I don't print digital photographs, so I'm not speaking from personal experience here, but my understanding is that getting a perfect print from a digital file can be
quite laborious! No less fastidious a worker than Ctein recently had the following to say about digital printing paper:
The full article is here:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad...rap-paper.html
Digital image making and printing offer many advantages, but it appears that there are drawbacks as well. And those drawbacks, at least for those who want to create an absolutely fine print, are just as annoying in the digital world as they are in the traditional world. I haven't even mentioned the frustration many digital workers experience with computer, printer, and software upgrades and compatibility issues...
My point is that for casual work, the distribution of time between creative effort and technical effort looks a lot like Brian Ellis depicts in his post, and not co-incidentally, it looks a lot like digital equipment marketing depicts it. All creativity, little or no effort! But when you start striving to make exceptional work, the distribution of time between creative and technical effort changes, and digital loses some of its advantages over traditional methods. IMHO. :-)
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