tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post7319940499171306727..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: American Smellscapes: Hollywood EditionAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-18683576347757278082009-05-16T19:41:00.000-07:002009-05-16T19:41:00.000-07:00Olfacta & Eliza:
Wow, it's been a while s...Olfacta & Eliza:<br /><br />Wow, it's been a while since I printed my own photos but I can recall the smell of the chemicals. I also enjoyed the solitude of the darkroom, and the calm, deliberate experimentation with cropping, enlargments, and exposure times. You had to think about what effects you wanted and then try to achieve them. As Spielberg says, a thoughtful process, not the impulsive zip, click, print of Photoshop or MTV video.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-46979908562452225072009-05-16T08:51:00.000-07:002009-05-16T08:51:00.000-07:00It's part of the reason I've always loved developi...It's part of the reason I've always loved developing my own photographs. When you walk into the darkroom the scent of photo chemicals gives you a frisson - it's where magic occurs. <br /><br />It's a similar feeling when you enter a perfumery lab.Elizanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-2079783611032858272009-05-16T07:20:00.000-07:002009-05-16T07:20:00.000-07:00I do remember the smell of an editing room, the ph...I do remember the smell of an editing room, the photo-processing chemicals, primarily.<br /><br />They say that MTV is to blame for the jumpiness of modern film, but I wonder if the way film is edited now also contributes to that. There is a place for the jump-cut, but is that place everywhere? I find its overuse to be annoying.Olfactahttp://olfactarama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com