any result though is one of emotional integrity, as against a hollow aesthetic (striving for effect rather than meaning). Yes, mono's easier in this regard.
 
droj said:
You could experiment for your own purpose, in the realm of 'personal work', if you were taken to do so. Or just hold the possibilty in the back of the mind. Colour's more problematical in this way than monochrome since it appears by default to be a more literal medium. The test to be applied to any result though is one of emotional integrity, as against a hollow aesthetic (striving for effect rather than meaning). Yes, mono's easier in this regard.
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Never let it be said that you don't take your photography seriously. ;)

As an aside that sparked a thought, I'm a guitarist and have been since I was a teenager - nearly 40 years now. Music was always something I took very seriously, and for a long time struggled with the idea that when you played in front of people it was just a show, and for entertainment. These days I have a more detached view, and can play a variety of styles etc that would not have sat well with my earlier sense of artistic integrity. I wonder if there's a developing process (pun half intended) in how we handle images that allows us to move beyond our 'own thing' and experiment comfortably, creating images 'in the style of....' without worry.
 
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droj said:
You could experiment for your own purpose, in the realm of 'personal work', if you were taken to do so. Or just hold the possibilty in the back of the mind. Colour's more problematical in this way than monochrome since it appears by default to be a more literal medium. The test to be applied to any result though is one of emotional integrity, as against a hollow aesthetic (striving for effect rather than meaning). Yes, mono's easier in this regard.
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Good point, but I think I am a literalist......whatever that is.

I suspect someone must have processed them for him. As a beginner it would have been impossible for him to get such stunning results.
 
ancient_mariner said:
That was good, thanks. Not that I can compare myself to Don McCullen, but his reaction to being able to do all the darkroom work on screen was so much like mine: it's fantastic to have these tools available now compared to working with paper and enlarger.
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:agree:

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Excellent link thanks for sharing
 
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