Body Mass Index in Analog vs Digital Workflow

[sepiareverb]

Just wondering as I spend a bunch of time Photoshopping images for my book.

The wet darkroom is a much more active pursuit than this chair-bound crap.

 

[back alley]

i prefer the chair bound crap.

i like photo shop, computers and not standing for hours mixing chemicals and making prints.

let the machines serve us!!!!

 

[Keith]

I remember seeing a very funny Spike Milligan sketch years go. A man (Spike of course) was looking intently at something in the distance through a telescope ... every now and then he would leap onto a pushbike, pedal off down the slope and return breathing very heavily several minutes later. The telescope turned out to be aimed at a book on a reading stand some distance away and each frantic trip was to turn to the next page.

Perhaps this technique could be adapted for a computer!

 

[JoeV]

...let the machines serve us!!!!

If the machines are serving us, why can't we go out and play tennis or hike or do one's favorite pasttime while the images are being manipulated in post?

~Joe

 

[sleepyhead]

Perhaps you can get a desk that raises to standing height - I have one and it allows you to pace around abit more easily whilst waiting for some photoshop thing to happen, such as running an action on a big file.

I tend to pace to my window where I can gaze out to distant views - this is very good for helping to minimize eye fatigue due to viewing relatively close things (your screen) for extended periods of time.

I also find pacing helps me think.

 

[Chris101]

Perhaps you can get a desk that raises to standing height ...

What is this, a factory in Japan?

I stand up and mix chemicals all day at my job. Sitting in front of the computer, goofing off by posting here is what I do on break. None the less, I prefer the quality of print that I get from darkroom printing more than I do those that I get from printing on the Epson. The Epson prints however win contests and sell more often, so my opinion is apparently a minority one.

ps, I am fat.

 

[sleepyhead]

What is this, a factory in Japan?

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Attention to working environments and ergonomics is really big in Denmark, and Sweden as well, as far as I can tell.

The suggestion I made about a desk you can stand at works for me if I feel that I've been sitting too much.

 

[amateriat]

Depends on the situation.

When I'm developing film, of course, I'm standing, moving about, messing with timers, beakers and so on. Not standing still.

At the computer, I feed a film holder into the scanner; if the scanning's going to take a while, I'll head off and so something else. If, say, I'm running an action on a heaping number of image files (like resizing a hundred or so big TIFF files to JPEGs to put online), I might start the action, grab my helmet, take one of the bikes and go for a few laps in the park. I get my ya-yas out and get some photo work done. Same thing if I'm making a lot of prints...I don't have to be there riding shotgun unless there's something espcially intricate or otherwise tricky happening.

IOW, Photoshop ain't making me fat. Or, at least, not any fatter than I've been.


- Barrett

 

[gns]

start a poll... respondents check either digital or traditional printing and state their BMI.
Compile the results and see which group is fatter. End these digi vs. film arguments forever.

Cheers,
Gary

 

[Chris101]

I do both and do not know my "bmi", other to say that I am a "Big M******* Individual".

Glad to have cleared that up.

 

[sepiareverb]

Well.



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[Morca007]

As far as it being an 'active' pursuit, it just means standing around more, which is just more pressure on your joints.