Digital is dead?

[uhoh7]

A client of mine has a house full of art. This is the piece which draws the most comment:

bigger:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5560287960_8809b82788_o.jpg

here you can see the actual color, or lack thereof:

terrible shots--first just a crop from a night time room shot. but you get the idea

it's hand drawn. I don't love it myself, but everyone else does.

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

Honestly, I would have shot it in digital and never bothered to convert them to look like Tri-X. I am not disputing the fact that digital is more convenient, especially for low-light situations.

However, I cannot relate to the problem of having to convert a photograph to look like something else, because it might look better if you apply a certain filter. I believe my vision as a photographer is as important as everything else and it should be part of the process of taking the photograph, not part of the post-production.

That's interesting. I take it you've never made any adjustments in the darkroom (because it's not how you captured it in the camera) nor have you ever converted a color image to B&W after the fact.

Wow, it must be horrible to be so trapped in to a process to the extent it can hinder your vision.

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

factual errors aside, looks like your problems would go away if you removed this strange insistence on "want," "wish" and "without issue"

personally, i would have shot what i got in the fridge in both scenarios and be very very happy with the results. and so would be everyone concerned

Really? So if you had Ektar 100 in the fridge, you would have used it in a dark venue and had a bunch of blurry shots.....and everyone would be thrilled? I highly doubt it!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I would have loaded the Ektar into the Canon 7 with the 50/0.95 on it. ASA 100, at night, no problem.

 

[Neare]

Fuzzy, part of working as a 'professional' paid photographer is to be prepared for the work that you are going into. You don't turn up at an event in pitch black and say "^@&* all I have is Ektar 100!?".
You also don't go to the store and buy Delta 3200 for the job hoping that it will come out looking like 400TX.
But you also don't sell yourself as a film photographer and turn up with a digital camera, it's more convenient in terms of on the fly changes but it is still digital and no amount of photoshop and 'TRI-X plugin' will change that.